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Reg McDonnell – Royal Engineers
As the cold water of the English Channel lapped at his chest, a soldier near to Reg McDonnell stumbled and began to drown under the weight of his equipment. 27,265 total views
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The Sign at Belsen Concentration Camp
Reg Price was part of 369 Battery, 113th Durham Light Infantry, RA. His task was to bury the dead. 27,784 total views
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William Robert Fitzgerald Collis – Red Cross
William Robert Fitzgerald Collis (1900–1975) was an Irish doctor and writer. As an author he was known as Robert Collis. As a doctor, he was commonly known as Dr Bob Collis. Maurice Collis was his elder brother. 29,209 total views
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Eric Trott (RAMC)
Last week The Royal Anglian Regiment Museum had a call from Andy Strowman, an old friend of a Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment veteran named Eric Trott who passed away in 1999. Despite our status as a relatively new regiment, it is important to note that the former regiments are still a very prevalent part of our heritage. 24,423 total views
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Arthur Reede
My uncle was at Bergen Belsen with an engineer s crew, for a few weeks before any liberation because of the diseases that were in the camps, they had to stay out. 30,639 total views
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George Newson
My Grandfather, Trooper George Newson, helped liberate Belsen as part of the Royal Armoured Corp. 26,037 total views
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The first in…
On April 15, 1945, Lieutenant John Randall, then a 24-year-old SAS officer, was on a reconnaissance mission in northern Germany. 32,011 total views
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Names on Photos
Two photos with signatures on the reverse. All served with the 113th Durham Light Anti-Aircraft Infantry. 26,573 total views
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RA Battery Breakdown
LIGHT ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY RA 29,053 total views
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Stanley Cruse
Something that haunted my late Father very much near his life’s end in 2013. 30,227 total views
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