Kenneth Edmund Clokey
Captain Kenneth Clokey was studying medicine at Guy’s Hospital, London, when war broke out and he enlisted to fight. On June 11 1944, Clokey landed with advance units of 29 Armoured Brigade, 11 Armoured Division on Juno Beach near Beny sur Mer.
The young intelligence officer helped to plan the Normandy landings, before landing on the D-Day beaches and fighting his way through Europe with allied forces.
Yet nothing could prepare Captain Kenneth Clokey for the horrors he would witness at Bergen Belsen concentration camp.
Entering a camp with a reconnaissance unit, the medical student would use his expertise to assess the health of survivors, many of whom were suffering from disease. 👨⚕️
He testified at the Nuremberg trials to the grave conditions and infectious diseases he had witnessed at the camp, helping to convict Nazi war criminals.
His son John, himself a former Warfare Officer in the Royal Navy has shared his story this #HolocaustMemorialDay.
Kenneth Edmund Clokey was born in Belfast on 17 April 1920 and died 2002
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Belsen Online Archive
This archive has been established after my own relative, Reg Price, took part in the liberation and subsequent humanitarian effort of Bergen Belsen in April 1945. Reg produced this famous sign at Belsen. As part of the 113th DLI, Reg and his comrades were at Belsen for 5 weeks and left when the last hut was empty and ceremonially burnt down. This archive compiles all available resources to build a lasting tribute to all the men and women who helped - any unit, any nationality. If you have a relative, or any info, on the relief effort at Belsen, we’d love you to please get in touch. Email us: liberator@belsen.co.uk – Thank you Nick Price Creatives • Facebook • Twitter •
