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Edmond (Eddie) Williams 32nd CCS
Edmond (Eddie) Williams 32nd CCS (32nd Casualty Clearing Station) 1916-1998 seen nere on his wedding day. 10,423 total views
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Rev. Charles Parsons
My Great Grandfather, The Reverend Charles Martin King Parsons CF was an army chaplain with the 9th British General Hospital during WW2. 10,587 total views
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Alex Paton – Medical Student
My friend Alex Paton, who has died aged 91, was a distinguished physician who never sought high office in medicine but did good quietly, mentoring junior doctors, influencing the profession, and using his knowledge of liver disease to improve alcoholism treatment. When still a medical student, he spent May 1945 assisting in the liberation of Belsen. 10,240 total views
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Janet Vaughan
Dame Janet Vaughan, (1899–1993) the well-connected daughter of the headmaster of Rugby, great great niece of Sir Henry Halford (1766–1844), president of the Royal College of Physicians, and second cousin of Virginia Woolf, was an expert on blood disorders, specifically pernicious anaemia. 9,281 total views
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Roll of Honour
The 113th Durham Light Infantry, Royal Artillery, Roll of Honour (Listed by date order) x19 KIA from July to November 1944 (x15 found) and x10 in Training accidents prior to June 1944 (x1 found) 12,095 total views
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James Gosling
An extract from a 1986 interview with Norfolk born James Gosling, describing his memories of the Second World War. During his interviews, Mr Gosling shared his first-hand experiences of assisting with the liberation of Bergen-Belsen, a concentration camp in northern Germany. 12,009 total views
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Medical Students: At the Camp
The first students arrived at Belsen at the end of April 1945, with the remaining students reaching the camp at the beginning of May 1945. Following a briefing by Meiklejohn on 2 May 1945, they began work at Camp 1 the following day. 10,286 total views
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Robert Christopher Carr (REME)
Robert Christopher Carr, always known as Chris, was born at 41 Benton Way,Wallsend on 19 Nov 1918. 9,418 total views
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Rabbi Dr. Arthur Saul Super
Rabbi Dr. Arthur Saul Super, a Chaplain with the British army, was present at the liberation of Belsen. (He was my late wife’s uncle). 10,882 total views
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Kenneth Curry – Royal Canadian Air Force
Kenneth Dennis Curry, January 21, 1923 – August 6, 2017 , Calgary, Alberta, Canada 11,247 total views
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