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Anthony Stedman Till – RAMC
Anthony Stedman Till, known as ‘Tim’, was a consultant surgeon in Oxford. He was born in London, on 5 September 1909, the eldest son of Thomas Marson Till OBE, an accountant, and Gladys Stedman, the daughter of a metal broker in the City. 16,178 total views
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Officers from 113th DLI
Officers from 113th DLI. 17,839 total views
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Joe Stone, Doctor
My grandpa Joe Stone, who was a Jewish doctor in the British Army division that liberated Belsen, becoming heavily involved in the rehabilitation of the survivors there. 16,850 total views
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AJR Refugee Voices Testimony Archive
Lilian Levy, Helen Bamber, Sara Kraus-Lefkovitz, Lady Zahava Kohn and Mirjam Finklestein remember Bergen-Belsen. 17,713 total views
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Pipers – Liberating Belsen?
We are grateful to Bruce Hitchings MBE BEM, Kirknewton, Scotland and to Bob Shlaer of Santa Fe, New Mexico, for the following story. Last November, Bob read an obituary that appeared in American newspaper, The Week. The deceased was Branko Lustig (87) who, as a 10-year-old Croatian Jew, had been imprisoned at Auschwitz. The obituary describes how one day the youngster was ordered to stand in the front row at a hanging. 16,690 total views
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Squadron Leader Douglas Haig Palmer RNZAF
I am responding to your request for information about the liberation of the Bergen Belsen camp in May 1945. 17,214 total views
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Major George Wyndham Le Strange
The Strange Account of Major George Wyndham Le Strange. 17,151 total views
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Report on Belsen Camp by Lt. Col. Taylor
REPORT ON BELSEN CAMP by Lt-Col. R.I.G. TAYLOR, DSO, MC. Appendix ‘A’ attached is a short account of the condition of the camp as known before the entry on 15 April. Appendix ‘B’ is a copy of the agreement concluded between representatives of the Allied and German Armies on 12 April 1945. PART I. On 13 April I received written instructions from B.G.S., 8 Corps that I was to assume control of the area as given in the agreement, that I was to command all enemy troops remaining in the area, and “in principle British troops were to be employed to give authority of enemy forces vis a…
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John Crosbie (Jack) Lt. 113th LAA DLI
This article was written by John J. Crosbie (known as Jack) in March 1964. Jack was born in Girvan in 1915 and after the war he lived in Giffnock with his wife and two sons until his death in 1995. 18,647 total views
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Hector Duff OBE
Tribute paid to 101-year-old WWII veteran Hector Duff. 17,206 total views
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