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Liberation Day
Despite the camp being entered first on Sunday 15 April 1945, by eight men of the 6th SAS and then 1–3000 men of 11 and 29 Armoured Brigade, these troops stayed no more than a few hours and moved out to continue the war. 16,204 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. 21,253 total views
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Ron Westbury
This is a photo of my dear old dad shortly before he passed at the grand age of 91. 16,312 total views
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George Edward Packman – British Red Cross
British Red Cross. 19,366 total views
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John Morris (113th LAA) Despatch Rider
My grand father, gunner John Morris was present at the Liberation. He was a dispatch rider in the Royal Artillery attached to a Light Anti Aircraft regiment. 16,588 total views
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Marsh – 63rd Anti Tank Regt
A series of photos labelled A J Marsh, 63rd Anti Tank Regt. 16,872 total views
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Sgt Bill Lawrie (AFPU)
The first AFPU team to arrive on April 15 consisted of Sergeants Mike Lewis and Bill Lawrie (film), and Sergeant Harry Oakes and Lieutenant Martyn Wilson (stills). They continued coverage until 26 April 1945, when another team took over. 9,886 total views
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Captain David Eric Freeman- 224th Parachute Field Ambulance
Captain David Eric Freeman was part of 224th Parachute Field Ambulance. 5,558 total views
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Stanley Richard Phillips
My father told me he was driving either the first or second truck that entered Belsen. 5,242 total views
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Kenneth Edmund Clokey
Captain Kenneth Clokey was studying medicine at Guy’s Hospital, London, when war broke out and he enlisted to fight. 8,538 total views
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