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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. 17,913 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. 14,228 total views
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George Edward Packman – British Red Cross
British Red Cross. 16,541 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. 13,854 total views
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Marsh – 63rd Anti Tank Regt
A series of photos labelled A J Marsh, 63rd Anti Tank Regt. 14,870 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. 7,348 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. 2,513 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. 5,162 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. 3,685 total views
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Harry Skeggs – 32 CSS
The funeral of Harry Skeggs, a committed and engaged member of St Catherine’s congregation for over sixty years, took place at Chelmsford Crematorium on Wednesday 10th May 2017. Below is an edited version of the tribute and address given at that service. 13,861 total views