The three Lancashire battalions were among the last British troops to embark on the night 2nd/3rd June. Very little is documented on this camp andthis entry has been added for consistency purposes. They were ordered to march to the West. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. Gordon D Pepper My father told us that he escaped on a number of occasions, typically from working parties and although he did not achieve a 'home run', he was on the run on VE day having fought in the liberation of Prague alongside Czech partisans. If anyone has any information that might relate to my late father, I would be most keen to learn of it. Staffs, 29th Jul 1942 He told us that the Gaelic speakers in the camp were able to pass information to each other without the Guards knowing what they were saying. He told us of the march through Poland when men would be shot if they stopped for a second. Some of the surrounding POWs were said to have shouted at him and Sonntag took his rifle to show he meant his threat. Hall St Many of them died from the bitter cold and exhaustion. Some were later released, others sent to Gulags in Siberia. Dagenham Ladysmith St The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, The camp was evacuated in February 1945. His wartime experience was instrumental in forming the man he became. There are photos of three funerals at BAB20 on the Pegasus website. Boundary Road Cambridge Required fields are marked *. London, 29th July 1942 The three Lancashire battalions were among the last British troops to embark on the night 2nd/3rd June. Australia, 28th Oct 1943 Any idea of the names of the fellows in the photo from VIIIB? POWs regularly bore witness to the atrocities occurring at Monowitz because the SS made no attempt to conceal their brutality; the Allied prisoners routinely saw inmates from the Arbeitslagers being hanged, pushed off buildings, fatally beaten and shot. By July 1944 it covered 60 acres and housed 2,500 RAF, 7,500 American and 900 other Allied prisoners. A Royal Canadian Air Force POW in Stalag VIII-B prison camp. The date fits(if this was Pte Law's diary for 1942) and the reason fits the official German version. The Central Prisoner-Of-War Museum In Lambinowice. Rondeau was in Dads room at Belaria. Stalag 8B (VIII-B, according to the German designation system) was established in late 1939 to hold Polish POWs taken during the German invasion of Poland. along the Ypres-Comines Canal at the time of Dunkirk, May 1940 - with grateful acknowledgement to the grandson of. Walter Mellor 3rd Btn. Hornchurch Instead of showers, there was gas. Your email address will not be published. Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf (now Lambinowice in Silesia) also known as Kommando E562, became a part of the Auschwitz/Monowitz concentration camp complex. In January 1945, as the Soviet armies resumed their offensive and advanced into Germany, many of the prisoners were marched westward in groups of 200 to 300 in the so-called Death March. Today I read the diaries of Private William Law. All the camp knew it. I think he had an argument with them about the fag." c/o S. E. Petherbridge My interest in Stalag VIIIB, German Prisoner of War Camp, started with the fact that many New Zealand POWs ended up here, including some friends of my family. When I began to research my family history I got Dad's military records from the MOD. The working party was known as BAB 20/3COY. Records from Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp other sources. All three units held their positions, under constant attack, until ordered to withdraw. On 10th May 1940 the Phoney War came to an abrupt end when Germany invaded Belgium and Holland. Junction Rd Shropshire, 24th Aug 1942 The working party was known as BAB 20/3COY. Yorkshire, 27th Jul 1942 The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. "Gerfreitter Sonntag lifted the wheelbarrow himself and pushed it a bit further in order to show the prisoner it was not too heavy. R. L. Rutherford It was opened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. Dagenham Ave Gillingham It was opened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. There were less than 200 survivors found. "Gerfreitter Sonntag lifted the wheelbarrow himself and pushed it a bit further in order to show the prisoner it was not too heavy. Park Road The Wehrmacht closed POW camp E715 on January 21, 1945 forcing the British POWs to undertake a forced march to Stalag VII-A at Moosburg in Germany. Here they worked on a chemical factory building wooden huts, laying pipes and trenches etc. Chetwin, Colin Edwin, 1912-1991 Ref: DA-10725-F Description: Athletics meeting at Stalag 8B prisoner of war camp, Lamsdorf, Germany, on August Bank Holiday, 1943. Stalag 3A was liberated by the Russians in April 1945. Six of them were self-contained wards, each with space for about 100 patients. Flight Sergeant Frank Firman (front row, centre) Ronald Arnold (front row, far right) Below is a list of names and addresses of various PoW's from Stalag VIII B, Stalag Luft III, Belaria and Stalag III A. That involved being beaten in the face with a rifle butt, an assault that led to the loss of his teeth. In July 1944 Stalag Luft 6 was evacuated with prisoners transferred to either Stalag Luft 4 or Stalag 357 in Fallingbostel in Germany. In the second issue of The Clarion (the camp magazine) in February 1943, the RC Chaplain Father John Berry says that "there are about 600 Working Parties and .. you will be able to guess why so many of you will have not yet had a visit". Very little remains there, but there is an exhibition of daily life in the camps and a reconstruction of a hut where Russian POWs were held (and treated very badly). Grenadier Guards. I looked at the photo on the site and am wondering if he is in the picture in the back row on the right because I don't have any photos of when he was very young to compare. forestry department, E578 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Peiskretscham, Kreis Gleiwitz, E586 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Kazimierz, E587 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Czelads Piarski, E593 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Beuthen Schonberg, E594 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Konigshutte Ost, E603 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Hindenburg, E608 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Forest Party nr Hirschfelde, E608 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Forest party nr Hirschfelde, E62 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gleiwitz-Steigern, E701 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Tichau Czulow (paper factory), E702 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Klimontow coal mine, E707 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Sosnowitz, E711A Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Heydebreck, E714 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Blechhammer, Upper Silesia, E715 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Auschwitz, E724 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Schwientochlowitz, E725 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Konigshutte Bismark, E727 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mechtal Beuthen. Scotland, 26th Jul 1942 Dad died in 1957 at age 40, he was damaged coming back from the war PTS a word that came from the Vietnam era, but in those days you sucked it up and most never talked about it again, we basically grew up without a father. Scarborough, 7th May 1942 At that time 1957 John Mayhead came over to visit some of his POW friends, he from New Zealand, but dad had passed on at that time already. Stalag VIIIB, later renumbered Stalag 344, was located near the small town of Lamsdorf (now called ambinowice) in Silesia, Poland. In harsh winter conditions prisoners were marched, under guard, with poor clothing and rations. Almost 10,000 Bomber Command aircrew became prisoners of war after they were shot down or baled out. During the First World War, a much larger POW camp was established here with some 90,000 soldiers of various nationalities interned here. In the 1860s, the Prussian Army established a training area for artillery at a wooded area near Lamsdorf, a small village connected by rail to Opole and Nysa. Banstead I have just come back from a visit to the remains of Stalag VIIIb and the Prisoner of War Museum at Lambinovice (Lamsdorf). Hythe End Roy A Flood Canada, Armand Rondeau East Barnet The records also told me that Dad was captured at Gazala in North Africa and ended up in Stalag VIIIb, in what is now Poland, from September 1943 until liberation in April 1945. Stalag Luft I was a German World War II prisoner-of-war (POW) camp near Barth, Western Pomerania, Germany, for captured Allied airmen. SCENES AT STALAG VIIIB (LAMSDORF) PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, GERMANY 1942 - 1945 Unable to open [object Object]: HTTP 0 attempting to load TileSource IWM HU 47109 1/2 slide 1 to 2 of 2 Description Object description Interior view of a camp hut showing prisoners' accommodation and possessions on Christmas Day 1944. The site was chosen because the sandy soil made tunnelling difficult for prisoners of war to dig tunnels. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Australia, RAF No. About 500 prisoners died at Stalag VIIIB/344 at Lamsdorf, mostly from illness, accidents or war wounds, probably fewer than 1% of the men who were at the camp at some time or another. Captured RAF prisoners were first sent to the Dulag Luft transit camps near Frankfurt and then mostly taken to one of seven Stalag Luft Camps. It was built in March 1941 on the grounds of a former Czech barracks. Stalag VIII-D was a German World War II prisoner-of-war camp ( Stammlager) located at the outskirts of Teschen, (now esk Tn, Czech Republic ). Stalag 3AUsed for: Stalag 3-A, Stalag iii-A, Stalag III-A, Luckenwalde camp. It was located outside of Lamsdorf (now called Lambinowice) in southwestern Poland, not far from the Czech border. In January 1945 the camp held just under 9000 prisoners of whom 8000 were American and 820 British. E715 was next to the I.G. Henry A. limestone quarry. Food rations were supplemented by, in theory, one Red Cross parcel per week for each prisoner. There were less than 200 survivors found. Pte. Thanks again for the contact. Wolverhampton The South Lancashires held the far left of the British line, west of Nieuport, the Loyals occupied the fortified town of Bergues on the right, while the East Lancashires plugged a gap in the centre of the line along the Bergues Canal. Incidently my dad was born in Wednesbury, not far away from Walsall. Mountain View Stalag VIII B was established on 4 October 1939. The Soviet Army reached the camp on 17 March 1945. recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. What a revelation - they told me so much about this young man who joined up in 1939 - about his education, his previous employment (and what he earned) and his physical appearance. Wednesbury Norton Cottages If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. Following interrogation at Dulag Luft prisoners were mostly moved to one of seven Stalag Luft prisoner of war camps. [4], In 1998, Arthur Dodd, a former British POW from Camp E715, published Spectator In Hell, a book about his time imprisoned at Monowitz. Stalag VIIIB Lamsdorf was a large, German prisoner of war camp. Stalag Luft 3Used for: Stalag Luft 3, Stalag Luft iii, Stalag Luft III, Belaria camp, Belaria, Belaria compound, Zagan camp, Zegan camp, Sagan camp, Stalag Luft 3 was in Lower Silesia near the town of Sagan, 100 miles (161 kms) south-east of Berlin. At this same location there had been a prisoner camp during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. Robert Kelly served with the East Lancashire Regiment during WW2 and was captured at Dunkirk in 1940. Some were later released, others sent to Gulags in Siberia. Harrison Rd Prisoners organised educational lessons, sports, entertainments and camp newspapers. Tamboerskloof Stalag III B; Stalag IV B; Stalag IV C; Stalag IV F; Stalag VIII A Grlitz; M-Stammlager IX C; Sandbostel (Concentration camp) Stalag XI-A; Stalag XI B; . The so-called Lazarett was set up on a separate site with eleven concrete buildings. St Kilda This states that Joe refused to push a heavily laden wheelbarrow of earth. Essex, 26th Jul 1942 Y Yithers By 1943, the famous camp for Allied flight personnel in Sagan - Stalag Luft III - had become so overcrowded that about 1,000, mostly non-commissioned flight personnel, were transferred to Lamsdorf. Welwyn Garden City St Helens Laws, Ken Whitely It was reopened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German invasion of Poland, which started World War II in September 1939. Stalag VIII-B and Stalag Luft VIII-B Lamsdorf, Poland (now Lambinowice) Stalag VIII-B Teschen Poland Location N/E 49-18. In 2005 my mother also contacted Alison Robertson from an advert in the local paper. By early October 1939 both battalions were in position on the Belgian frontier, where they were joined in April 1940 by the 1st and 4th East Lancashires, both of 42nd Division. Forest Gate My Grandfather, two uncles and my dad were all over there during the war at the same time and thanks to God they all came back safe although my father later died of cancer when I was 8 months old. Saint Road Ottaw, On Also known as Stalag 344, and connected to Stalag IV b/z and Stalag VIII-d. 64,000 POWs in 1944 with 150 officers and 13,625 being British. - Stalag 8b Prisoner of War Camp during the Second World War -. A photomontage of images from Stalag VIIIb prisoner of war came including a German list of prisoners who escaped from the Camp and featuring the profile of . The original pages can be seen in Arthur's Wartime Log - Part 2. Essex, 25th Jul 1942 It is not clear which battalion Robert served with however it is more probable that it was the 1st Battalion which formed part of the final defence force around the Dunkirk beaches. The camp was created in 1941 as the base camp for a number of work-camps (Arbeitskommando) for prisoners of war working in the mines and industries of Upper Silesia. Polish army personnel being repatriated from POW camps were also processed through Lamsdorf and sometimes held there as prisoners for several months. During the "Death March" people who were suffering from cold (marched barefoot, without proper winter clothing) soon started to die of exhaustion. The prefix E referred to English although other national were included. stone quarry and factory, E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mankendorf. 616337 photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them. It was located at Barth on the Baltic Coast in northern Germany. "Arbeitskommando E119, Stalag VIIIB, Mankendorf", http://www.wartimememories.co.uk/pow/e119.html, "The camp for prisoners of war from Great Britain in Klimontow near Sosnowiec, Poland", http://klimontow.na12.pl/content/view/97/47/, Photos and personal stories of British prisoners, "Lamsdorf: Stalag VIIIB 344 Prisoner of War Camp 1940 - 1945", http://www.stalag-viiib.com/content/pow-diary-1944-stalag-viiib-jhhallam, "A Prisoner of War's Diary from Stalag VIIIB 1940-45", http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/20/a8437520.shtml, http://www.trasksdad.com/Don%20Hall/lamsdorf.htm, "British POW describes Arbeitskommandos E196, E702 and Saubsdorf", http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/45/a6471245.shtml, http://disc.yourwebapps.com/Indices/134484.html, "The Central Prisoner-Of-War Museum In ambinowice-Opole", http://www.cmjw.pl/www/index_en.php?id=wstep, Pages using infobox military installation with unknown parameters, Articles with dead external links from November 2014, Articles with Polish-language external links, Articles with French-language external links, Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia, Schalkendorf in the Kreis (Area of) Opole, E561 Tarnowtitz, railway depot loading and unloading trains, E706 Coal mine near Jaworzno, mostly Australians and New Zealanders, E902 Delbruckschachte-Hindenburg coal mine. A civilian labourer apparently confirmed this version. I now wonder if it was another soldier who was shotin anargument over a cigarette and thatJoe's shooting was indeed over refusing to pushthe wheelbarrow. The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation run by volunteers. Released by the advancing Russian forces in Upper Silesia. Worsbrough Dale Those who were unable to march were killed with the butts of the guns by the so-called Nachkommando which followed the columns. He said that Joe was part of a working party formed at Fort 11 near Torun. Manor House Rd Research then told me about the Death Marches - and the fact that the starving prisoners ate grass. Dad arrived at Belaria in late October44. Ferry Road Six of them were self-contained wards, each with space for about 100 patients. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. *The names on the lists might not all be listed individually yet on the alphabetical list below (it takes a long time to do this). The camp initially occupied barracks built to house British and French prisoners in World War I. Some were later released, others sent to Gulags in Siberia. Stalag 3A was aprisoner of war camp run by the German Army near Luckenwalde, 32 miles (51 kms) south of Berlin. Ormskirk E538 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Sosnowice. Add a Name to this List His lifelong involvement in the British Legion is testimony to that. Montreal 29th Jul 1942. In 1941 a separate camp, Stalag VIII-F was set up close by to house the Soviet prisoners. stone quarry and factory E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b E119 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Mankendorf. Farben chemical plant just a few hundred meters away from the entrance to Monowitz. Nr. Canada, 20th Jan 1944 Those who were unable to march were killed with the butts of the guns by the so-called Nachkommando which followed the columns. Nr Wellington Wood Les Chatterton The Last Escape. The only two to survive on Dad's plane were he (Jim Snowsell) and Wild Kipp. Buchenwald was built in 1937 to imprison opponents of the Nazi regime and others they saw as "undesirable." Norton In December 1943 the camp was split with RAF prisoners staying at Lamsdorf which was renumbered Stalag 344 and Army prisoners being moved away. The British Medics were going to amputate his leg prior to his capture. Arbeitskommandos were set up to house lower ranks that were working in the coal mines, quarries, factories and on railways. My mother wrote to The Legion magazine a number of years ago requesting information. Junction Lane Letters from Frank Morris while prisoner-of-war in Stalag VIII-B. Brinley Norman "Bryn" Williams Royal Engineers. H. J. mine. Stalag Luft 4 was opened by the Luftwaffe in May 1944 for RAF and American non commissioned officers. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. Schalkendorf in the Kreis (Area of) Oppeln. Date: Sep 1941-Sep 1944 From: Morris family : . The Archive team would love to hear from you. Among them were: Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! It was opened in 1939 to house Polish prisoners from the German September 1939 offensive. For a few cigarettes he pointed out to me the various places where they had the gas chambers and the places where they took them down to be cremated. [3] Some POWs made contact with concentration camp inmates and passed on information about the war's progress that had been acquired using secret radios in the POW camp. By early 1942 they housed 7,000 prisoners from Belgium, France, Poland and Yugoslavia. New Westminster, BC Christmas celebrations during theSecond World Waroften had to be scaled down or adjusted as restrictions and shortages took their toll. Later approximately 100,000 prisoners from Australia, Belgium, Great Britain, Canada, France, Greece, New Zealand, Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, Soviet Union, Yugoslavia and the United States passed through this camp. Church (My Pilot) I would very much like to get in touch with Paul Law (William's son who submitted the dairies). Hunter E94 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Emilienhoff. Thanks again for your site. Hundreds of thousands passed through those gates - and tens of thousands died there. Baitford In 1944 American and British prisoners arrived. All Rights Reserved except for Fair Dealing exceptions otherwise permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. As a teenager, she remembered Dad's return and how very weak and ill he was. Quebec Newcastle upon Tyne, 17th Jun 1942 The hospital facilities at Stalag VIII-B were among the best in all Stalags. Stalag Luft 7Used for: Stalag Luft 7, Stalag Luft vii, Stalag Luft VII, Bankau camp, Breslau. We first heard that he was a prisoner in Stalag 111B, from there to Stalag V111B hence the picture. 25 Operational Training Unit Wellington lost. Lawrence intended this montage was intended to commemorate the work of Judd Lawson (whose prewar portrait is incorporated in the montage). From December 1943 the camp was extended to take an increasing number of American aircrew. E3 Blechhammer was a working party area part of the overall Stalag 8b Complex. Laurier Ave Our Restrictions and conditions apply. Jim Snowsell Mr Earl describes that the working party then moved to Reigersfield near Old Cossel in Upper Silesia. Canterbury The base camp at Lamsdorf was renumbered Stalag 344. Thus a camp within a camp was created. Our Shaw Heath Papers relating to the camps Stalag VIII B Lamsdorf and Teschen Camp, 1942-1944, including statistics on inmates; deaths/discharges; executions; health statistics; organisational changes. Dandenong Rd Our collection contains a wealth of material to help you research and find your connection with the wartime experiences of the brave men and women who served in Australia's military forces. Here they worked on a chemical factory building wooden huts, laying pipes and trenches etc. 1st and 4th Battalions East Lancashire Regiment who joined the 42nd Division in 1940 prior to Dunkirk. James Badcock Fulham Road Clacton-on-Sea Stalag Luft 1Usef for: Stalag Luft 1, Stalag Luft i, Stalag Luft I, Barth camp, Opened in July 1940 Stalag Luft 1 was the first of the Stalag Luft camps run by the Luftwaffe to hold captured Allied aircrew. Some of the surrounding POWs were said to have shouted at him and Sonntag took his rifle to show he meant his threat. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Altogether, some 35,000 parachute and glider troops were involved in the operation. He told us that he was in on several escape plans but did nor ever try to escape himself as he reckoned he was too old and might hold the others back. West Java In April 1945, the British POWs at Auschwitz were liberated by the U.S. Army at Stalag VII A in Moosburg. In general, the conditions in the main Teschen camp and in all the sub-camps were deplorable. West Bergholt Robert Kelly East Lancashire Regiment. Pattingham Gerrard St A photomontage of images from Stalag VIIIb prisoner of war came including a German list of prisoners who escaped from the Camp and featuring the profile of . (Robert Leslie Rutherford) Later the Lamsdorf camp was used by the Soviets to house Germans, both prisoners of war and civilians. Air Force POWs in all camps are listed - Lamsdorf is identified as 344. E563 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Bory Jelen Jaworzno, E565 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Sierza Wodna, E571 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Gruden. There are various post cards of a funeral at BAB20 for a man shot for smoking a fag. Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. In 1945-1946, the camp was used by the Soviet-installed Polish Ministry of Public Security to house some 8000-9000 Germans, both prisoners of war and civilians. A. E. Collins After that, British POWs numbers remained approximately 600 for the remainder of the war. New Zealand, Frank W Day Knighton Road Canada, 26th April 1944 If you are interested in the full range of licenses available for this material, please contact the Media Sales & Licensing Team. The date fits(if this was Pte Law's diary for 1942) and the reason fits the official German version. These are the camps that housed captured members of the enemy armed forces, crews of ships of the merchant marine and the crews of civil aircraft. Stalag VIII-B Lamsdorf was a German Army prisoner of war camp, later renumbered Stalag-344, located near the small town of Lamsdorf (now called ambinowice) in Silesia. True Heart Inn Released by the advancing Russian forces in Upper Silesia. Later the Lamsdorf camp was used by the Soviets to house Germans, both prisoners of war and civilians. S-0413-0004-02. E276 Arbeits kommando Stalag 8b Ottmachau. However, as it was attached to the Monowitz concentration camp (codenamed Buna after the synthetic rubber it made) which was one of the 28 sub-camps under the control of Auschwitz III, the SS had effective control. Quantity: 1 b&w origi. New Zealand, 24th May 1940 In 1943, the Lamsdorf camp was split up, and many of the prisoners (and Arbeitskommandos) were transferred to two new base camps Stalag VIII-C Sagan and Stalag VIII-D Teschen (modern esk Tsn). If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small As a teenager, she remembered Dad's return and how very weak and ill he was. Grange Town L W Walsh All the civilian population knew it. Burscough List of Prisoners of War Camps (Stalags and Oflags) in Germany and Incorporated Countries. Mr Cossel said, "Your uncle was working there when he was shot by a German guard. The Central Prisoner-Of-War Museum In Lambinowice. However all food was provided from kitchens operated by army personnel in the camp proper. Later during the war, approximately 100,000 prisoners from Australia, Belgium, British India, British Palestine, Canada, France, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, the United States and Yugoslavia passed through this camp. Place des Pointeliers Near Walsall Douglas railway depot loading and unloading trains. Lawrence, a trained engineer, carried out clandestine photography in the Camp between August 1942 - February 1945. Robert Kelly served with the East Lancashire Regiment during WW2 and was captured at Dunkirk in 1940. Camp commander Czesaw Gborski was later put on trial for his role in running the camp. 10thFeb 2023 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. 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