Henry Lund’s War (including the Lamsdorf Long March)
Capture, Firsthand Long March Accounts, In Camp, Liberation and Repatriation, Long Marches, Treatment and Welfare, Uncategorised, War DiaryHenry Lund, was in the Royal Artillery (Coast Defence Units ) Corps of Military Police (attached to the 51 Highland Division). He was captured at St. Valery on June 12th 1940 and liberated on 28th April 1945. Here is his war-time account:
Henry…
James Peters – Diary of a Death March
Firsthand Long March Accounts, Liberation and Repatriation, Long Marches, Treatment and Welfare, War DiaryJames Peters joined the Border Regiment as a Territorial on 3rd May 1939 and served as a Private with the 4th Battalion. The 4th Battalion landed in Normandy, France on 19th September of that same year.
His time as a POW took him to a camp…
Gordon Leslie Hines – his Lamsdorf Long March
Firsthand Long March Accounts, Liberation and Repatriation, Long Marches, Treatment and Welfare, War DiaryThis is a transcription of notes hand written in an exercise book. Some of the writing is difficult to interpret, especially the German place names. Inserted comments are in italics.
Gordon Leslie Hines – His Lamsdorf Long March
His…
Edward Tomsett ‘s Tafchenbuch (POW) Long March Diary.
Faith, Firsthand Long March Accounts, Liberation and Repatriation, Long Marches, Treatment and WelfareEdward Tomsett was a Gunner in the Royal Artillery. POW Number 221772.
Diary 1945. January to May. Home address 6 Scotholme Avenue, Hyson Green, Nottingham. UK.
Edward Tomsett (back Row 5th From The Right)Judging by the closely…
Hugh Fraser – march after capture and march to freedom
Capture, Firsthand Long March Accounts, Liberation and Repatriation, Long Marches
In Hugh Fraser's account he describes his march immediately after capture and his Lamsdorf Long March experience.
Private Hugh Fraser March After Capture And March Out Of Captivity
Thomas Horrocks Houston – War diary and transcript
Capture, In Camp, Liberation and Repatriation, Treatment and Welfare, War DiaryMr Thomas Horrocks Houston, my father, born December 1915 joined the British Army, Number 6896496, on the 29th September 1938. He was captured and taken a German POW in Calais on the 26th May 1940, marched to Lamsdorf Camp arriving on the 21st…
John Burton Shanks – wartime experiences
Communication, Education, Firsthand Long March Accounts, In Camp, Liberation and Repatriation, Long Marches, Recreation, Uncategorised, War Diary, WorkIn the introduction to his journal Jenny Kingston wrote:
Much to his parents dismay, my father, John Burton Shanks, lied about his age and signed up to help the war effort when he was 17 years old. At school he had been a member of the OTC…
Frank Emslie’s long march
Firsthand Long March Accounts, Liberation and Repatriation, Long Marches, Treatment and WelfareFrank Emslie recorded the places he passed through on the Lamsdorf Long March in his pay book , January – April 1945. Noting the distance covered - a total of 819Km
His daughter has transcribed the list below.
Lamsdorf (Lambinowicz)
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Robert John Clucas – Experiences of a Prisoner Of War
Capture, Firsthand Long March Accounts, Liberation and Repatriation, Long Marches, Treatment and Welfare, WorkRobert John Clucas - Experiences of a Prisoner Of War
BY PRIVATE R.J.CLUCAS. POW No 33597
INTERVIEW BY ENID ENGLAND
As edited by M.L.Clucas
The Prologue June 22nd, 1942: In Egypt, 4 and 5 New Zealand Brigade is allocated defense…
Howard Holmes – war memoirs
Capture, Firsthand Long March Accounts, In Camp, Liberation and Repatriation, Long Marches, Treatment and Welfare, Uncategorised, WorkHoward Holmes War Memoirs
I was a private in 15th platoon Hawke’s Bay Company which I’d joined in December 1940 when I was 23. After seeing action in Greece and with little in the way of weaponry we were taken off on the “Ajax” and…