Ive managed to get my grandfathers service records for the 416/127 LAA Regt, including the DRAMA report from the Royal Artillery Museum Archive. We were told as kids that he went into Belsen Camp, but have no idea of what role he was involved in. Neither the DRAMA report or his service records indicate that he went there. His trade was a Fitter, Gun Class III. In May 1945 the DRAMA states they are in Terneuzen, Holland for most of May then moved on the 25th via Venlo, Rehburg, Sarstedt, north of Hanover arriving at Landkreis Alfeld on the 29th. The only reports are for the movements of 'DP' (Displaced Persons) in June/July. Polish, Russians and Italians from Godenau Camp and from Duingen Camp. Is there anywhere that has more details on the units that operated at Belsen?
Many tales after the war of most of the British army going through Belsen War diary here 127 Regt. | The National Archives A couple of members offer a copy service from Kew at reasonable rates My Father stated he went to Belsen the below possibly vindicates his story he was a driver/mechanic/gunner 92nd Light Anti Aircraft FROM VE Day onwards, the regiment remained with the army of occupation, but was employed virtually as infantry, concentrating on supervising displaced persons, arresting SS men and other Nazis, destroying enemy equipment and policing troublesome freed Russian prisoners of war. On May 10, Lieutenant-Colonel Henderson stepped down as the 92nd’s CO and Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Maynard Adderley took command. That same day, Lieutenant Coombs mustered as many drivers as possible for a special operation. Len Harvey was among them. ‘We were taken to the 3rd Division HQ, where two drivers each were assigned to a three-ton Bedford lorry and the whole convoy of trucks set off for Hanover, where they were loaded with Red Cross packages. From there we progressed to Belsen concentration camp. 7th Loyals / 92nd (Loyals) LAA Regiment, RA, 1940-1946
