Leonard Berney | |
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Born | London, England | 11 April 1920
Died | 7 March 2016 | (aged 95)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | ![]() |
Years of service | 1939–1946 |
Rank | Lieutenant-Colonel |
Commands held | Military Governor of Schleswig-Holstein |
Battles/wars | Second World War |
Other work | Company Managing Director |
Lieutenant-Colonel Leonard Berney (11 April 1920 – 7 March 2016) was a British soldier who was one of the first British officers at the liberation of Bergen-Belsen. [1] [2] [3] He also testified in the Belsen trial. [4]
In 2015 to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Holocaust, he published the memoir Liberating Belsen Concentration Camp - A Personal Account by (former) Lt-Colonel Leonard Berney. [5] He attended Brighton College [6] and then St Paul's School, London 1933-38. [7]
Leonard Berney | |
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Born | London, England | 11 April 1920
Died | 7 March 2016 | (aged 95)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | ![]() |
Years of service | 1939–1946 |
Rank | Lieutenant-Colonel |
Commands held | Military Governor of Schleswig-Holstein |
Battles/wars | Second World War |
Other work | Company Managing Director |
Lieutenant-Colonel Leonard Berney (11 April 1920 – 7 March 2016) was a British soldier who was one of the first British officers at the liberation of Bergen-Belsen. [1] [2] [3] He also testified in the Belsen trial. [4]
In 2015 to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the Holocaust, he published the memoir Liberating Belsen Concentration Camp - A Personal Account by (former) Lt-Colonel Leonard Berney. [5] He attended Brighton College [6] and then St Paul's School, London 1933-38. [7]