British Freekorps - Looking For Photos

[Gary Wood]

The Photo's adrian sent me to post here,thanks Adrian

Cheers
gary

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#2

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#3

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#4

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#5

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last one

[Tom M]

Many thanks.

Tom Cooper died in South London in 1987: he'd been living there under an assumed name since the 1970s.

Hi Adrian! Glad you are here,

Ah well that's a shame about the uniform, but I had always assumed that Thomas Hellor Cooper was captured by the british, trialed, and executed in 45/46?

[Simon O.]

Wow, there's some new ones for me!

Who's #2, Cooper ???

Not seen #4, Pleasants either.

Thanks for allowing these to be posted Adrian, very kind of you. BTW, turned up anything new on the BFC as of late?

[Basil]

#2 is Roy Courlander, wearing the uniform of the Kurt Eggers regiment which he was actually captured in. He is the one BFC member known to have brought an example of the insignia back (an armshield), together with his soldbuch, erkennungsmark and various other papers. The uniform he is wearing was used as an exhibit at several of the courts-martial before being sent to the NZ Army's archives. From there, it was lent to someone for an amateur theatrical production in the 1960s and never returned!

[Simon O.]

#2 is Roy Courlander, wearing the uniform of the Kurt Eggers regiment which he was actually captured in. He is the one BFC member known to have brought an example of the insignia back (an armshield), together with his soldbuch, erkennungsmark and various other papers. The uniform he is wearing was used as an exhibit at several of the courts-martial before being sent to the NZ Army's archives. From there, it was lent to someone for an amateur theatrical production in the 1960s and never returned!

Has the soldbuch and other papers survived?

[Gesetz]

Who's number 5 and 6? No chance of possibly seeing any of the Canucks that were in the BFC, is there?

[HIAG]

Simon's right.

Adrian Weale's book is the definitive history of the BFK - and even describes delivery of the tabs and cuff titles, to be sewn on overnight by the unit tailor.

Two privately published books, worth getting regarding the "British legion of St George" and the "British Free Corps". YEOMEN OF VALHALLA" and "THE FRUSTRATED AXIS". Both by the "Marquis de Slade".

Both are printed in English and German, contact address
EIGEN-VERLAG DE SLADE
PRASIDENTSTRASSE 26
D-44787 BOCHUM
DEUTSCHLAND.

Regards Hiag

[TMurray]

Hi Tom...saw a documentary on Sky History channel over here about 5 months ago, very good documentary, even spoke to a couple of BFK members, one now lives (lived) in Australia & was very upset to be interviewed, didn't want to talk at all!! Can't recall the name of the program though! .But they did include an original uniform , think it was the son who showed it off, as well as insignia etc, all very interesting. Didn't know they even existed until then !


Tony

I saw this documentary and the interview with the former BFK member, he lives somewhere in New South Wales, he denied volunteering stating he had no choice in the matter and that he did nothing other than distribute propaganda to Allied POWs.

[WARLORD]

5 and 6 are John Lister. These were given to me with other items by him. His pay book was used as an exibit in his trial. This was then put into the archieves but has never been seen again.

[Matthew S.]

I saw this documentary and the interview with the former BFK member, he lives somewhere in New South Wales, he denied volunteering stating he had no choice in the matter and that he did nothing other than distribute propaganda to Allied POWs.

Yeah, they all say that. The fact is the SS went through the POW camps and originally had several hundred folks from Britain and the various commonwealth nations volunteer (they weren't paid but were rewarded with, booze, hookers, and regular liberties). They had to sort through the real rabble to come up with the 29 men they used. Even then, there were more trouble than they were worth and I'm sure most SS commanders who dealt with them would have been happy to see them sent back home. Be it the British Free Korp, Russian POA, or Skanderbeg Division, the SS seems to have had some pretty worthless volunteers they had to deal with.