British prisoners of war at E715, Auschwitz, 15th July 1944. Copyright: National Ex-Prisoner of War Association.

Back row, left to right: Mick, Tommy, Joc, Bob, Henry, George, George, Frank Merrill, Driver George Alexander Saunders (captured at Bir Harmet, North Africa on the 6th June 1942, and was held in two Italian camps before being sent to Stalag IVB. He volunteered for engineering work at a new camp, E715, lying that he was a qualified engineer, when he had in fact been a cinema projectionist before the war. After liberation he was suffering from malnutrition, pleurisy, pneumonia, frostbite, and weighed less than 5 stone; he was not expected to survive but made a full recovery. He passed away on the 12th April 2000).

Front row: Bill, Eric, Jimmy, Bill, Sailor, Jack, Harry, Jock.