211279 Pte. Adam Sim Shiels Aird British Army Cameronians from:5 Cameron Drive, Strathaven, Lanarkshire, Scotland My father, Adam Aird, Cameronians was captured in Sicily. He was in camp 8B and then on the Death March. He had many memories of the March but did not bear a grudge. He was friendly with a group of Scotsmen, including Garry McKrindle from Glasgow and a Mr Knowles from Aberdeen, who looked out for each other. In the 1960s he met one of the German guards and they shook hands.
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