John Wilson (British Free Corps)
John Eric Wilson was an Unterscharführer[1] in the Waffen-SS British Free Corps during the Second World War. He had been born in October 1921, the son of a Lancashire chemist. A member of No. 3 Commando, he landed at Bova Marina with a small party under the command of Lt J. F. Nixon on the night of 27 August 1943, with a mission to capture a German or Italian prisoner, check to see if one bridge was prepared for demolition, blow another, and conduct a beach reconnaissance for further operations. Unfortunately for Wilson, the group was compromised on 28 August and he was captured.[2] He 'decided, after some initial hesitation, to stay on' in the BFC in December 1943.[3] '[A] fit and physically impressive man,' he conducted PT lessons for the Corps.[4] He acted as the senior BFC NCO after the dismissal of Thomas Freeman.[5] When the Corps was sent on active service on 8th March 1945, Wilson 'refused to go to the front and engineered for himself the role of liaison between the Corps and the Berlin office.'[6] 'Wilson’s ostensible job as liaison officer [was] to keep the flow of [Red Cross] parcels arriving to the front, but all he [did] ... was steal a few before deserting Berlin on 9 April' towards Bremen.[7] He gave evidence in the court martial of Roy Courlander on 1 October 1945.[8] He received a sentence of ten years' imprisonment after the War.[9]
External links[edit]
- Unofficial history of the Australian & New Zealand Armed Services - British Free Corps in the Waffen SS – Aussies fighting for Hitler
- The Legion of St George: Briton’s who Fought for the Nazis
References[edit]
- ↑ Weale, Adrian (2014-11-12). Renegades (Kindle Location 2342). Random House. Kindle Edition
- ↑ Weale, Adrian (2014-11-12). Renegades (Kindle Locations 2083-2086). Random House. Kindle Edition
- ↑ Weale, Adrian (2014-11-12). Renegades (Kindle Locations 2160-2161). Random House. Kindle Edition
- ↑ Weale, Adrian (2014-11-12). Renegades (Kindle Location 2300). Random House. Kindle Edition.
- ↑ Weale, Adrian (2014-11-12). Renegades (Kindle Location 2440). Random House. Kindle Edition.
- ↑ Weale, Adrian (2014-11-12). Renegades (Kindle Locations 2997-2998). Random House. Kindle Edition
- ↑ Weale, Adrian (2014-11-12). Renegades (Kindle Locations 3079-3081, 3185). Random House. Kindle Edition
- ↑ "Alleged Help To Germany." Times, London, England, 2 Oct. 1945: 2. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 18 Feb. 2015.
- ↑ Weale, Adrian (2014-11-12). Renegades (Kindle Location 3362). Random House. Kindle Edition.
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