The British Free Corps was a unit of the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II, made up of British and Dominion prisoners of war who had been recruited by Germany. The unit was originally known as the Legion of St George. Research by British historian Adrian Weale has identified 54 men who belonged to this unit at one time or another, some for only a few days. At no time did it reach more than 27 men in strength.
Two early recruits to the BFC: Kenneth Berry (second left) and Alfred Minchin (second right), with German officers, April 1944
SS-Rottenführer William Brittain, February 1945
SS-Oberscharführer Thomas Haller Cooper (British mugshot, 1945)
SS-Unterscharführer Roy Courlander, 1944
John Amery was a British fascist and Nazi collaborator during World War II. He was the originator of the British Free Corps, a volunteer Waffen-SS unit composed of former British and Dominion prisoners of war.
Amery in 1932
Amery in Milan shortly after his arrest by Italian partisans. The officer with his back to the camera is Alan Whicker.