Sep2022
Photo Report Airborne Hospital
In the weekend of the commemorations of the Battle of Arnhem, 'War Department' had again set up an field hospital in the concert hall in Oosterbeek. This living history group lets you experience what the stress in his field hospital must have been like.
Sep2022
Photo report commemoration Battle of Arnhem in Lombok
Every year on Friday afternoon in the weekend of the commemoration of the Battle of Arnhem, a commemoration is held at the September 1944 memorial in West-Arnhem (Lombok). This memorial was unveiled at the time by General Urquhart and it is located in the part of Arnhem where on the second day of the Battle of Arnhem the reinforcements for the 2nd battalion of Lt. Col Frost at the bridge, were blocked by the German defences.
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Sep2022
Photo report unveiling new Airborne memorials
During the commemoration period of the Battle of Arnhem in September 2022, three new memorials were unveiled. With this image report we want to look at this in more detail:
Sep2022
Photo report interment of ashes Arnhem veteran John Jeffries
On Friday, September 16, 2022, the ashes of Arnhem veteran John Jeffries, who died in 2020, were interred at the Airborne cemetery in Oosterbeek. During the Battle of Arnhem John was assigned to the 156th Parachute Battalion as a liaison. He was injured during his jump on the Ginkelse Heide on September 18, 1944.
Sep2022
Photo report Commemoration Battle of Arnhem in the 'Berenkuil'
On Friday September 16, 2022, the annual commemoration of the Battle of Arnhem was held in Arnhem. As in previous years, there was first a meeting for invited guests in the Eusebius Church. One of the speakers here was Minister of Justice and Security Yeşilgöz-Zegerius. This was followed by the commemoration ceremony in the 'Berenkuil'.
Sep2022
Photo report Airborne landing and commemoration Ginkel Heath 2022
On Saturday 17 September, the annual airborne landing and commemoration was held on the Ginkel Heath near Ede. Early on, the column of historic vehicles was lined up and the market stalls were manned. At 10:00 am, Parachute Group Holland paratroopers made the first jumps from a Dakota.
Jul2022
Photo report memorials to the crews of two Short Stirlings in Montfoort
On Wednesday 29 June 2022, two new memorials were unveiled in Montfoort to the crews of two Short Stirling bombers that crashed here during the Second World War.
Jun2022
Photo report unveiling memorial Lancaster DS818
On 13 June 2022 a memorial was unveiled in Nunspeet for the crew of Avro Lancaster II DS818 JI-Q 'Maggie' of RAF 514 Sqdn. The aircraft had taken off from Waterbeach base in England for an attack on Gelsenkirchen. On June 13, 1944 during the return flight the aircraft was shot down by a German night fighter at the Oosteinderweg in Nunspeet. Four British crew members were killed. They are buried at the General Cemetery East in Nunspeet.
Feb2022
British veterans visit the Airborne Museum
On Saturday 26 February 2022, a group of British veterans visited the Airborne Museum in Oosterbeek. The renovated museum would be opened by them on March 13, 2020. That didn't happen in the nick of time because the first lockdown related to Corona came into force on that day.
Sep2021
Photo Report Race to the Bridge 2021
When the first Airbornes landed on 17 September 1944 in the Renkum/Wolfheze area, it was of the utmost importance to reach their target as quickly as possible: the road bridge in Arnhem. Every year on the Saturday afternoon during the memorial weekend, this Race to the Bridge is reenacted.
Sep2021
Photo Report Airborne Commemorations Renkum and Heelsum 17 September 2021
On September 17, 2021, the Airborne commemoration was held at the landing areas near Renkum at the beginning of the afternoon. It was then exactly 77 years ago that the first paratroopers and gliders of the 1st Airborne Division landed here. In the evening the commemoration took place at the Airborne memorial in Heelsum.
Sep2021
Photo Report Commemoration Victims Bomb Raid 17 September 1944 Ede
On September 17, 1944 at 11:41 in the morning the first bombs fell from allied aircraft in the area around the Parkweg in Ede. The bombs were intended to attack German targets on the east side of Ede, prior to the Airborne landings later that day. A second attack followed in the afternoon. A total of 71 inhabitants of Ede died as a result.
Sep2021
Photo Report Commemoration Air Despatch Memorial 2021
The last formal commemoration in the Arnhem Airborne weekend is the commemoration at the Air Despatch monument, near the cemetery in Oosterbeek.
Sep2021
Photo report Ceremony headstone with name for unknown Polish soldier
On Friday, September 16 2021, a ceremony was held at the Airborne cemetery in Oosterbeek because the grave of an unknown Polish soldier was given a new stone with name. Thanks to research by Mateusz Mróz, it has been established that the remains in this grave must have come from Edward Trochim of the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade. The ceremony attracted a lot of interest.
Sep2021
Photo report Airborne commemoration Bear Pit Arnhem
Prior to the ceremony in the 'Bear Pit' on Friday evening September 16, 2021, there was a meeting for invited guests in the Eusebius Church. Speeches were given here by, among others, Mayor Marcouch and State Secretary Blokhuis.
Sep2021
Photo Report Airborne Commemoration Arnhem-West
During the first days of the Battle of Arnhem there was heavy fighting in Arnhem-West. The units intended to reinforce the bridge were stopped here. Every year on the Friday afternoon during the memorial weekend in September, there is a ceremony at the monument that General Urquhart himself unveiled. An impression of Friday 17 September 2021:
Sep2021
Photo Report Air landings and Commemorations Ginkel Heath
On Saturday 18 September 2021, the Air Landing and commemoration took place on Ginkel Heath near Ede. Because of Covid without veterans, but with a large crowd and many historic vehicles.
Sep2021
Photo Report Commemoration Airborne Cemetery Oosterbeek
On Sunday, September 19, 2021, the annual commemoration was held at the Airborne Cemetery in Oosterbeek. Due to the Corona measures, unfortunately with a limited number of invited guests and no Arnhem veterans.
Sep2021
Photo Report Airborne region gears up
The weekend of 17 to 19 September is the focus of the commemorations of the Battle of Arnhem. During the days leading up to this, a lot is already happening. In recent years, exercise Falcon Leap has been held in this week. Large groups of military paratroopers are dropped at various places in the region. Flags are hung and crosses are placed. The first wreath laying takes place. Reenactors and old vehicles appear in the streets etc.
Sep2021
Photo report Parachute jumps at Wolfheze on 16 September 2021
On Thursday morning Parachute Group Holland made parachute jumps near Wolfheze on the eastern part of the terrain that was known as Landing zone S during the Battle of Arnhem.
Dec2020
Photo report Candles on Airborne War Cemetery Airborne Cemetery Oosterbeek
The restrictions regarding Covid-19 did not prevent a small group of volunteers to place candles on the graves on Christmas Eve at the Airborne Cemetery in Oosterbeek.
Mar2020
Photo Report 'Airborne' premiere at Wings of Liberation Best
At Museum Wings of Liberation Best, the art installation “Airborne” was opened on Friday 6 March 2020. Around 75 years of freedom, Brabant Remembers shows with 'The Art of Freedom' in a series of temporary art installations at WWII heritage sites, not only the impact of the Second World War at the time, but also the importance for now and tomorrow.
Oct2019
Photo Report Commemoration Liberation 's-Hertogenbosch (part 2 ceremony)
On Saturday afternoon (26 October 2019) in the one and a half weeks of commemoration of the liberation of 's-Hertogenbosch there was a ceremony and an exhibition of military vehicles at De Parade, the center of the commemorations.
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