Commonwealth War Cemetery Arnhem Oosterbeek
The Commonwealth War Cemetery Arnhem Oosterbeek, also known as the Airborne Cemetery, contains the graves of most of those killed during the September landings and many of those killed in later fighting in the area.
There are now 1,680 Commonwealth servicemen of the Second World War buried or commemorated in the cemetery. 245 of the burials are unidentified and two casualties are commemorated by special memorials. There are also 73 Polish, 3 Dutch and 3 non-war (former CWGC employees) graves in the cemetery.
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Source
- Text: Lennard Bolijn
- Photos: Arjan Vrieze (1, 4, 5), Arjan Vrieze (2, 3)
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23Sep
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.
24Dec
Candles on War Graves
It has been a good practice for several years now to place candles on war graves on Christmas Eve. Here is an impression of the lights on the Airborne cemetery in Oosterbeek.
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Museum
- Airborne Museum 'Hartenstein' - Oosterbeek
- Exhibition Glider Collection Wolfheze - Wolfheze
- Arnhem War Museum '40-'45 - Arnhem
Point of interest
- Information Sign "Operation Market Garden" Oosterbeek - Oosterbeek
- Information Panel Perimeter Route North no. 2 - Oosterbeek
- Hotel Dreyeroord (The White House) - Oosterbeek
Monument
- Stone of Gratitude Oosterbeek - Oosterbeek
- Plaque British and Polish Veterans 1944 Oosterbeek - Oosterbeek
- Memorial Bench Tom Carpenter - Oosterbeek
Cemetery
- American War Grave Oosterbeek War Cemetery - Oosterbeek
- Polish War Graves Oosterbeek War Cemetery - Oosterbeek
- Dutch War Graves Commonwealth War Cemetery Arnhem Oosterbeek - Oosterbeek
Remembrance Stone
- Stumbling Stones Mesdaglaan 39 - Arnhem
- Stumbling Stones Bakenbergseweg 129 - Arnhem
- Stumbling Stones Rembrandtlaan 31 - Arnhem
Fortification
- Concrete Encased M4 Sherman Tank - Arnhem
- Concrete Encased M4 Sherman Tank - Arnhem
- Foxholes 4th Parachute Brigade Headquarters - Wolfheze
Crash site
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