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Oosterbeek War Cemetery, The Netherlands (iii) – Polish Graves

Many Polish soldiers lie buried at Oosterbeek.

A row of their distinctive pointed headstones is to the right here:-

Polish and Other Graves, Oosterbeek War Cemetery,

Similar rows flank the entrance buildings:-

Polish Graves, Oosterbeek War Cemetery

More Polish Graves, Oosterbeek War Cemetery

A Liczner, 3 Baon Spad, 27/9/1944:-

Polish Grave, Oosterbeek War Cemetery

E Morchonowicz, 3 Baon Spad, 23/9/1944:-

Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Polish Grave

A Polish Member of the Parachute Regiment, Private F P Dobrozyski, 19/9/1944, age 26:-

Grave of Polish Member of Parachute Regiment, Oosterbeek War Cemetery

 

 

Oosterbeek War Cemetery, The Netherlands (ii)

Commonwealth War Graves near entrance:-

Commonwealth War Graves, Oosterbeek War Cemetery

Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Commonwealth War Graves

Three soldiers known only unto God:-

Unknown Soldiers, Battle of Arnhem, Oosterbeek War Cemetery

Panorama showing Cross of Sacrifice and back to entrance buildings:-

Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Commonwealth War Graves Panorama

East edge:-

Battle of Arnhem, Commonwealth War Graves, Oosterbeek War Cemetery

Panorama towards entrance:-

Second Panorama, Battle of Arnhem Commonwealth War Graves, Oosterbeek War Cemetery

Jewish Grave. G A Emmanuel, Parachute Regiment, 20/8/1944, aged 28:-

Jewish War Grave, Oosterbeek War Cemetery

Unusually this headstone has marbling at its top. Private A W Penwill, Parachute Regiment, 18/9/1944, aged 28:-

Marbled Gravestone, Oosterbeek War Cemetery

 

 

Oosterbeek War Cemetery, The Netherlands (i)

I couldn’t visit Arnhem without going to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery near Oosterbeek, the place where many casualties of the attempt to capture the John Frost Bridge during Operation Market Garden are buried.

The cemetery is in a quiet location off a side road up a side road.

The path from the car park takes you past the cemetery identifier:-

Oosterbeek War Cemetery Identifier

Beside that is this domed pillar marking local children’s annual commemoration of the battle:-

 

Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Children's Dedication

This plaque beside the entrance informs us that 1754 soldiers or airmen are buried within:-

Battle of Arnhem Plaque, Oosterbeek War Cemetery,

War Graves Commission information board. More than 90 Polish members of the Parachute Brigade are buried here. I also noted three Dutch graves while walking round:-

Information Board. Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Battle of Arnhem

View of cemetery from gates, Stone of Remembrance to fore and Cross of Sacrifice behind:-

View from Gates. Oosterbeek War Cemetery

Cross of Sacrifice. British poppy wreaths with Netherlands wreath on grass:-

Cross of Sacrifice. Oosterbeek War Cemetery,

As in most Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries the gates are flanked by two buildings which usually contain lists of the buried and the locations within the cemetery of their graves:-

Entrance Building Oosterbeek War Cemetery

Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Entrance Building

On the wall of one of these were two plaques describing the Arnhem Battle and its place within the wider campaign to liberate Western Europe:-

Liberation Plaque 1, Oosterbeek War Cemetery

Liberation Plaque 2, Oosterbeek War Cemetery

Airborne Plein, Arnhem

Airborne Plein, Arnhem is a plaza situated in an area below a roundabout. It is approached by underpasses:-

Airborne Plein, Arnhem

At its centre is a memorial to the Battle of Arnhem in 1944:-

Arnhem, Airborne Plein

Airborne Plein Memorial, Arnhem 3

The wall behind, the Bridge to the Future, commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem:-

Bridge to the Future, Airborne Plein, Arnhem

River Rhine and Museum at the Bridge, Arnhem

The museum is known as Airborne at the Bridge. We’d have liked to go into it but the door was locked. According to the website it is open from 10.00 to 17.00:-

River Rhine and Museum at the Bridge, Arnhem

River Rhine and Airborne at the Bridge Museum, Arnhem

A steel monument to the Resistance lay to the right of the scene pictured above. The inscription reads, “most people remain silent, but a few take action.”

Monument by Museum at the Bridge, Arnhem

Side view. River Rhine and John Frost Bridge in background:-

Monument by Museum at the Bridge, Arnhem

“With respect for the past and with an eye to the future, this reminder of the resistance in Arnhem, 1940-1945”:-

Monument by River Rhine and Museum at the Bridge, Arnhem

 



      

Liberation Trail, Arnhem

Near the Airborne Monument at Arnhem is this marker of the trail of the Alied Armies which liberated western Europe in 1944-5:-

Marker by Airborne Monument, Arnhem

Information on board above:-

Airborne Monument, Arnhem, Information Board

Memorial to Jacob-Groenewoud. The area around the Airborne Monument is now known as Jacob-Groenewoud Platsoen (Jacob-Groenewoud Park) after the only Dutch officer involve din the fighting for the Rhine Bridge:-

At Airborne Monument, Arnhem

John Frost Bridge Monument, Arnhem. Airborne Monument in background:-

Airborne Monument

Information on John Frost Bridge Monument:-

John Frost Bridge Monument, Arnhem, Information

Airborne Monument, Arnhem

This is by the River Rhine near the John Frost Bridge and consists of an artillery piece plus a photo of the original Rhine Bridge:-

Airborne Monument, Arnhem

Arnhem, Airborne Monument

Dedication:-

Dedication, Airborne Monument, Arnhem

Commemoration plaques:-

Airborne Monument, Arnhem, Commemorations

Photo of original Rhine Bridge:-

By Airborne Monument, Arnhem

Euston War Memorial

Euston is a small village in Suffolk, about two miles south of Thetford. The War Memorial is a Celtic style cross in a green area by the side of the A1088.

Euston War Memorial

Dedications and names. Sadly the names were obscured by the wreaths but they can be found here:-

Euston, Suffolk, War Memorial Dedications and Names

 

 

Mundford War Memorial

Travelling south from Oxborough through Norfolk I spotted this at the junction of the A1035 and A 135. A pillar surmounted by a crucifix on a square base:-

Mundford War Memorial

Reverse view. Names for West Tofts and Cranwich:-

Reverse View, Mundford War Memorial

The main inscription is to the Lynford Estate:-

Mundford War Memorial Names

Names for Mundford, West Tofts and Cranwich:-

Names, Mundford War Memorial

St John’s Church, Oxborough and Oxburgh Estate War Memorial

Oxborough village is near to Oxburgh Hall. Its main building is the Church of St John the Evangelist. The church is partially ruined. (See the farther end below):-

St John's Church, Oxborough

Roofless part of the church:-

Church of St John the Evangelist, Oxborough, Norfolk

Opposite view. The part of the church still in use lies through the door:-

Ruined part of Church of St John the Evangelist, Oxborough

A model of how the church once looked can be found inside the intact part of the building:-

Model Church of St John the Evangelist, Oxborough

Ornate carvings inside Church:-

Inside Church of St John the Evangelist, Oxborough

Carvings Church of St John the Evangelist, Oxborough

Carvings, Church of St John the Evangelist, Oxborough

The War Memorial to the Great War dead of the Oxburgh Estate is in a niche on an outer wall of the church:-

Oxburgh War Memorial

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