Former Medical Dressing Station (MDS) Schoonoord
Former Medical Dressing Station (MDS) Schoonoord, at the Utrechtseweg / Stationsweg intersection. In addition to Hotel Schoonoord and Hotel Vreewijk, this was also an MDS.
The plaque commemorating Hendrika van der Vlist, is unveiled at the Schoonoord restaurant in September 2019. Hendrika helped to care for hundreds of wounded soldiers during the Battle of Arnhem.
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- Text: Arjan Vrieze
- Photos: Arjan Vrieze
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Sep2019
Unveiling plaque Hendrika van der Vlist
On Thursday 19 September 2019 a memorial plaque for Hendrika van der Vlist was unveiled at the Schoonoord restaurant in Oosterbeek. During the Battle of Arnhem Hendrika lived with her parents in Hotel Schoonoord. The hotel was in the frontline of the Battle and British soldiers started to use it as a dressing station. Together with other volunteers, Hendrika helped hundreds of wounded British, Polish and German soldiers. The plaque was an initiative by Michiel ter Horst and Sophie Lambrechtsen, children of Kate ter Horst.
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Museum
- Airborne Museum 'Hartenstein' - Oosterbeek
- Information Centre: The Poles of Driel - Driel
- Exhibition Glider Collection Wolfheze - Wolfheze
Point of interest
- Information Panel Perimeter Route no. 8 - Oosterbeek
- Perimeter Route Marker 20: Schoonoord and Vreewijk - Oosterbeek
- British Telephone Booth - Oosterbeek
Monument
- Memorial Hendrika van der Vlist - Oosterbeek
- 21st Independent Parachute-Company Memorial - Oosterbeek
- Battle Marker 2 - 10th Battalion - Oosterbeek
Cemetery
- Commonwealth War Cemetery Arnhem Oosterbeek - Oosterbeek
- Commonwealth War Graves Municipal Cemetery North and South Oosterbeek - Oosterbeek
- Dutch War Graves Municipal Cemetery North and South Oosterbeek - Oosterbeek
Remembrance Stone
- Stumbling Stones Mesdaglaan 39 - Arnhem
- Stumbling Stones Breitnerstraat 18 - Arnhem
- Stumbling Stones Mauvestraat 15 - Arnhem
Fortification
- Concrete Encased M4 Sherman Tank - Arnhem
- Foxholes 4th Parachute Brigade Headquarters - Wolfheze
- Concrete Encased M4 Sherman Tank - Arnhem
Crash site
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