September 1944 Memorial
The text on the memorial is:
"Remember September 1944, Airborne West-Arnhem,
17 September 1987, Unveilled by Major-General R.E. Urquhart C.B. D.S.O."
Every year there is an Airborne commemoration on the square on Nassaustraat in Lombok Arnhem. For more information: airbornearnhemwest.nl. This site also features an extensive story about the 1987 unveiling by General Urquhart.
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Source
- Text: Teije Terhorst & Edwin Buisman
- Photos: Arjan Vrieze
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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.
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:
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- Dutch War Graves Municipal Cemetery North and South Oosterbeek - Oosterbeek
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- Two Kockbunkers Museum Arnhem - Arnhem
- Concrete Encased M4 Sherman Tank - Arnhem
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