Video: The 76th Airborne March Part one
In the morning still foggy to the start and images from the tent where Mayor Agnes Schaap thanks the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans for bringing the veterans again and Brian Heffernan, chairman of the Taxi Charity, who thanks us in Dutch for the always warm welcome
September 2 til 30: Information panels about private Walter Henry Yates in the Renkum mill
The 3rd battalion jumped on Sunday afternoon September 17, 1944 above drop zone X between Renkum and Wolfheze. The life of Private Walter Henry Yates is highlighted on the basis of three information panels. The information panels start at his birth and end at his final resting place at the Airborne cemetery in Oosterbeek
Margraten: symbol for a sustainable European-American bond
Market Garden News (English)
Margraten American Cemetery is the only American cemetery in the Netherlands. Most of the American soldiers died during the liberation of the southeast of the Netherlands and the advance through Germany. Margraten is the resting place of 8,288 soldiers. 1,722 people are on the Walls of the Missing. Every year on the Sunday before Memorial Day, the last Monday in May, Margraten commemorates the dead
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Taxi Charity Pin received with enthusiasm in Airborne museum Oosterbeek
Market Garden News (English)
The Taxi Charity Pin is an idea from Jacoline Rutgers and is designed by Hennie Vaessen (yes, the one from the WW2 comic books), the proceeds of this pin (à 5 euros) go to the London Taxi Charity for Military Veterans and this can't be missing in your pin collection!
Bronze RAF eagle and bronze statue of paratrooper stolen at the Airborne Museum
Market Garden News (English)
The RAF memorial was unveiled in 2006 at the initiative of Alan Hartley, RAF aircraft mechanic. This is how he wanted to commemorate his comrades who had died in the Second Worldwar. Now thieves stole the eagle and took the bronze parachutist with them
2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans
Market Garden News (English)
The Taxi Charity, which has always been run by volunteer London black taxi drivers has supported thousands of veterans over the years and is the only veterans charity with the sole purpose of giving those they support social events and fun to enhance their lives
Meer market garden news (english)
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Foto: Daan van Oort
Clothing and remains found while recovering German fighter plane
The iron plate with the unique registration number of the aircraft was also found. The pilot of the plane was Karl Becker from Lindenberg, Germany. He had been missing since the crash, his family has already been notified
Salvage German fighter aircraft from WW2 started on Monday
The recovery companies proceed with caution. They excavate the ground around large pieces of wreckage layer by layer and check it immediately for explosives. At a nearby processing site, the soil is sieved and further checked for remains, personal belongings, aircraft parts and ammunition
Videoreport: 78th Airborne Commemoration Oosterbeek
The flower children were also present in large numbers. Applause wasn't only for them this year. Arnhem veteran Geoff Roberts was accompanied by a round of applause (including military personnel) until he stopped in front of the large cross to lay his wreath
Videoreport unveiling monument Glider Pilot Regiment at Wolfheze
After a long wait, the time had finally come: the monument to the Glider Pilot Regiment (GPR) was unveiled and there was a great interest for it
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Foto: DM van Hellesem
Deceased veteran John Jeffries embarks his last journey
Thursday Frans Ammerlaan of the Market Garden Foundation handed over John's ashes to Seb Philip and Chris Willmott, Friday they will take John on his last journey with the Market Garden Challenge. First cycling 115 km from the Belgian border to Oosterbeek on two old bicycles from the Second World War. Then walk 40 km at the 75th Airborne Walk
Unique ceramic handmade poppies for the Taxi Charity
Jacoline sells these handmade fair trade ceramic poppy pendants, the profit of which (€ 1.50) goes to Taxi Charity for Military Veterans. She joins the Market Garden Challenge that tries to raise money for the Taxi Charity by cycling and walking. For the walking part they take the 40km walk during the 75th Airborne March which is held in Oosterbeek every year. Here you can also find Jacoline and her poppies
A website for the annual Airborne Memorial Service
"During the Covid19 Pandemic it became clear to us we needed our own website to communicate. We were too dependent on others. By launching this website with current and background information, we are able to share information directly with those interested." A Polish version will be released soon
“Market Garden Challenge” Aims to Raise £10k for Veterans
Chris and Seb will cycle 115km from the starting point of Market Garden in Belgium to Oosterbeek on WW2 bikes. The next day they will walk 40 km with a 35-pound backpack during the Airborne March with the ashes of Royal Signal John Jeffries. All this to raise money for the Taxi Charity, will you also donate?
Market Garden veteran writes book with children's stories evacuation 1944
For nine months they roamed The Netherlands, from farm to barn, haylofts and chicken coops to back rooms and guest houses. With handcarts, farm carts and on foot. Meanwhile 'treated' to bombardments, grenades and V-1 missiles (they made a clearly audible sputtering sound). "These are the things, those moments, which are etched in your memory, you never forget them."
WW2 veteran Major Edwin (Ted) Hunt passed away
Although not a Market Garden veteran, everyone in the area of Arnhem knew the cheerful, sympathetic Ted. But did they know he co-build the longest floating bailey bridge of WW2? The bridge over the river Meuse which made it possible for the allies to cross it for the Rhineland-Offensive and eventually to defeat the German army
Fallen Czechoslovak airman Vickers Wellington in WW2 reburied at Bergen op Zoom
The Vickers Wellington T2990 of 311 (Czechoslovak) Squadron Royal Air Force was recovered in June last year. During the Second World War, the aircraft crashed into a meadow near Nieuwe Niedorp in the province of North Holland. Last year the Wellington was found untouched and these five men are no longer missing
Neighbour who stole medal and money Arnhem veteran Ray Whitwell convicted
At first the neighbour pleaded innocent. Said Ray gave him permission to take his money and the medal was given. But he repented, confessed and now seems to be deeply ashamed of what he did. But he is doing jail time anyway, the judge branded his actions as disgraceful
WWII Veteran Alec Hall to Celebrate his 100th Birthday
The veteran of African and Italian campaigns in WWII, was called up age eighteen and served as a nurse with 181 Field Ambulance. In September 1944 his unit was sent to The Netherlands as part of 1st Airborne Division where they took part in Operation Market Garden and now Alec is soon to celebrate his 100th birthday
All victim names Rotterdam bombing May 14th 1940 displayed on high building
The Rotterdam City Archives found out the names of all the people who died in the bombing. The youngest was 19-day-old Clasina Wilhelmina van Druten and the oldest was Francina Bouman, aged 91
The story of Pieter Oosterlee, a Betuwe resistance hero 1920-1944
'My son did this work because he believed it was his duty to counteract the measures of the enemy as much as possible, and later to help the allied troops as much as possible'.
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Foto: DM van Hellesem
Ticket sales have started for the 75th Airborne March
Right now, the organisation is fully committed to preparing the march in the best way possible. Although they are unable to confirm anything at the moment; there is a good possibility that the parade this year will once again be attended by veterans of the battle for Arnhem
Multiple aircraft bombs found at Dutch Deelen military aerodrome
The dangerous projectiles mainly affect a number of farmers. They are no longer allowed to work on their land due to the risk of explosion. It has now become apparent that this is very serious. In Germany, about 80 bombs with the CLV detonator have exploded spontaneously over the years, in the Netherlands 4, as far as is known. Also this week, a similar projectile was found in the soil of the military terrain and destroyed by the Explosive Ordnance Disposal