War Memorial WWII
Netherlands /
Gelderland /
Rheden /
Eerbeekseweg, 146
World
/ Netherlands
/ Gelderland
/ Rheden
memorial, Second World War 1939-1945, sculpture, place with historical importance, war memorial
The memorial is located at the Eerbeekseweg in Loenen.
The text on the memorial:
The reconnaissance Regiment of the English 49th West Riding “Polar Bear” Infantry Division, part of the 1st Canadian Army Corps, was ordered on April 16 1945 to exploring the area between the straatweg Arnhem-Woeste Hoeve and the Apeldoorns Dierens Channel and to clean it from German troops.
By these action, the villages Eerbeek and Loenen were liberated.
On May 6 2000, this memorial was unveiled to commemorate the "Polar Bears".
www.4en5mei.nl/herdenken-en-vieren/oorlogsmonumenten/mo...
The text on the memorial:
The reconnaissance Regiment of the English 49th West Riding “Polar Bear” Infantry Division, part of the 1st Canadian Army Corps, was ordered on April 16 1945 to exploring the area between the straatweg Arnhem-Woeste Hoeve and the Apeldoorns Dierens Channel and to clean it from German troops.
By these action, the villages Eerbeek and Loenen were liberated.
On May 6 2000, this memorial was unveiled to commemorate the "Polar Bears".
www.4en5mei.nl/herdenken-en-vieren/oorlogsmonumenten/mo...
Wikipedia article: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lijst_van_oorlogsmonumenten_in_Apeldoorn
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 52°6'29"N 6°2'5"E
- Dutch Field of Honour 3.1 km
- General Cemetery 13 km
- Teuge airfield 16 km
- Great Church (Lebuinus Church) 18 km
- Deventer Centre 18 km
- Cemetery and War Memorial WWII 19 km
- inlaatwerk ijssellinie 23 km
- War Memorial WWII 25 km
- War Memorial WWII 32 km
- War Memorial WWII 41 km
- Munsterman 5 km
- Brummen (municipality) 5.3 km
- Gelderland 8.5 km
- Rheden (municipality) 8.6 km
- Rozendaal (municipality) 8.7 km
- Apeldoorn (municipality) 12 km
- Zutphen 14 km
- Arnhem (municipality) 15 km
- Voorst (municipality) 15 km
- Bronckhorst 19 km