21st Independent Parachute-Company Memorial

Utrechtseweg, Oosterbeek
Gelderland, Netherlands, the

The monument stands in the garden of a house on the intersection of the Utrechtseweg and the Stationslaan in the village of Oosterweg. The text on the monument: [i]"In memory of the 21st Independent Parachute-Company, which held this area during the Battle of Arnhem and of the people of Oosterbeek, who sacrificed so much to give their support."[/i]

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Text by: Jeroen Koppes

Photo(s): Liesbeth Vrieze (1,2), Koos Winkelman (3,4)

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