A-Z list of topics covered by the mini-stories

1st Battalion, The Border Regiment

- glider crash lands in England 55

 

1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment

- mortar action detailed by various sources 5

- record of action by 6th Platoon, S company 9

- Seaborne echelon's role during evacuation 37

 

1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade

- appreciation of Major General Stanislaw Sosabowski 36

- liaison officer and Sosabowski at the Valburg conference 61

 

2nd Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment

- Regimental Signal Officer Lt Col HHL Cartwright on the battle and his capture 41

 

4th Parachute Brigade

- appreciation of General Sir John Hackett, CO 58

- recollections of anti-tank battery truck driver during battle / evacuation from Oosterbeek 51

 

4th Parachute Squadron, Royal Engineers

- personal account of battle at the Sonnenberg by Sapper Stanley Holden 83

 

7th Battalion, The King's Own Scottish Borderers

- glider makes emergency landing at Dreischor 31

 

9th SS Panzer Division

- reconnaissance unit attacks British at north end of road bridge 78

 

10th SS Panzer Division

- recollections of fighting in Arnhem 60

 

11th Parachute Battalion

- experiences of Captain Frank King 43

- overview of their contribution to battle 86

 

14th Schiffsstamm-Abteilung

- German naval personnel trained as infantry and fight in Arnhem 62

- Follow-up to above article 67

 

20th & 23rd Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers

- role in evacuation of troops over the Rhine 92

 

38 Group, Royal Air Force

- details of missions flown during Market Garden 45

 

64th Medium Regiment RA

- extracts from War Diary, 21-26th September 6

- provides artillery support for 1st Airborne 77

 

112th (West Somerset Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery

- extracts from war diary and personal diary of Regimental Adjunct 46

 

133 Parachute Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps

- members evade capture after being dropped ten miles short of drop zone 53

 

181 Squadron RAF

- Typhoon missions against anti-aircraft guns around Arnhem 28

 

250 (Airborne) Light Composite Company, Royal Army Service Corps

- ambushed on Dreyenseweg 65

 

299 Squadron, RAF

- details of missions flown during Market Garden 45

 

437 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force

- details of supply flights 71

 

570 Squadron RAF

- Stirling supply plane shot down near Ede 57

 

Air support

- RAF Typhoons attack ground targets around Arnhem 28

 

Air supply

- troops and supplies dropped by 38 Group RAF 45

- troops and supplies dropped by 437 Squadron RCAF 71

 

Anti-tank gun, 17lb

- history and technical details of gun used in Oosterbeek 8

- details of action against Renault tank 10

 

Anti-tank mines

- details of mines used in Oosterbeek 40 Apeldoorn

- Airborne hospital established by Lt Col Martin Herford 32

 

Archaeology

- overview of archeological work in connection with the battle 89

Army Film and Photographic Unit (AFPU)

- overview of work in Arnhem and identification of filmed location 38

- footage of only female prisoner-of-war 39

- identification of photo taken by unit at Oosterbeek of supply drop 47

 

'Arnhem Lift'

- study of one of the first 'eye-witness' accounts of the battle to be published 73

 

Artillery

- supply of radio support for 1st British Airborne 4

- fire support by 64th Medium Regiment 6

- further details of 64th Medium regiment action 77

- extracts from diaries. 112th West Somerset Yeomanry Field regiment 46

- German motorised artillery plays key role in battle 70

 

Bachenheimer, Pte Theodore H

- American working with Dutch resistance to set up escape route for British troops 74

 

Balbach, Sturmmann Wilhelm

- recounts fighting with 10th SS Panzer Division near Arnhem bridge 60

 

Beneden-Weverstrasse

- Konigstiger tank wrecked 2

 

Benedendorps weg

- 1st Battalion mortar attack 5

 

Bergkotte, Reverend Philip

- Conducts first memorial service 21

 

Bingley, Cpt. Richard

- commander of 6th Platoon S Company details action 9

 

Blaauw, Captain Otto Hugo

- how ex-steamship captain rescued stocks and bonds hidden in Oosterbeek 87

 

Boldon, Bombadier E C 'Scan'

- stops Germans from firing on Regimental Aid Post 15

 

Bolderman, Cornelius (Kees)

- tales of schoolboy 'adventures' during battle 75

 

Bollee-Begram van Eeten, Fiep

- recollections of battle around home on Utrechtseweg 91

 

Breman family

- 1st Battalion use their house as mortar post 5

- looked after Izak de Vries who later escapes across the Rhine in Op. Berlin 17

 

Bridge, road

- civilian killed when Germans set light to houses nearby 18

- Dutch State Police adjunct recalls battle near bridge 69

- German recon unit engages British at north end 78

- schoolboy explores the north end after the battle 93

 

Brookes, Pte Stanley D

- injured and captured, attempts escape from Stalag XI-B 59

 

Bruggeman, Father Hermanus

- recollection of the priest's actions during the battle 48

 

Canadian Army

- Sherman of Canadian Armored Division outside the Hartenstein Hotel 19

- Field Engineers evacuate trooops over the Rhine 92

 

Carrier pigeon

- British use of for long-range communication 1

 

Cartwright, Lt Col HHL

- South Staffs signal officer tells of battle and capture 41

 

Cemetery

- Military cemetery at Oosterbeek and graves elsewhere 7

- German military cemetery in Arnhem 'Ehrenfriedhof Zypendaal' 84

 

Clarke, Pte.'Nobby'

- role in mortar attack on a Stug III G 5

 

Cronjeweg

- identified as location of photo featuring supply drop 47

 

Dakota

- Flown by 437 Squadron RCAF on troop drops and supply runs 71

 

Dicken medal

- awarded to carrier pigeon 'William of Orange' 1

 

Dinkel, Gefreiter Wolfgang

- field grave at Oosterbeek 84

 

Dreijen

- experiences of family in this area of Oosterbeek 35

 

Dreyenseweg

- ambush kills members of Royal Army Service Corps 65

 

Ertl, Lt. Hans

- German war correspondent in Oosterbeek when British arrive 72

 

Escape and evasion

- Dutch civilian escapes across Rhine aided by British 17

- Private escapes after hiding in Arnhem police station 22

- Medical officers escape from train 23

- Gunnery driver escapes across the Rhine 51

- members of 133 Parachute Field Ambulance first to evade capture after being dropped ten miles from dropzone 53

- POWs escape from Stalag XI-B and are recaptured 59

- American paratrooper works with Dutch resistance to set up escape route for British troops 74

 

Eusebiusplein

- Dutch State Police adjunct recalls battle near bridge 69

- schoolboy from Velp explores the area on 23rd September 93

 

Evacuation

- 1st Airborne Division Seaborne Echelon assist 37

- Canadian Field Engineers evacuate trooops over the Rhine 92

 

Focke-Wulf 190

- crashes into church tower near road bridge 30

 

Freikorpskampfer

- 'independent warriors' of 10th SS Panzer division recount the battle 60

 

Gieling, A.J

- Air Defence Service volunteer assists at St. Elisabeths Gasthuis 94

 

Gliders

- Polish glider lift 11

- landings near Wolfheze 26

- emergency landing of glider 283 near Dreischor 31

- crash landings at Hemmen and Randwijk 44

- crash landing in England 55

- study of co-pilot Louis Hagen's book 'Arnhem Lift' 73

- various glider pilot recollections 76

 

Goddard, Major Douglas G

- diaries from 30 Corps operations 46

 

Graves

- Military cemetery at Oosterbeek and graves elsewhere 7

- identification of un-named graves add to the 'Roll of Honour' 56

- German field graves in Oosterbeek 84

- German military cemetery in Arnhem 'Ehrenfriedhof Zypendaal' 84

- recovery of remains by the Dutch Army Recovery and Identification Unit (BIDKL) 89

 

Groenewoud, 2nd Lt. Jacobus

- Dutch soldier's role as part of Jedburgh team 'Claude' 49

 

Hackett, General Sir John Winthrop

- appreciation of Commanding Officer, 4th Parachute Brigade 58

- recollections when in hiding in Ede 82

 

Hagen, Louis

- study of his book, 'Arnhem Lift' 73

 

Harrison, Captain

- takes stronger radio set to bridge from Oosterbeek 15

 

Hemmen

- glider crash lands here 44

 

Henney, Gunner Tom

- recollections as driver in 2nd (Oban) Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery 51

 

Herford, Lt. Col. Martin

- establishes Airborne hospital at Apeldoorn 32

 

Hol, Jan

- Utrecht man recalls time in Oosterbeek during battle 52

 

Holden, Sapper Stanley

- detailed personal recollection of the battle at the Sonnenberg estate 83

 

Holt, Lt. Philip

- Commander of 21st Platoon, D Company, 1 Border mentioned in civilian reminiscence 88

 

Hurdman, Gunner George

- personal account of action with 17lb gun on Sonnenberg Alley 10

 

Insignia

- overview of cloth insignia worn by Allied troops in battle 42

 

Italiaander, Cpl-commando Tom

- Dutch commando recalls his role in battle 68

 

Jensen, Helmut

- member of 14th Schiffsstamm-Abteilung recalls the battle 62

 

Kavanagh, Captain Desmond T

- killed whilst helping others escape an ambush on Dreyenseweg 65

- follow-up to the above story 67

 

Kelderman family

- story of the Wolfheze glider landings near their home 26

 

King, Captain Frank

- experiences of plane crash, battle wounding and capture 43

 

Knifes

- Fairburn-Sykes fighting knife aka Parachutist knife 27

 

Konigstiger

- wrecked on Beneden-Weverstrasse 2

 

Kerk, Jaap van de

-recalls battle at Oorsprong estate 88

 

Lathbury, Brig Gerald W

- show whilst evading Germans with Urquhart 80

 

van Lennepweg

- house here identified as location of film clip shot by British 38

 

Lewis, David

- details of air drops as part of 38 Group, RAF 45

 

van Limburg Stirum, Miss Cornelia

- recollections from schoolboy days in Velp and Arnhem 93

 

Mawdsley, Private R

- glider crash lands in England 55

 

Medical care

- Airborne Hospital established at Apeldoorn 32

- Hotel Schoonoord used as emergency hospital 64 - Dutch civilian assists British 79

- Treatment of German casualties 84

- St. Elisabeths Gasthuis during the battle 94

 

Meijer, Jan

- recollections from schoolboy days in Velp and Arnhem 93

 

Memorials and commemorations

- Urquhart lays first stone at Airborne monument, Hartenstein Hotel 16

- first service held at Airborne cemetery, 1945 16

- tribute to Reverend Philip Bergkotte 21

- Sherman tank belonging to Canadian Armored Division outside Hartenstein Hotel 19

- the Airborne monument at Oosterbeek 24

- the work of photographer Herman Truin 34

 

Minefields

- examples of mines used in Oosterbeek area 40

 

Morrissey, Major Dennis

- HQ Company, 1 Border, mentioned in civilian reminiscence 88

 

Motor cycle

- Royal Enfield 125cc LWT, the 'Flying Flea', parachuted into Arnhem 20

- the Excelsior 98cc Welbike, parachuted into Arnhem 50

 

Munford, Major D S

- takes stronger radio set to bridge from Oosterbeek 15

 

Nunn, Lc Cprl Sydney

- role in mortar attack on a Stug III G 5

 

de Oorsprong

- country house with air shelter that accommodated civilians and allies during the battle 88

 

Operation Berlin

- Dutch civilian involvement 17

 

Ordnance

- civilians gather explosives after the battle 54

 

Panzer

- Konigstiger wrecked on Beneden-Weverstrasse 2

 

Peatling, Private Robert

- tales of evading capture with assistance of Dutch Resistance 22

 

Pegasus

- how the symbol of the Parachute Regiment came into being 12

 

Photography units

- overview of British Army and Photographic Unit and identification of filmed location 38

- overview of German Propoganda Kompanien 63

- Lt. Hans Ertl in Oosterbeek as battle begins 72

 

Pilgrimage

- establishment of following visit by veterans in 1945 16

 

Pimperton, Cpl Fred

- one of first to evade capture after dropping short of Ginkel Heath 53

 

Police

- extracts from daily report book, Oosterbeek station 13

- Arnhem station used as hideout by British private 22

- Dutch State Police adjunct recalls battle near bridge 69

 

Polish Parachute Brigade

- glider landings, 18-19th September 11

 

Prisoner-of-war

- only female prisoner of war in the battle 39

- experiences of Lt Col HHL Cartwright 41

- experiences of Captain Frank King 43

 

Randwijk

- glider crash lands here 44

 

Rathband, Sgt H H

- glider pilot who joined 17ib gun crew 8

 

Regimental Aid Post

- Germans stopped from firing on post by medical orderly 15

 

Reimann, Irene

- only female prisoner of war in the battle 39

 

Resistance

- assisting British to escape 22

-Jedburgh team 'Claude' dropped in Arnhem to liaise with Dutch resistance 49

- aided John Hackett in his escape 82

 

St. Elisabeths Gasthuis

- recollections of the hospital during the battle 94

 

St. Walburgis Basilica

- German fighter crashes into church tower 30

 

Schoonoord, Hotel

- used as emergency hospital by British 64

 

Scott, Technical Sergeant Carl Alden

- American soldier's role as part of Jedburgh team 'Claude' 49

 

Seaborne echelon

- 1st Airborne Division seaborne troops assist in evacuation 37

 

Sherman tank

- how Canadian Armored Division tank came to be in Arnhem 19

 

Snoek, Johan

- member of resistance who aided Hackett's escape 82

 

Sonnenberg

- action involving 17lb gun and a Renault tank 10

- personal account of battle by Sapper Stanley Holden 83

 

Sosabowski, Major General Stanislaw

- appreciation of the Commanding Officer, 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade 3

- makes the case for new attack strategy at the Valburg conference 61

 

Stalag XI-B

- Arnhem POWs escape and are later recaptured 59

 

Stationsweg

- Dutch civilian tells of action in the area 52

 

Steckhan, Bootsmann Alfred

- field grave misidentification 84

 

Stirling

- supply plane LJ-883 shot down near Ede 57

 

Strategy

- Major John Waddy analyses weakness in landing plan 67

 

Stug III G

- destroyed by 1st Battalion mortar attack 5

 

Sturmgeschutz-Brigade 280

- Self-propelled guns play vital role in battle for Germans 70

 

Sub-machine gun

- Thompson gun found by the Postweg 29

 

Radio communications

- contribution of 2nd Army Artillery 4

- establishing link between the bridge and Oosterbeek 15

- components of radio found buried in Oosterbeek 33

 

Theirs Is The Glory

- train used in filming and set alight 3

- brief details 16

- history of the film 90

 

Thompson gun

- sub-machine gun found in Oosterbeek 29

 

Todd, Lt. Harvey Allen

- American soldier's role as part of Jedburgh team 'Claude' 49

 

Train

- wrecked near Oosterbeek railway bridge 3

 

Truin, Herman

- photographer of Airborne Commemorations 34

 

Typhoon

- RAF attack German positions around Arnhem 28

 

Uniform

- overview of cloth insignia worn by Allied troops in battle 42

- how 'Pegasus' became the symbol of the Parachute Regiment 12

 

Urquhart, Major General Robert

- letter to Officer Commanding, 64th Medium Regiment re. thanks for support given 6

- involvement in first memorial and pilgrimage 16

- separated from his HQ whilst looking for Lathbury 80

 

Valburg conference

- Polish liaison officer recalls the meeting 61

 

Valkenburg

- civilian recalls how their Oosterbeek home was occupied by British then German troops 66

 

de Vries, Izak

- civilian escapes across Rhine with British troops 17

 

Weverstraat

- resident of street recounts battle from personal perspective 25

 

William of Orange

- carrier pigeon at battle 1

 

Whittingham, Sgt. Harold ("Dick")

- role in mortar attack 5

 

Wolfheze

- glider landings 26

 

Wossowsky, Oberleutnant Artur

- field grave in Oosterbeek 84

 

Velp

- schoolboy recollections of German activity in Velp during the battle 93

 

van Zinnicq Bergmann, F/Lt R J E M

- Dutch pilot flies Typhoon in 181 Squadron RAF in missions around Arnhem 28

 

van Zonneveld, Johannes Willem

- assists British with medical aid 79