Monument at the Haagsche Schouwweg
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This monument at the Haagsche Schouwweg in Leiden was founded in memory of the 52 soldiers who were killed in the fight against the occupying forces near the Haagsche Schouw and the airfields Ockenburg and Valkenburg.
Also the monument honors the soldiers of the 22nd Depot battalion that on May 10, 1940 fought the German parachutists to get hold to the bridge at the Haagsche Schouw.
Waymark Code: WMFEWH
Location: Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 10/08/2012
Views: 15
The monument at the Haagsche Schouwweg Leiden is a brick wall with a central memorial column. On the pillar there is attached a white stone relief and a plaque. In front of the column there are a number of steps and a flagpost.
The monument is at the side of the road next to the cemetery Rhijnhof.
Text at the monument:
GEVALLEN NABIJ DE HAAGSCHE SCHOUW EN DE VLIEGVELDEN
VALKENBURG EN OCKENBURG.
FALLEN NEAR THE HAAGSCHE SCHOUW AND AIRFIELDS
VALKENBURG AND OCKENBURG
ZIJ STREDEN - VIELEN JONG EN NOG RECRUUT
MOEDIG VOOR HUN LAND.
THEY FOUGHT - WERE YOUNG AND STILL RECRUIT
BRAVE TO THEIR COUNTRY.
Date of Dedication: 04/26/1941
Property Permission: Public
Access instructions: unlimited
Website for Waymark: [Web Link]
Location of waymark:
Haagsche Schouwweg
Leiden, Nederland
Commemoration: Dutch soldiers 1940-1945
Access times: Not listed
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