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Huisboot Vakanties - VaarLoft 'Pur Sang'
Huisboot Vakanties - VaarLoft 'Pur Sang'
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Beach Resorts Makkum - Appartement Residence Sudersee 4 personen
Beach Resorts Makkum - Appartement Residence Sudersee 4 personen
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Het Lage Noorden
Het Lage Noorden
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Tourist Information Earnewâld
Tourist Information Earnewâld
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Stichting Signaal Beheer - Trije Peppels
Stichting Signaal Beheer - Trije Peppels
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Waterrecreatie Syperda - Lady Jacquelyn
Waterrecreatie Syperda - Lady Jacquelyn
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Sloepverhuur De uilenburg
Sloepverhuur De uilenburg
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De Marlijn
De Marlijn
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Water ski and wakeboarding track
Water ski and wakeboarding track
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Camping Lan en Mar
Camping Lan en Mar
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De Koken
De Koken
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Blend
Blend
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Plaque Blauwpoortsbrug
Plaque Blauwpoortsbrug
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Ambush at Oldeholtpade
Ambush at Oldeholtpade
On 12 April, the bridge over the Tjonger in Mildam fell into the hands of the Royal Canadian Dragoons reconnaissance regiment. Because the occupier had blown up many other bridges, the Canadians attached great importance to preserving this bridge for the crossing of other Canadian units. That is why dozens of armoured cars, mobile artillery guns and numerous other vehicles were sent to Mildam that day to reinforce the bridgehead over the Tjonger.
In one of those armoured cars, a Staghound, was 24-year-old Trooper Wilfred Robert George Berry from Ontario. The young Canadian had volunteered for military service in Europe. And had already fought with the Royal Canadian Dragoons in Italy. At the end of February 1945, they were transferred to Northwest Europe.
For Berry, the war ended in Friesland. In Oldeholtpade, on the road to Wolvega, his vehicle drove into an ambush along with at least one other Staghound. In the vicinity of a broken-down German car, German soldiers had hidden with Panzerfausts. The Panzerfaust was a very powerful and easy-to-use anti-tank weapon. The first shot missed, but the second projectile hit the front Staghound, on the side where driver Wilfred Berry was sitting at the time.2 The Staghound went off the road and overturned. The three other crew members got injured, but were able to leave the vehicle and took cover behind the second Staghound. One of them stated:
"[…]Flames burst through the turret, where the officer and I were half in and half out of the hatches. Any skin surface not covered was burned and the flames badly singed our eyebrows, eyelashes, moustaches and hands, sending me and the officer both wounded to the field hospital."3
Immediately after the first Staghound was hit, the second Staghound opened fire on the Germans. Seriously injured, Wilfred Berry remained in the vehicle. After about fifteen minutes of shooting back and forth, the other Staghounds retreated towards Oldeberkoop. The exact reason for this remains unclear. Berry was already dying and was briefly cared for by the elderly Andriesje Dekker-Oosterhof in the vehicle when the shooting had stopped. The tragedy had unfolded right in front of her house. He died in the wreck shortly afterwards.
Berry's remains were eventually transferred to the farm on "De Bult" in Oldeberkoop and buried there. After the war he would be reburied at the Canadian war cemetery in Holten. The other crew members were eventually able to return to their units after receiving medical treatment. The commander only had burns on his face.
The event made a deep impression on the inhabitants of Oldeholtpade. In 1945, a monument to Berry was erected. And in 1965, a street was named in his honour.
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Zijda Yachting - Fantasy Elite
Zijda Yachting - Fantasy Elite
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't Pannekoekschip Leeuwarden
't Pannekoekschip Leeuwarden
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Camping de Slypstien
Camping de Slypstien
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Workers' cottages Wijnaldum
Workers' cottages Wijnaldum
The characteristic head-neck-barn farmhouses along the Foarryp were established in the 17th century as independent farms on the fertile marine clay. The nearby workers' cottages are a reminder of the many hands needed for mixed farming, combining arable crops with livestock.
Following the construction of the sea dikes, farms were built outside the terps. The fertile marine clay made mixed farming possible, with both livestock and arable cultivation. These characteristic head-neck-barn farmhouses were largely self-sufficient and provided employment for both resident and non-resident farm workers.
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Húns 16
Húns 16
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Bennema State
Bennema State
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Rembrandt & Saskia Motorhome Park
Rembrandt & Saskia Motorhome Park
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Information Point Gaastmeer (Dagwinkel)
Information Point Gaastmeer (Dagwinkel)
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Grand Café De Walrus
Grand Café De Walrus
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Jantje Slot Hoeve
Jantje Slot Hoeve
