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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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Paal 5: Het centrum
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Dit punt is onderdeel van de route 'It Paad Werom Terherne'. Bekijk hier de hele route.
(beluister hier het audioverhaal)
Voor deze sprong doe ik een extra beroep op je verbeeldingsvermogen. We staan bij het ronde bankje en gaan terug naar het jaar 1540, in dezelfde tijd als de bouw van de Stins die we net zagen. Ga even rustig zitten als je dat fijn vindt.
Ben je zover? Oké, daar gaan we.
Het is de tijd van de reformatie en ook Friesland keert zich tegen het katholicisme. Het is de tijd van ‘hagenpreken’ en overal ontstaan verscholen kerkjes. Zo ook op de plaats waar later de snackbar en het terras zouden staan, staat een schuilkerk in de vorm van een oude schuur. Dit is één van de eerste Doopsgezinde gemeentes. Van buiten ziet het eruit als een schuur, maar binnen waan je je in een kerk, compleet met preekstoel. Het huis rechts van De Pastorij is de oude pastoriewoning. ‘t Far loopt hier omheen en waar later dit pleintje is, staan nog een paar oude huisjes aan het water. Deze huisjes worden pas in je jaren zestig van de 20e eeuw afgebroken. Oke, even bijgekomen? We gaan weer verder!De illusie van tijd leerde ons al dat wij over water kunnen lopen, en dus loop maar mee, tussen de grote keien door naar de T-splitsing.
Dit punt is onderdeel van de route 'It Paad Werom Terherne'. Klik hier om terug te gaan naar de route.
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