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Kooiwaard Nature Reserve
Kooiwaard Nature Reserve
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Theater de Koornbeurs
Theater de Koornbeurs
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Brandnetels langs de slootkant
Brandnetels langs de slootkant
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Gedicht: Dooide iispret | Hein Jaap Hilarides
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Gedicht: Dooide iispret | Hein Jaap Hilarides
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Landgoed Âld Heach Hiem
Landgoed Âld Heach Hiem
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Rest stop - Leeuwarder Forest outdoor centre
Rest stop - Leeuwarder Forest outdoor centre
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Aanlegsteiger SN92
Aanlegsteiger SN92
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B&B Pension Op 'e Koai - Boerderijkamer
B&B Pension Op 'e Koai - Boerderijkamer
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Drenkelinghuisje of Reddingshuisje
Drenkelinghuisje of Reddingshuisje
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Eetcafé Nooitgedagt
Eetcafé Nooitgedagt
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Kunstwerk Aldtsjerk | Baukje Venema
Kunstwerk Aldtsjerk | Baukje Venema
Een foto van Baukje Venema. Deze foto laat de ijsbaan van Aldtsjerk zien en is uit een reeks van kunstwerken die bij de ijsbanen van de Iisbaankeunstrûte horen.
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Earnewâld Sloepverhuur
Earnewâld Sloepverhuur
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Wooden house on high poles
Wooden house on high poles
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Attema-Sate
Attema-Sate
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Baaies: vakantiehuis, appartement met 2 politiecellen
Baaies: vakantiehuis, appartement met 2 politiecellen
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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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Beach Resorts Makkum - Beachvilla Royaal
Beach Resorts Makkum - Beachvilla Royaal
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Eysinga State - Landhuisbungalow seis
Eysinga State - Landhuisbungalow seis
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Vakantiehuis De Scholekster
Vakantiehuis De Scholekster
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Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis Museum
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Ferdinand Domela Nieuwenhuis Museum
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Verrekijker Der ’t de dyk ut lân omklammet
Verrekijker Der ’t de dyk ut lân omklammet
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Jellema Tweewielers
Jellema Tweewielers
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Tourist Information Woudsend
Tourist Information Woudsend
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Groene toren Eastermar
Groene toren Eastermar
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