Oorlogsmonument Molenkampstraat - Enspijk, NL
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Keifoort
N 51° 53.019 E 005° 12.751
31U E 652274 N 5750411
Monument is located on Molenkampstraat in Enspijk.
Waymark Code: WM19WWK
Location: Gelderland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 04/28/2024
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member pmaupin
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The war memorial in Enspijk (municipality of West Betuwe) is a bronze statue of a standing, naked male figure. The statue is placed on a column of white natural stone.

The text on the column reads:

‘1940 -1945
IN MEMORIAM
MR. W.M. KOLFF
H.J. VERSTEEG
E.Z. DE BRUIN
L. V. STRATEN
C. V. STRATEN-ANDRIESSE
M.A. V. STRATEN
S. V. STRATEN
J.W. V. RINGELENSTEIN
C.G. V.D. HEIDEN
A.J. FORMIJN’.

The monument was changed in 2017. The name Barendinus van Doorn has been removed from the war memorial in Enspijk. The man from Geldermalsen did not die in Germany when he was deployed there during the Second World War, but died as a soldier in the uniform of the Waffen-SS.
Date of Dedication: 05/05/1950

Property Permission: Public

Website for Waymark: [Web Link]

Location of waymark:
Molenkampstraat
Enspijk, The Netherlands


Commemoration: Founded in memory of ten residents of the former municipality of Deil

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