21st -24th September 2023

The Association are organising a trip to Arnhem

The tour itinerary as follows-

Day 1 –
Depart Stafford by luxury coach, then to Belgium for an overnight stay at the Park Inn Radisson Brussels Airport on a Bed and Breakfast Basis.

Day 2 –
Joes Bridge to Nijmegen

We travel to Joe’s Bridge, the starting position of the Guards Armoured Division at the beginning of Operation Market Garden. We look at the Irish Guards assault and see their graves at Valkenswaard War Cemetery. We then see the vast German cemetery at Ysselsteyn before visiting the impressive Overloon
War Museum (optional) After lunch we resume the XXX Corps route at the Grave Bridge, before looking at the tough fighting for Nijmegen and the crossing of the Waal River by American Airborne forces. We continue to our hotel on the outskirts of Arnhem – the Fletcher Hotel Doorwerth-Arnhem for a two-night stay. Included meals: Breakfast

Day 3 – Hartenstein Hotel – The Battle of Arnhem
We begin at the Hartenstein Hotel, headquarters of the 1st Airborne Division during the Arnhem battle, and now an excellent museum.  We then see an original memorial at Wolfheze and look at one of the landing grounds at Ginkel Heath. Following a visit to the Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, we have lunch and then see some of the positions in the Oosterbeek Perimeter before visiting the area around Arnhem Bridge, where the pivotal battle for the outcome of Operation Market Garden took place.

Day 4

Return home to our original departure point