The Heelsum memorial is situated close to the southern edge of the landing and dropping zones used on the first lift.
This was the first post-war memorial of the battle and was made from a 6-pounder anti-tank gun and supply containers taken from the battlefields.
The memorial at Heelsum
TEXT:
On the 17th of sept. 1944 about
1 oclock in the afternoon
the 1st airborne division
landed on the heath around
this point and began from
here its grand operation.