Wednesday 11 May 2022 a ceremony was held in Oeffelt and Gennep, crossing of the Maas.

2 Bailey segments floating above the banks of Oeffelt and Gennep will soon form the tribute to the 1,222-meter (1,126-ton) floating Bailey Bridge that the English sapper Major Edwin Hunt MVO (1920) and Dutch reserve lieutenant ir. Constant Lambrechtsen van Ritthem (✝1994) planned and designed, and which was build between 12 and 20 February 1945 by 7 Army Troops Engineers of the British Second Army. With its staggering length, it was also the longest floating Bailey Bridge of WWII.

Program

12.30h  walk-in for invited guests in the boathouse located next to Het Veerhuis

12.55h  arrival Major Edwin Hunt MVO and family Lambrechtsen

13.00h  Honoring the Fallen, Blowing the Last Post

13.05h  unveiling of the monument on this side - Oeffelt

13.15h  spectacular transfer over water to the other side - Gennep

13.30h  unveiling of the monument on the other side

13.35h  opportunity to move to the other side

14.00h  speech Major Edwin Hunt MVO, traditions Regiment Enjoyment

14.30h  end of the official program, exhibition about the bridge in the boathouse

Update:

We are deeply saddened to share with you that Major Edwin ‘Ted’ Hunt LVO passed away on Saturday 9th July at the age of 102.

"Old Soldiers Never Die They Just Fade Away"