🇬🇧 WWII uncovered: British 1st Airborne Division in the Netherlands: The House at Stationsweg 8.

British 1st Airborne Division outside the house they defended at Stationsweg 8 in Oosterbeek Netherlands.

The photo was taken by the occupant of the house, Mrs. Kremer-Kingma, in September of 1944. The house at Stationsweg 8 was taken by British troops and served as part of the British defense line.

The Kremer-Kingma family spent seven days with the troops at the Eastern border of the perimeter.

Pictured: Captain S. G. Caims, holding Mrs Kremer's guest book, and Sergeant Louis Hagen, both of the Glider Pilot Regiment, Sergeant S. Binnick, unknown soldier, Frankie McCausland, James 'Jimmy' Cameron and Corpral John Peter Rodley of the 21st Independent Parachute Company. Kneeling are: Sergeant Ben Swallow (left) and Private R. Jeffreys, also of the 21st Independent.

According to the Liberation Route Website: "For seven days, the Stationsweg in Oosterbeek served as the Eastern border between British and German troops.

The British troops defended the Western side of the street and hid in the different houses.

The German troops were located in the Dennenkampbossen (woods) on the other side of the road. The woods have been replaced by buildings now.

The houses at the Stationsweg were defended by troops of the 21st Independent Parachute Company, glider pilots and Polish troops of the 3rd Batallion, Independent Polish Parachute Brigade."

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