A New Memorial to Captain Lionel Queripel VC at Wolfheze

A New Memorial to Captain Lionel Queripel VC at Wolfheze

Captain Lionel Queripel VC stayed behind alone in a ditch near Wolfheze on the evening of 19 September 1944, covering his men's withdrawal with an automatic pistol and a few grenades. A new memorial to him was unveiled in May 2026 by the Friends of the 10th opposite the culvert near where he was last seen alive. Earlier that day his company had been advancing along a road towards Arnhem when continuous machine-gun fire split them on either side of the road. Queripel, 10th Parachute Battalion, crossed and recrossed under fire to reorganise his men. He carried a sergeant to…
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