I believe that Henk Brinkgreve's memorial was vandalized earlier this year - attached is an image of the statue that was stolen or broken. Brinkgreve was the leader of Jedburgh Team Dudley - he was killed when Dutch SS raided the farmhouse he was located in looking for food supplies, he was killed in the ensuing shoot out on 5 March 1945. The Team deployed on 11 September 1944 shortly before Market Garden, expecting to be over-run within a few days.
Took this one in 2006. The statue known as, 'the torch carrier' made by a brother (a respected sculptor) was vandalized by thieves in July 2010. His headstone is marked 'Hij hield de fakkel brandende' or translated in English 'He kept the torch burning.'
You could start here. http://web.archive.org/web/20060429013202/freespace.virgin.net/arthur.brown2/teams.htm
Link : Jedburgh team Dudley Re. Casualty Details | CWGC SERJEANT JOHN PATRICK STANDIDGE AUSTIN Service Number: 5348971 Regiment & Unit/Ship : Royal Berkshire Regiment Date of Death : Died 04 April 1945 Age 21 years old Buried or commemorated at HATTEM GENERAL CEMETERY. Plot 2. Grave 153. Netherlands Secondary Unit, Regiment : attd. Jedburgh Team (Dudley) Special Operations Executive Country of Service : United Kingdom Awards : Mentioned in Despatches Additional Info : Son of Joseph Edward and Katherine Matilda Austin, of Kensington, London. Personal Inscription : IN MEMORIA AETERNA ERIT JUSTUS See also... Austin, John Patrick Standidge (Engels) - Welkom bij oorlogsdoden Gemeente Dinkelland And... The 1940 Cricket 1st XI (L to R) - Back Row: Mr JP Hand (Coach), JP Austin, DL Shuldham, PJ Casey, PJ Wilding; Seated: RM Coleman, PJ Gough, TV McNabb (Capt), TJ Field-Hook, JP Pereira; Front: FB Creamer, DW Moon. See... 1st Bn Herefordshire Regiment, KSLI
