After a wait of 5 years, a delegation of 20 people from Cheltenham visited Cheltenham’s friendship town of Stampersgat in The Netherlands from 10-13 May 2024.
The group met up with their Dutch friends and together laid flowers at the grave of Cpl Dennis Lee, from the Gloucestershire Regiment, who died there in 1941 during the liberation of Stampersgat. Following the memorial service the groups had lunch together in Oudenbosch.
The Cheltenham – Stampersgat Friendship Link groups organise visits to and from each town every two years, with the Stampersgat group receiving a warm welcome in Cheltenham in 2022 and very much looking forward to their return visit in 2026.
The visit was a great success and more pictures and information can be seen on the Cheltenham-Stampersgat facebook page.
Cheltenham International Partnerships 