Engelandvaarder
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An Engelandvaarder was a Dutch person who escaped from the German-occupied Netherlands to the United Kingdom during World War II with the intention of joining the Free Dutch forces. The name derives f
![Jaap van Hamel [nl] and Rudi van Daalen Wetters [nl] left Katwijk on 19 June 1941. HMS Eglinton picked them up on 24 June and brought them to Lowestof](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Van_Hamel_en_Van_Daalen_Wetters.jpg/500px-Van_Hamel_en_Van_Daalen_Wetters.jpg)
Jaap van Hamel [nl] and Rudi van Daalen Wetters [nl] left Katwijk on 19 June 1941. HMS Eglinton picked them up on 24 June and brought them to Lowestoft.
These five Engelandvaarders also made it to Lowestoft in 1944
Museum Engelandvaarders
Wilhelmina was Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 until her abdication in 1948. She reigned for nearly 58 years, making her the longest-reigning monarch in Dutch history, as well as the longest-reigni
Engelandvaarder
…London at the "London Reception Centre" in the building over a period of four years. Once they cleared the interview process they all had a meeting with Queen Wilhelmina, who viewed them as her window back to her homeland. A number of the Engelandvaarders were awarded the Dutch Bronze Cross (BK) or the Cross of Merit…
State Portrait, 1936
Queen Wilhelmina in the 1890s
Queen Victoria and Queen Wilhelmina in a montage photo (1895)
Wilhelmina's inauguration