Uncle Beach Memorial (Liberation Memorial Vlissingen)

A memorial place for the liberation of Walcheren. The Commando memorial stands next to the [url=http://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/480]52 Lowland Division monument[/url]. On the front on the pedestal is the text: [i]No. 4 Commando. Both sides are plaques affixed to the pedestal with French, Dutch and English text[/i] The English text on the plaque: [i]In memory of all ranks of No 4 command who fell during the 1939-1945 war and to the local citizens of Flushing who were killed during the occupation and at the hour of their liberation.[/i] The French and Dutch text on the plaque: [i]A la memoire des officers, sous-officers soldats et du 4me command et des citoyens loyauxs the Flessengue 1939-1945 The memory of the fallen of the 4th Commando and of the loyal citizens of Vlissingen.[/i] At the location of this memorial, next the Commando memorial, there was during the liberation of Vlissingen a garbage dump. This garbage dump was near a small harbor, where the allied used their amphibian vehicles to came on land under a fierce resistance from the enemy. From there, the liberators marched up under fierce opposition from the Germans through various streets, into the direction of the Boulevard to Britannia Hotel where the Headquarter of the enemy was established. Text on the monument: [i]52 Lowland Division landed here from Breskens on nov.1 1944 to liberate the island.[/i]