Commemorative Memorial Liberators Oud Gastel

On the spot where this memorial stands, 12 liberators of Oud Gastel were buried from November 1th 1944 to May 17th 1946.

The Dutch text on the memorial (translated to English):
TRIBUTE AND THANKS
TO ALL THAT
FELL AT OUR
LIBERATION
30
OCTOBER
1944

HERE HAVE RESTED
FROM NOVEMBER 1th 1944
TILL MAY 17th 1946

LT.COL. F.W. BUTTERWORTH
BRIG. M.S. EKINS
LT. J.P.L. BANGS
L/SGT. A.V. FRANCIS
L/CPL. D.G. ROBERTS
CPL. D. LEE
PTE. C.STRANGLEMAN
PTE. H.W.J. PACKER
PTE. S.M. KIDMAN
PTE. F.J. HEWITT
PTE. R. CLARK
PTE. R.C. GOULD

The victims were moved in 1946 to these locations:
Butterworth, Ekins, Francis, Roberts, Strangleman, Packer, Kidman, Hewitt and Clark have been moved to Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery. Bangs and Gould have been moved to Geel War Cemetery and Lee was moved to the cemetery of Stampersgat.
All men except Clark are from Great Britain, Clark is a Canadian.

The memorial was reveiled on May 3th 1947

Besides this memeorial is also a memorial commemorating the victims of the war in Dutch East Indies.

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar.nl
• Photos: Jan Bierkens