The Royal Welsh Bridge Den Bosch

The in 2015 openened "The Royal Welsh Bridge" in Den Bosch commemorates the 146 Welsh soldiers of the 53th Welsh Division who died during the liberation of the city in October 1944.

Text on the bridge:

The Royal Welsh bridge
After four-and-a-half years of occupation and a heroic liberation battle by the 53rd Welsh Division (now Royal Welsh), the city of 's-Hertogenbosch was liberated on 27 October 1944.

’s-Hertogenbosch has always cherished its relation with the Royal Welsh, in the full awareness that the post-war development of the city could only be successful in every way, thanks to the efforts of the brave soldiers from Great Britain and in particular those from Wales. In their honour, the city named the Royal Welsh Bridge and displayed the Roll of Honour - the 146 names of the British soldiers who made

the ultimate sacrifice for the freedom of ’s-Hertogenbosch - to express the gratitude of the war-stricken generation and all subsequent generations.(’s-Hertogenbosch, 27 October 2015)

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar.nl
• Photos: Mike van den Nieuwenhof (1), TracesOfWar.nl (2, 3, 4, 5)