Historical Information

Volunteers of the Polderhuismuseum have built a Liberty Bridge in memory of the Royal Marines of the Allied Forces that died in action.

On the dyke behind the museum there is a Sherman tank, this tank has now been connected directly to the garden of the museum ‘Polderhuis Westkapelle’ where a landing craft has been exposed. Together they represent a lasting homage to all Allied Forces, many of those the Royal Marines that participated in this successful amphibious operation. This operation liberated Walcheren and Westkapelle and paved the way to increase freedom and peace in Europe.

The 161 names (of mostly young men) on the flat halfway the dyke, immediately next to the bridge, have been dedicated to the memory of the Royal Marines that died in action during theattack of Walcheren. The names are the symbols of all victims that, both in Westkapelle as well as in the whole region, have perished during this period.