On the monument the following text is placed:
A la mémoire de ceux,
Qui partis du Canada,
Ont fresh seur long,
Sur la terre de Hollande,
And combattant sous la
Banniere d `un regiment
Canadian - Français
"Les fusiliers mont - Royal" Montreal, Quebec
As a reminder to those who left Canada and whose blood
In Holland ground enlarge
Battles the forces under the arms of a French - Canadian regiment
"Les fusiliers mont - Royal" from Montreal, Quebec
For the monument is a plaque with the following text:
In de nacht van 11 april 1944 - On the night of april 11 1944
stortte hier een lancaster bommenwerper - a lancaster bomber
van het 619th squadron R.A.F. neer - of the 619th squadron R.A.F. crashed here
5 bemanningsleden kwamen daarbij om - 5 crew members gave their live for our freedom
F / O. P.M. Wood
F / O. P. R. Butler
Sgt. H.F. Shearsby
Sgt. H.G. Lang
Sgt. R.G. Giddings
Also lost 3 residents living - 3 residents lost their live as well
M. Blauwkamer-Maas
M.J. Blauwkamer
A.A. Of the Vreede
During the war, also died
P.A. Lion. Died. Mar 5. 1945. Sankt Blasien
P. Waterman. Died. Mar 22. 1945 Lubeck
A.M. Of Sweden. Died. Oct. 26. 1944
C.H. Of Sweden. Died. Oct. 26. 1944
P. Francis. Died. 27. October. 1944
Showdown was held by Z.K.H. Prince Bernhard in the presence of F/L. H.J. Moore, the only survivor of the crash, on March 31, 1984.
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