Behind the town hall.

Monument

The memorial consists of a stylized dove of peace monument (in the center) that was inaugurated in 1982 and was completed in 1989, a rectangular stele on the left, and a rectangular plaque on the right which is inset to the wall. All texts inscribed are written in French.

Source of photo: www.memorialgenweb.org

On the dove monument:

26 AOUT 1944

English translation:

26 AUGUST 1944

On left monument:

IL Y A 50 ANS,

LORS DE LA BATAILLE DE VILLENEUVE-LOUBET,

LE COMMANDANT STAN WATERS COMMANDAIT

LE 2eme  BATAILLON DU 2eme RÉGIMENT

DE LA FIRST SPECIAL SERVICE FORCE.

QUI ÉTAIT EN POINT DE VUE DE VILLENEUVE-LOUBET.

SON BATAILLON, AVEC L'AIDE EFFICACE DE QUELQUES

RÉSISTANTS VILLENEUVOIS, CHASSA L'ENNEMI DU CHÂTEAU

ET DE LA VILLE LE 26 AOÛT 1944.

LE LIEUTENANT- GÉNÉRAL STAN WATERS

A COMMANDÉ LE 1ER BATAILLON DE PARACHUTISTES

CANADIENS JUSQU'EN 1976

English translation:

50 YEARS AGO,

DURING THE BATTLE OF VILLENEUVE-LOUBET,

COMMANDANT STAN WATERS COMMANDED

THE 2nd BATAILION OF THE 2nd REGIMENT

OF THE FIRST SPECIAL SERVICE FORCE.

WHO WAS IN VIEW OF VILLENEUVE-LOUBET.

HIS BATTALION, WITH THE EFFECTIVE HELP OF SOME

VILLENEUVOIS RESISTANCE FIGHTERS, DROVE THE ENEMY FROM THE CHÂTEAU

AND THE TOWN ON AUGUST 26, 1944.

LIEUTENANT-GENERAL STAN WATERS

COMMANDED THE 1ST CANADIAN PARACHUTE BATTALION

UNTIL 1976

On right monument:

IN MEMORIAM

LE 26 AOÛT 1944, LA FIRST SPECIAL SERVICE FORCE

AMÉRICANO-CANADIENNE PRIT PART À UNE

AUDACIEUSE ATTAQUE DE NUIT, AIDÉE PAR

LES COURAGEUX CITOYENS DE VILLENEUVE-LOUBET

ET LIBÉRA CETTE VILLE DE L'ENNEMI.

FIN NOVEMBRE, LA FORCE REVINT À VILLENEUVE-LOUBET POUR UN

DERNIER DÉFILÉ AVANT SA

DISSOLUTION LE 5 DÉCEMBRE 1944.

PENDANT CES OPÉRATIONS DE LIBÉRATION DES DÉPARTEMENTS

DU SUD DE LA FRANCE

66 SOLDATS TROUVÈRENT LA MORT, ET

PLUS DE 200 FURENT BLESSÉS.

C'EST À CES VALEUREUX SOLDATS ET AUX

COURAGEUX CITOYENS DE VILLENEUVE-LOUBET

QUE CE MÉMORIAL EST DÉDIÉ.

FIRST SPECIAL SERVICE FORCE ASSOCIATION

27 MAI 1989

English translation:

IN MEMORIAM

ON AUGUST 26, 1944, THE AMERICAN-CANADIAN FIRST SPECIAL SERVICE FORCE

TOOK PART IN AN AUDACIOUS NIGHT ATTACK

DARING NIGHT ATTACK, AIDED BY THE COURAGEOUS

CITIZENS OF VILLENEUVE-LOUBET

AND LIBERATED THE TOWN FROM THE ENEMY.

AT THE END OF NOVEMBER, THE FORCE RETURNED TO VILLENEUVE-LOUBET FOR

FINAL PARADE BEFORE BEING

DISBANDED ON DECEMBER 5, 1944.

DURING THESE OPERATIONS TO LIBERATE

OF SOUTHERN FRANCE

66 SOLDIERS WERE KILLED, AND

MORE THAN 200 WERE WOUNDED.

IT IS TO THESE VALIANT SOLDIERS AND TO THE

COURAGEOUS CITIZENS OF VILLENEUVE-LOUBET

THAT THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED.

FIRST SPECIAL SERVICE FORCE ASSOCIATION

MAY 27 1989