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Walcheren Collection

Background imageWalcheren Collection: Bombardment of Flushing (Vlissingen, Netherlands), August 1809

Bombardment of Flushing (Vlissingen, Netherlands), August 1809, during the Walcheren Campaign, an unsuccessful British expedition. Date: 1809

Background imageWalcheren Collection: General Sir Richard England, army officer

General Sir Richard England, army officer
Vintage 19th century photograph: General Sir Richard England, GCB, KH (1793 - 19 January 1883) was a British Army officer, born at Detroit, which was then part of Upper Canada

Background imageWalcheren Collection: British forces bombard the French garrison at Flushing, on the island of Walcheren

British forces bombard the French garrison at Flushing, on the island of Walcheren. Flushing is taken, but the Walcheren Expedition fails. Date: August 1809

Background imageWalcheren Collection: Sir John Hope / Craig

Sir John Hope / Craig
SIR JOHN HOPE 4TH EARL OF HOPETOUN British military commander during the Napoleonic War Date: 1765 - 1823

Background imageWalcheren Collection: View of Vlissingen, Walcheren, Zeeland, Netherlands

View of Vlissingen, Walcheren, Zeeland, Netherlands
View of Vlissingen, main harbour on the former island of Walcheren, Zeeland, Netherlands. Date: circa 1905

Background imageWalcheren Collection: Three girls in traditional costume, Zeeland, Netherlands

Three girls in traditional costume, Zeeland, Netherlands
Three girls in traditional costume, Walcheren island, Zeeland, Netherlands. Date: circa 1910

Background imageWalcheren Collection: Girl in traditional costume, Zeeland, Netherlands

Girl in traditional costume, Zeeland, Netherlands
Girl in traditional costume, Walcheren island, Zeeland, Netherlands. Date: circa 1910

Background imageWalcheren Collection: Windmill with platform, Walcheren, Zeeland, Netherlands

Windmill with platform, Walcheren, Zeeland, Netherlands
Four local children in traditional costume, and a windmill with a platform, Walcheren island, Zeeland, Netherlands. Date: circa 1910

Background imageWalcheren Collection: Model Village - Vlissingen, Netherlands

Model Village - Vlissingen, Netherlands
Vlissingen, The Netherlands - an amazing scale model of the former Island of Walcheren that replicates over 200 buildings, ships, trains, and windmills

Background imageWalcheren Collection: The Netherlands - Veere - Scottish House

The Netherlands - Veere - Scottish House
An elderly couple in the garden of a Scottish House in Veere, a city in the southwestern Netherlands, on Walcheren island in the province of Zeeland

Background imageWalcheren Collection: Sir John Hope / Cardon

Sir John Hope / Cardon
SIR JOHN HOPE 4TH EARL OF HOPETOUN British commander in the Peninsula War, the Walcheren Expedition and in France

Background imageWalcheren Collection: Napoleonic / 1809 / Flushing

Napoleonic / 1809 / Flushing
British forces under Lord Chatham attack the French garrison at Flushing during the Walcheren Expedition. Flushing is taken on 15 August 1809


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