Tank memorial, War memorial in Antwerp, Belgium

The Tank Memorial on Jan Van Rijswijcklaan in Antwerp is a single Cruiser Cromwell tank on a low grey concrete plinth with a sloped front. The green vehicle has a riveted superstructure, a forward-projecting gun barrel and dark road wheels with green rims above the tracks. Its front plate carries the white number 40, the plate T 121813 and a small panel with a yellow animal silhouette; a metal plaque is fixed to the left of the base.

Antwerp was liberated from German occupation on 4 September 1944, when the British 11th Armoured Division entered the city along the Jan Van Rijswijcklaan. In 1947 the British donated a Cruiser Cromwell tank to the city, placed near that avenue to mark the liberation entry. It was repaired in 1971, restored from 2011 by the Rocourt arsenal, and in 2014 moved onto a new plinth at its present site.

The Cromwell tank was donated by the British in 1947 and formally re-inaugurated on Sunday 7 September 2014, at the 70th commemoration of Antwerp's liberation. The inscription honours Major General GPB Roberts of the 11th Armoured Division, Major General JB Churcher of the 159th Infantry Brigade and Brigadier CBC Harvey of the 29th Armoured Brigade.

The Cromwell tank stands on a low concrete plinth on Jan Van Rijswijcklaan (N177), facing Antwerp Expo and close to the Antwerp ring road. A metal plaque is fixed to the left side of the base, and the white number "40" and plate "T 121813" are painted on the front lower plate. The tank was moved here in 2014, after earlier stands on Boomsesteenweg at the Olympiade crossroads and in Generaal Robertsplantsoen.

The tank is a Cruiser Cromwell, not a U.S. vehicle: the 11th British Armoured Division entered Antwerp along Jan Van Rijswijcklaan on 4 September 1944, and Britain donated the tank to the city in 1947. The 2014 plaque honours Major General GPB Roberts, Major General JB Churcher and Brigadier CBC Harvey.