The battle lasted officially from 10 July until 31 October 1940 and involved 2.941 Allied pilots – the majority aged between 18 to 22 years old. There were 88 pilots from Czechoslovakia whose names are carved in the memorial wall together with the names of allied pilots.

Czechoslovak pilots fought in this conflict serving in 310 and 312 Sqns. both of which were Czechoslovak Squadrons in the RAF. Others flew in British RAF Squadrons of 1, 17, 19, 43, 46, 56, 85, 111, 238, 245, 253, 501, 601 and 605. Josef František – the most successful Allied pilot in the battle with 17 Luftwaffe planes shot down in a 29 day period – flew with 303 Sqn. which was a Polish Squadron in the RAF. Nine of them were killed during this battle with others being wounded and some, like Josef Koukal and František Truhlář, being badly burned and facially disfigured.

The National Monument – a statue of a fighter pilot looking over the English Channel towards France – to commemorate the Battle of Britain is located at Capel-le-Ferne, Kent. This is also the site of the Christopher Foxley-Norris Memorial Wall where the names of the 2.397 are engraved.

There was a very nice meeting with the fighter pilot Josef Hýbler´s widow Mrs Ludmila Hýblerová who recalled husband´s stories with a smile on her face and she again laid a bouquet of flowers to the place with the name of her husband on the Memorial Wall. The British actor Ben Kingsley attended the annual Memorial Day too.

Besides the representatives of the organising country, the allied countries during the Second World War were represented by Defence Attachés from Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic (Colonel Jiří Niedoba), New Zealand, Poland and the U.S.A. They laid wreaths at the memorial on behalf of their countries.