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Free Czechoslovak Airforce Association memorial ceremony at Brookwood

01.11.2016 / 12:52 | Aktualizováno: 01.11.2016 / 13:00

On Sunday 30 November 2016 the Commemoration linked with the anniversary of  foundation of Czechoslovakia on 28 October 1918 organised by the Free Czechoslovak Airforce Association (FCAFA) took place at the Czechoslovak Memorial in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey.
 

Among the attendants at Brookwood were Czechoslovak WW2 veterans, family members and friends of the living and passed away Czechoslovak airmen or soldiers and representatives of the Czech and Slovak Embassies in London.

Defence attachés of the Czech and Slovak Republic Colonel Jiří Svatoš and Colonel Milan Gavlas addressed the attendants with speeches appreciating the role and bravery of the combatants who fought the Nazi tyranny.  

At the end of the ceremony all participants enjoyed small refreshments and snacks provided by the Embassy of the Czech Republic.

Czech Military attaché Col. Jiří Svatoš during his speech Military attachés of the Czech Republic and Slovakia and Maj. Gen. Otto Schwarz, Ret. saluting during national anthems Col. Jiří Svatoš and Czech veteran Col. Arnošt Polák, Ret. lay a wreath at the Czechoslovak memorial in Brookwood Czechoslovak Memorial at Brookwood Military Cemetery on 30 October 2016 The civilian part of the Brookwood cemetery, where war heroes who passed away after WW2 are buried Publications and refreshments provided by the Czech Embassy

Czech Military attaché Col. Jiří Svatoš during his speech

Military attachés of the Czech Republic and Slovakia and Maj. Gen. Otto Schwarz, Ret. saluting during national anthems Military attachés of the Czech Republic and Slovakia and Maj. Gen. Otto Schwarz, Ret. saluting during national anthems

Col. Jiří Svatoš and Czech veteran Col. Arnošt Polák, Ret. lay a wreath at the Czechoslovak memorial in Brookwood Col. Jiří Svatoš and Czech veteran Col. Arnošt Polák, Ret. lay a wreath at the Czechoslovak memorial in Brookwood

Czechoslovak Memorial at Brookwood Military Cemetery on 30 October 2016
Czechoslovak Memorial at Brookwood Military Cemetery on 30 October 2016

The civilian part of the Brookwood cemetery, where war heroes who passed away after WW2 are buried The civilian part of the Brookwood cemetery, where war heroes who passed away after WW2 are buried

Publications and refreshments provided by the Czech Embassy
Publications and refreshments provided by the Czech Embassy