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77th Anniversary of Czechoslovak Military Camp in Cholmondeley

On 8 July 2017, the annual Service for the Czechoslovak soldiers who were deployed at Cholmondeley in 1940 took place at the Czechoslovak memorial in Cholmondeley Park, Cheshire.


 

The service commemorated the difficult time of thousands of Czechoslovak soldiers who, after the defeat of France, embarked mostly in Liverpool and sought another opportunity to join the active fight against Nazism and for liberation of Czechoslovakia. The military camp in  Cholmondeley Castle park became a symbol of the establishment of Czechoslovak Armed Forces in Great Britain.

On behalf of the Czech Embassy, the Defence Attaché, Colonel Jiří Svatoš, attended the Service. Col. Svatoš, along with the Defence Attaché of Slovakia Col. Milan Gavlas, laid wreaths by the memorial.

Col. Svatoš would like to thank the members of the Association of Czechoslovak Legionaries Abroad (ACLA) for their organisation of the event.

Col. Jiří Svatoš with the ACLA Chairman Daniel Harkin and his children

Col. Jiří Svatoš with the ACLA Chairman Daniel Harkin and his children

Col. Jiří Svatoš and John Kolbert, Honorary Chairman of ACLA

Col. Jiří Svatoš and John Kolbert, Honorary Chairman of ACLA