In 1940, the Czechoslovak Liberation Army found refuge in a picturesque spa town in central England. Royal Leamington Spa, bringing in over 4,000 troops. The soldiers were housed in surrounding villages, such as Kineton, Mortem Morell or Walton Hall. The locals welcomed the Czech soldiers and helped them integrate into cultural life. Soon the soldiers began playing in orchestras and choirs or formed their football team which played against local crews and against players from other exile groups who took refuge in England.

Cultural and leisure entertainment was a distraction for the otherwise systematic training of Czechoslovak soldiers to fight on the side of the Allies. From among them, over 200 volunteers were selected and put into demanding training to carry out the professional activities of the Czechoslovak resistance, which were fraught with considerable risk. It was from this group of special forces that the paratroopers were selected and sent on a mission to eliminate the Protector Reinhard Heydrich. Two of them, namely Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš, managed to complete the task.

A fountain-shaped monument was erected by Czechoslovak veterans gathered in the "The Czechoslovak Legionaries in Exile" association in 1968 in Jephson Gardens, Leamington Spa, in honour of Czech soldiers, airmen and patriots who laid down their lives for the liberation of their homeland in World War II. The names of the seven Czech soldiers who took part in Operation Anthropoid, Out Distance, Bioscope, Silver A and Tin were written on the fountain to its credit. In addition to the aforementioned Gabčík and Kubiš, the names of Jan Hrubý, Adolf Opálka, Josef Bublík, Josef Valčík and Jaroslav Švarc can be read on its edge, the seven paratroopers that died in the Church of St Cyril and Methodius in Prague on 18th June 1942 after the successful assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. The monument was unveiled on the 50^th anniversary of the Czechoslovak Republic.

The monument is looked after by  "The Friends of the Czechoslovak Memorial Fountain" association, represented by Mr Stephen Loquens and Georgina and Chris Pavel.  Mr Loquens and Mr Pavel are sons of the Czechoslovak veterans who were involved in erecting this monument and who themselves have been involved with the Czechoslovak veterans during their life.