Memorial Association for Free Czechoslovak Veterans
To honour and remember all Czechoslovak WW2 veterans and service personnel who fought with the Allies
On Sunday May 14th the Memorial Association for Free Czechoslovak Veterans ( MAFCSV)was very proud to lead the Remembrance event at Brookwood. I think the word to describe it this year was WOW! So many wonderful parts that all came together to make a special …
This weekend the Deputy Lord Lieutenant for Surrey Steve Owen-Hughes MBE QFSM, and the MAFCSV welcomed the President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel and his wife Eva for their first visit to Brookwood. There is no greater honour than to be able to share …
On Sunday, March 19, 2023 at 11:00 am Marek Sobola PhD, Secretary-General & Founder of Servare et Manere, (responsible for the International Tree of Peace Project) and Gerry Manolas Chair of MAFCSV held a special tree planting ceremony together at Brookwood Military Cemetery. For NGO …
WOW! What a fantastic way for our Czechoslovak veterans to be honoured at Brookwood last weekend on Remembrance Sunday. This photo was arranged by our good friend Anthony McCallum, with the help of the RSM of the current Pirbright Troops, as they came to Remembrance …
On Sunday 30th the MAFCSV held their Remembrance event at Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey. We were fortunate with the weather and the event was a great success. As the work of the MAFCSV develops, the more contacts we make and the bigger the commemoration …
Congratulations to our friends in Aston Abbotts! The village has just heard that they have won the ‘Best Kept Village’ again! In 2019 the village won the Gurney Cup and this year they were entered in the Tindall Cup, which was for those who won …
On Saturday 9 July the MAFCSV were finally able to hold the postponed 80th Anniversary event to mark the arrival of the Czechoslovak Forces to the UK in 1940. The Cholmondeley Estate was bathed in glorious sunshine as the event began with a parade organised …
Members of the MAFCSV were invited to the Slovak Embassy London to attend a commemorative event to mark the 80th Aniversary of Operation Anthropoid. They were welcomed by H.E Ambassador Róbert Ondrejcsák, his wife Marina and the Slovak Defence Attaché Vladimir Stolarik and the Embassy …
On Saturday, 14th May Veronika Macleod the Honorary Consul to the Czech Embassy in Edinburgh, and Gerry Manolas Chair of the MAFCSV came together to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Operation Anthropoid and its direct connection with Scotland. During their preparations Veronika Macleod discovered the …
The service was given added poignancy by the speeches which were made by Gerry Manolas the Chair, and the Czech and Slovak Ambassadors, their Excellencies Marie Chatardova and Robert Ondrejcsak, which all referenced the 80th anniversary of Operation Anthropoid and the current war in . …