Memorial Association for Free Czechoslovak Veterans
To honour and remember all Czechoslovak WW2 veterans and service personnel who fought with the Allies
Thank you for the warm welcome I received from the children, parents, and staff of the the Czech and Slovak school Okenko in London, when I visited yesterday. Their enthusiasm and interest helped settle my initial nerves, and before long we were absorbed in the …
The MAFCSV is proud to present its video celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee to mark the seventy years of service Elizabeth II has given since she became monarch on 6 February 1952. We look at how Her Majesty contributed personally to the war effort …
This year is the 80th Anniversary of Operation Anthropoid and the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. In recognition of this event there will be a great deal of interest in the brave Czechoslovaks who undertook the missions and the training they received by Special Operations Executive, …
Yesterday in the little village of Arisaig in north west Scotland our friends Alison Stewart and Henrik Chart placed a wreath on behalf of the MAFCSV at the Czech and Slovak Parachute Memorial. They held a two minute silence at 11:00, with some time for …
As part of our Remembrance Day programme Gerry Manolas Chair of MAFCSV and Nick Southward OBE, attended the Fields of Remembrance Opening Service today at Westminster Abbey. We joined Defence Attaché Brigadier General Vratislav Beran, Warrant Officer Tomas Kaspar and the Slovak Defence Attaché Colonel …
Today at 11:00 am our International Secretary Marta Majerčík with our committee Marian Majerčík and their son Matej laid a very special wreath on behalf of MAFCSV and pupils of 5. ZŠ (primary school) from Považská Bystrica town at Jozef Gabčík’s Memorial in Poluvsie (Rajecké …
All I can say is WOW! Brookwood October 2021 was fantastic. What a triumph after 2 years of restricted events due to Covid, to have so many people back together once more. Thank you to all those who travelled through awful weather, and had to …
We would like to thank everyone who made such a huge effort to be with us. The stormy weather created lots of challenging journeys for those coming from afar. This year we were joined by the Deputy Ambassador of the Czech Republic Michal Strouhal …
On Saturday 3 July, a small group of us met at the Czechoslovak Army Memorial stone in the grounds of Cholmondeley Castle. We had hoped that we would have been holding the delayed 80th Anniversary event, but with the full unlock delayed by two …
Today is the day that Jan Kubiš and Jozef Gabčík started the process to achieve their goal, the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. We also remember all those families who put their own safety and that of their families aside to help and give them sanctuary …