Czechoslovak Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves Commission These are the graves of 48 Czechoslovaks who died whilst serving the war effort in the UK. 45 people are buried in this cemetery and 3 in the RAF plot nearby. North-east from this Memorial past the RAF shelter and closeby the boundary of the military cemeteries are the graves of post-war Czechoslovak service personnel.
Wed 4th December 2019, Zuzana Čaputová President of Slovakia arrived at Brookwood with her delegation including her Minister of Defence, Peter Gajdoš and the Slovak Ambassador HE Lubomir Rehak and his Defence Attaché Colonel Jan Goceliak in an event hosted by Gerry Manolas Chair of the Memorial Association for Free Czechoslovak Veterans. Read about the event and planting of the 13th Tree of Peace. Here. In November 2007 Czech President Klaus began a 3 day visit to the UK by visiting the Memorial and laying a wreath in memory of Czech and Slovak war dead. Four hundred & eighty Czechoslovak airmen died while serving with the RAF. The lives of all these aircrew are commemorated at the cemetery on the Czech Day of National Independence. This is the Sunday closest to 28th October each year. A Czech grave seen in the RAF section~~Inscription on Reverse of Monument~~Czech Ex-Servicemens Cemetery All © WyrdLight McCallum Photography 2009 Contact Antony |