Unveiling of the Bellasis House Information Board supported by the SWW2 Learning Network, National Trust, Gerry Holdsworth Special Forces Charitable Trust and Mole Valley District Council

On Wed 14th July 2021 with: Chief Warrant Officer Tomáš Kašpar, Assistant of Defence Attaché of the Czech Republic, Mrs Kaspar and daughter Mariana; Commander Dale Turetski, Deputy Naval Advisor, Canadian Defence Liaison Staff, High Commission of Canada; Flt/Lt Gail Bragg, RAF Odiham & trumpeter SAC Rachelle Bilham, Band of the RAF Regiment, RAF Northolt; National Trust: Aly Holly, Peter Cooper & Bill Heyes; SWW2LN organisers: Paul McCue and Ashley Barnett; SWW2LN support: Louisa Russell, Chair & Volunteers: Ian Titman, Carol Browne, Mark Browne, Meryl Jones, Gilly and Richard Halcrow & Catherine Mitchell; Jonathan Saunders – SWW2LN and co-author of noted ANTHROPOID book; Chairman of Mole Valley District Council, Cllr Chris Hunt; Walton & District Local Hist Society - Peter Denyer, Jackie Godfrey, Lorraine Spindler; Memorial Association for Free Czechoslovak Veterans, John Polak Treasurer; High Ashurst - Surrey Outdoor Learning and Development - Rob Fidgett; Czech Radio - Dr Jaromir Marek.

And: George Bearfield - grandson of Jaroslav Bubik of SOE Czechoslovak Section, who was the cousin of Josef Bubik of Czechoslovak Section’s OPERATION BIOSCOPE, who died with the ANTHROPOID members in Prague. Jaroslav and Josef Bubik are believed to have attended Bellasis.

The books shown by Paul McCue are: 'The Mirror Caught The Sun. Operation Anthropoid 1942' by John Martin and 'You'll Be Hearing From Us!: Operation Anthropoid - the assassination of SS-Obergruppenfuhrer Reinhard Heydrich' by Nial Cherry et al.

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