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Title
Czech and Slovak SOE War Memorial
Medium
grey polished granite
Measurements
H 250 x W 50 x D 50 cm (E);
Plinth: H 30 x W 200 x D 200 cm (E)
Accession number
PH39_DO_S113
Work type
War memorial
Owner
The Highland Council
Custodian
The Highland Council
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
SCULPTOR JOSEF VAJCE / STONEMASONS SVOBODA PEČKY
Inscription description
base: IN MEMORY OF ALL CZECH AND SLOVAK SOLDIERS / WHO TRAINED HERE IN 1941 - 1943 AS S.O.E AGENTS / NA PAMĚŤ VŠECH ČESKÝCH A SLOVENSKÝCH VOJÁKŮ, / KTEŘÍ ZDE V LETECH 1941 – 1943 PROŠLI VÝCVIKEM S.O.E. THANKS TO GENEROSITY OF MANY DONORS / DÍKY ŠTĚDROSTÍ MNOHA DÁRCŮ PATRONS / ZÁŠTITU UDĚLILI / VÁCLAV KLAUS, PRESIDENT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC / AND / A / THE RIGHT HON GEORGE REID, PRESIDING OFFICER, / THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT 2003 - 2007 SCULPTOR JOSEF VAJCE STONEMASONS SVOBODA PEČKY Memorial built by charities / Czech Memorial and Pomnik parasutistum FOUNDATION STONE WAS BLESSED / BY THE HOLY FATHER BENEDICT XVI. / AD 2009 / ZÁKLADNÍ KÁMEN BYL POŽEHNÁN / SVATÝM OTCEM BENDIKTEM XVI. / LP 2009; left stone: VOLUNTEERS FROM THE CZECHOSLOVAK INDEPENDENT BRIGADE / TRAINED HERE AS SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE AGENTS / IN 1941 - 1943 TO BE SENT INTO THE TERRITORY OCCUPIED BY NAZIS / MANY DIED FOR FREEDOM OF OTHERS / THEY SHALL NOT BE FORGOTTEN / DOBROVOLNÍCI Z NEZAVISLE ČESKOSLOVENSKE BRIGÁDY ZDE / 1941 - 1943 PROCHÁZELI VYCVIKEM EXEKUTIVY PRO ZVLÁŠTNÍ / OPERACE A BYLI PAK VYSAZOVANI K AKCÍM NA UZEMICH OKUPOVANYCH / NACISTY MNOZÍ POLOŽILI SVÉ ŽIVOTY ZA SVOBODU DRUHYCH. / JEJICH OBĚŤÍ NEZAPOMENEME; right stone (1): THE FALLEN RADLI / ALFRED BARTOŠ JAN HRUBY / JOSEF BIERSKI OLDRICH JANKO / AMBROZ BĺLEK FRANTIŠEK JAROS / FRANTISEK BĺROS LUBCMIR JASĺNEK / ANTONĺN BRHLĺK LEOPOLD KATZ / JOSEF BUBLĺK VÁCLAV KNOTEK / LUDVĺK CUPAL BOHUMĺR KOBYLKA / JINDRICH COUPEK FRANTIŠEK KOBZĺK / RADKO CURN IVAN KOLAŘĺK / OLDRICH DVOŘÁK JAROSLAV KOTÁSEK / JOSEF GABČĺK BOHUSLAV KOUBA / OTAKAR GABRIEL JAROSLAV KRÁTKY / FRANTIŠEK GEISLER MIROSLAV KŘIČENSKÝ / BOHUSLAV GRABOVSKY ANTONĺN KUBEC / VLADIMIR HAUPTVOGEL JAN KUBĺŠ / MILOSLAV HLAVÁČEK LADISLAV KUCHAR / FRANTIŠEK HOLY VOJTĚCK LUKAŠTĺK / RUDOLF HRUBEC BOHUMĺR MARTĺNEK; right stone (2): ARNOŠT MIKŠ JOSEF STRANKMULLER / KAROL MLADY JOSEF SANDERA / JAROMĺR NECHANSKY KLAUDIUS ŠATANA / BOHUSLAV NOCAR KAREL ŠEDA / JIŘĺ NOSEK MIROSLAV ŠPOT / JAROSLAV ODSTRČH JAROSLAV ŠVARC / ADOLF OPÁLKA JOSEF TESAR / FRANTIŠEK PAVELKA FRANTIŠEK URBANEK / OLDŘICH PECHAL JOSEF VALČIK / VLADISLAV PERUTKA JOSEF VANC / FRANTIŠEK POSPĺŠIL DRAHOMĺR VAŇURA / JIŘĺ POTŮČEK FRANTIŠEK VRANA / ZDENĚK PUŽEJ FRANTIŠEK VRBKA / ANTONĺN RENČĺN LIBOR ZAPLETAL / JAROMĺR RIEGEL FRANTIŠEK ZÁVORKA / MIROSLAV ROZPRÝM JOSEF ŽERDĺK / VLADISLAV SOUKUP JOSEF ŽIŽKA / STANISLAV SRAZIL; right stone (3): VYSADKY / THE MISSIONS / ANTHROPOID 1941 DAY 1944 OUT DISTANCE 1943 / ANTIMONY 1942 DESTROYER 1944 PERCENTAGE 1941 / BARIUM 1944 EMBASSY 1944 PLATINUM 1945 / BAUXITE 1945 FOUR SQUARE 1945 POM SOPHIA 1945 / BENJAMIN 1941 GLUCINIUM 1944 POTASH 1944 / BIOSCOPE 1941 GUMMIT 1944 ROTHMAN 1945 / BIVOUAC 1942 INTRANSITIVE 1942 SILVER A 1941 / BRONZE 1943 IRIDIUM 1943 SILVER B 1941 / CALCIUM 1944 IRON 1945 SPELTER 1944 / CARBON 1944 JOVRANA 1944 SILICA 1944 / CHALK 1944 KARAS 1942 STELL 1942 / CHROMIUM 1945 MANGANESE 1944 SULPHUR 1944 / CHURCHMAN 1945 MORTAR KAFKA 1945 TIN 1942 / CLAY 1944 NICKEL 1945 TUNGSTEN 1944 / COURIER 1944 OCHRE 1945 WOLFRAM 1944 / COTTAGE 1945 OSS 1945 ZINC 1942