CZECH SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE

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Reference WMO/149792

Address:

Village Centre

Arisaig

PH39 4NH

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Pillar/column
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: Czech Armed Forces: Polished granite column with collapsing parachute depicted at its top. The sculptor was Svoboda Pecky. Triangular column made of grey polished granite, with a sculpted fallen, but not completely deflated, parachute over the top. The parachute chords are engraved into the sides of the column. This surmounts a triangular base, all surrounded by granite paving. There are two additional rough stones to the right of the column, with flat faces inscribed with names and missions. To the left, there is also a rough stone with a flat face inscribed with additional information.
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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 SCULPTURE JOSEF VAJCE Memorial built by charities / Czech Memorial and Pomnik parasutistum STONEMASONS SVOBODA PEČKY FOUNDATION STONE WAS BLESSED / BY THE HOLY FATHER BENEDICT XVI. / AD 2009 / ZÁKLADNÍ KÁMEN BYL POŽEHNÁN / SVATÝM OTCEM BENDIKTEM XVI. / LP 2009 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 Stone, left: (Names) Stone, right: (Names) Stone: (inscription unknown)

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