Photo: Jaromír Marek, Czech Radio
On Saturday, 4 July 2026, a commemorative ceremony was held in the English civil parish of Cholmondeley that marked the arrival of Czechoslovak soldiers in the UK in July 1940. Their ranks included men from all walks of life – students, factory workers, professional soldiers but also people who lived on the fringes of legality. A painting by one of the soldiers, created in Cholmondeley park in the summer of 1940, has now returned there.
A green park, a pond covered with water lilies in the foreground, and trees and brown tents in the background, where Czechoslovak soldiers slept.
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Author: Romana Grajcarová