- Type of Memorial
- Composite
- WMR Reference Number
- 19509
- Description
- Large bronze plaque on a block of rough granite. Adjacent to this is a fountain, the top part of which is shaped as a parachute. The stream of water from the top falls down grooves, then into the open air to represent its cords. On the parachute are inscribed the names of members of the mission. A carved Lion Rampant, the symbol of Czechoslovakia is on the stem of fountain. The whole memorial stands within a small garden adjacent to the Jephson Temple. The garden has been planted with red roses donated from Lidice, one of the Czechoslovak villages raised to the ground as a reprisal by Nazi Germany, and a small plaque is attached to the railings at the front of the garden. An information board stands in the gardens behind the fountain.
- Inscription
- Bronze plaque: IN TRIBUTE/ TO ALL/ CZECHOSLOVAK SOLDIERS, AIRMEN AND PATRIOTS/ WHO FELL IN WORLD WAR II./ FROM ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA, IN 1941,/ VOLUNTEERS FROM FREE CZECHOSLOVAK FORCES/ STATIONED IN THE TOWN, WERE PARACHUTED INTO/ THEIR HOMELAND TO RID IT OF THE TYRANT/ "PROTECTOR" S.S. GENERAL HEYDRICH. TWO OF/ THEM - JAN KUBIS AND JOSEF GABCIK -/ ACCOMPLISHED THEIR MISSION IN MAY 1942./ THEY AND THEIR COMPANIONS LAID DOWN THEIR/ LIVES/ FOR FREEDOM.
Plaque on garden railings: "LIDICE SHALL LIVE"/ GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE/ 25TH ANNIVERSARY/ 1967
