The Secret WW2 Learning Network is an educational charity registered in the UK - a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) No. 1156796

Activities Programme and

Projects Programme

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ACTIVITIES 2023

STS 4 / 7 Winterfold information board unveiling Spring 2023
Trustees AGM 25th April 2023
Annual F Section ceremonies at Romorantin-Lanthenay & Valencay 5th / 6th May 2023
Czech ceremony at Brookwood Military Cemetery 7th May 2023
4 x British Army tours May – Oct 2023
French L’Appel, Central London 18th June 2023
Belgian SOE ceremony at Brookwood 2nd July 2023
Annual picnic & networking event at Wormelow TBC in July 2023
Jewish SOE agents ceremony at Brookwood Military Cemetery 3rd Sept 2023
Great Barn Wanborough – Heritage Weekend 9-10 Sept 2023
Biennial Runnymede commemoration event TBC in 2023
French Ceremony at Brookwood 10.30am 11th Nov 2023
Remembrance Sunday ceremony at the SOE Memorial, Embankment 12th Nov 2023
Guildford Museum exhibition opening 14th Nov 2023

PROJECTS 2023

Title Partner(s) Target Completion Date
Educational Bursaries – University of Kent student University of Kent Feb 2023
Reconstruction of SWW2LN web site Design contractor – STAXO Build by end of Feb 2023, then content to be added
STS 4 / 7 – Winterfold info board Landowner, Cranleigh Parish Council & Friends of the Hurtwood Spring 2023
Austria – Mauthausen Concentration Camp – addition of SOE / MI9 / SIS names to memorial plaque Families, Mauthausen museum & Intelligence Corps Association Spring 2023
Project to develop ‘Now It Can Be Told’ film Imperial War Museum & Gerry Holdsworth S.F.C.T. 6th May 2023 – Valencay
Chichester – Andre Hue, F Section SOE, plaque Gerry Holdsworth S.F.C.T. June / July 2023
Australia – Melbourne – Special Operations Australia plaque Gerry Holdsworth S.F.C.T. Successful recce in Nov 2022, action to follow
Israel – memorials to SOE / Special Forces training, potential locations include Atlit, Achziv, Mishmar Ha’Emek & Megiddo Gerry Holdsworth S.F.C.T. and museums in Israel 2023 / 24
STS 1 – Brockhall plaque TBC following visit 9th July 2023 Winter 2023
STS 3 – Stodham Park plaque and / or info board Royal British Legion (TBC) & Parish Council (TBC) Winter 2023
STS 5 – Wanborough Manor powerpoint for Great Barn / Guildford Museum Exhibition Guildford Museum & Wanborough Great Barn To run 11th Nov 2023 – 24th Feb 2024
STS 51 – Ringway (Manchester Airport) info board TBC On-going
STS 6 – West Court – monitor development TBC On-going
Amendments/additions to CWGC online records & memorials Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-going
Creation of web-based database re SOE’s global locations None Awaiting website
Ursula Graham Bower (V Force) – three year scholarship Kohima Educational Trust Ends March 2025