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 |