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24th May 2024 – Unveiling of plaque and information board commemorating MI5’s London Reception Centre (LRC) in the former Royal Victoria Patriotic School (RVPS)
people attended to watch the plaque unveiled by families of those who served...
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11th May 2025 – Artists Rifles Club House, Bisley and Czech and Slovak commemorative ceremony, Brookwood Military Cemetery.
s attire to modern-day. At Bisley, Eddie (far left below) supported...
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6th – 7th May – annual ceremony and related activities and presentations, F Section SOE memorial at Valençay, France.
. It is because of this event that the F...
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Events
Unveiling of information board commemorating SOE’s Special Training School (STS 3) in Liss, Hampshire
- June 22, 2024
- 10:30
- Riverside Walk, Liss, Hampshire - by the railway station.
Tuesday, 18th June 2024, 10.30 am – L’appel
- June 18, 2024
- 10:30
- De Gaulle statue, Carlton Gardens, London SW1Y 5AA.
COMMEMORATIONS IN FRANCE FOR F (FRENCH) SECTION SOE – PT 2 VALENÇAY
- May 6, 2024
- 11:00
- F Section Memorial, Carr Bénévent,
COMMEMORATIONS IN FRANCE FOR F (FRENCH) SECTION SOE – PT 1 ROMORANTIN-LANTHENAY
- May 5, 2024
- 16:00
- Quai de l'Île Marin, Romorantin-Lanthenay
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September 8, 2025
The SOE (Special Operations Executive) arms and equipment resupply mission took off from Rivenhall, near Chelmsford, on 2 November.
As the Stirling neared its drop zone, it was struggling to cope in the bitter cold and thick snow showers. Wing Cdr Surplice ordered the six men aboard to bail out and the icebound plane smashed into the mountain.
"Mr Thronsen said: 'Sqn Ldr Kenneth Bolton, Pilot Officer Robert Chapin and Warrant Officer Robert Dalton landed in a snowstorm and got together almost at once and were soon joined by Lt Michael Hicks, the SOE liaison officer at Rivenhall [who had also been on the plane].
"The evaders wandered around for a couple of days in the wilderness until they found a cottage, put a fire on and someone from the resistance found them."
"The other two survivors were not so lucky; they were captured and imprisoned by the Germans ….
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