Doctor Doctor Hitchman's memorial fountain

The Czechoslovak war memorial and parachute fountain. After the invasion of their country by the Nazis, Czech soldiers fled their country to fight back from abroad, after the fall of France 2,200 Czechs and Slovaks joined the RAF while 7,000 men of the Czechoslovak army were based in the UK of which many were based at Morton Padbox near Leamington. Some flew in the battle of Britain. A specially selected group who's names appear on the adjacent plaque and round the rim of the parachute on the fountain, flew from near here and were parachuted into their occupied home land to try to assinate the deputy head of the SS, General Reinhard Heydrich, who Hitler had made Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia which is now the Czech Republic. They suceeded on 27-5-1942. There is much more to this story and the terrible revenge taken on inocent Czech people, eg. (Lidice) For more information on the assasination see http://g3nqf.co.uk/the-czech-war-memorial-and-the-assasination-of-ss-obergruppenfuehrer-reinhard-heydrich