We commemorated György Boldus - Rochdale

7th of Nov. 2024

On 7th November 2024 We commemorated Colonel György Boldus, Royal Hungarian Army, at the cemetery in Rochdale.

On the 46th anniversary of the passing of the late Colonel György Boldus (27th February 1900 – 23rd September 1978) and in honour of Remembrance Day, a solemn remembrance ceremony was held at his grave in Rochdale.

The ceremony, organised by the Hungarian Cultural Association of the UK, was attended by László Riskó-Nagy, Consul General of Hungary in Manchester, as well as Attila Babenyecz and Gábor Oláh on behalf of the Vitézi Rend and the 1st Hungarian Hussar Regiment of England, who laid wreaths at the gravesite.

Colonel György Boldus, who was the recipient of several wartime and peace-time decorations, including the Orders of Saint Ladislaus and Saint George, left Hungary with his family in 1948 and settled in Rochdale, North England.

Colonel György Boldus' Decorations: Knight’s Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit with war ribbon and swords Knight’s Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit, with the Governmental Commendation Hungarian Coronation (military) Bronze Medal with narrow red and white bordered dark emerald ribbon War Memorial Medal with a red, white, and green ribbon, decorated with swords and a helmet 2nd Class Officer’s Military Service Medal Memorial Medal of the Upper Lands (Felvidék) Memorial Medal of Transylvania May he rest in peace.