Gallery – Escape to fight from abroad
Polish Navy destroyers escaping to GB
Polish Navy destroyer division ORP Błyskawica, Grom and Burza en route to Great Britain on the eve of war, 31st August 1939. German plane visible in the sky? Tadeusz Lesisz was a Polish Navy cadet in 1939, escaping to the UK on ORP Burza. During the war he also served on MGB S3 and ORP Błyskawica and cruiser Dragon, retiring a full commander.
Wanda Lesisz
During WWII
Polish navy
Trilingual Identity Card page 1 of 8
Trilingual Identity Card page 1 of 8
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Poland
Guzar
Trilingual Identity Card page 8 of 8
Trilingual Identity Card page 8 of 8
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Poland
Guzar
Polish submarines interned in Sweden
Three Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys interned in Sweden from September 1939 - Marielund, Sweden until 1945. Andrzej Sadowski's father, Kazimierz Sadowski, was the Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik
Andrzej Sadowski
During WWII
Sweden
Marielund
Polish navy
Trilingual Identity Card page 2 of 8
Trilingual Identity Card page 2 of 8
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Poland
Guzar
Polish Navy sub-lieutenant Tadeusz Lesisz
Tadeusz Lesisz was a Polish Navy cadet in 1939, escaping to the UK on ORP Burza. During the war he also served on MGB S3 and ORP Błyskawica and cruiser Dragon, retiring a full commander. This photograph was taken in 1939 as an Ensign - Ship Sub-Lieutenant.
Wanda Lesisz
During WWII
Polish navy
Polish submarines interned in Sweden
Three Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys interned in Sweden from September 1939 - Marielund, Sweden until 1945. Andrzej Sadowski's father Kazimierz Sadowski was the Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik
Andrzej Sadowski
During WWII
Sweden
Marielund
Polish navy
Trilingual Identity Card page 3 of 8
Trilingual Identity Card page 3 of 8
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Poland
Guzar
Trilingual Identity Card page 4 of 8
Trilingual Identity Card page 4 of 8
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Poland
Guzar
Letter from Polish POW to exiled wife (1)
Letter from Aleksander Prociuk (Captain with 6th Pulk Strzelcow Podhalanskich), taken prisoner in the September 1939 campaign), POW Oflag, 11A, Camp 6 to his wife Katarzyna Prociuk who was deported to Kazakhstan 13 April 1940-1945 with their two sons. Katarzyna finally received the letter in Australia in 1974!
Halina Prociuk
During WWII
Germany
September 1939 Campaign
Souvenir Postcard Booklet from Iraq Museum in Baghdad
Souvenir Postcard Booklet from Iraq Museum in Baghdad
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Iraq
Bagdad
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Trilingual Identity Card page 5 of 8
Trilingual Identity Card page 5 of 8
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Poland
Guzar
Polish Captain and Swedish interning Officer, 1939
Three Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys interned in Marielund, Sweden from September 1939 until 1945. Andrzej Sadowski's father ,Kazimierz Sadowski ,was the Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik. This photograph - taken in September 1939 - shows the commander of ORP Ryś, Captain Aleksander Grochowski (1901-1992), with Swedish internment officer, Captain Erlass.
Andrzej Sadowski
During WWII
Sweden
Marielund
Polish navy
Stach Pola and Bronek Sokołowski
Stach Pola and Bronek Sokołowski
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Poland
Guzar
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Handritten letter
Handritten letter
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Iraq
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
ID Photo Bronisław Sokołowski_back
ID Photo Bronisław Sokołowski_back
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek)
Polish Navy submarine ORP Zbik
Three Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys interned in Sweden from September 1939 - Marielund, Sweden until 1945. Andrzej Sadowski's father, Kazimierz Sadowski, was the Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik. This article provides information about ORP Zbik.
Andrzej Sadowski
During WWII
Polish navy
Supply Card_1943_front
Supply Card_1943_front
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Iran
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Trilingual Identity Card page 6 of 8
Trilingual Identity Card page 6 of 8
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Poland
Guzar
Polish submariners interned in Sweden
Three Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys interned in Sweden from September 1939 - Marielund, Sweden until 1945. Andrzej Sadowski's father, Kazimierz Sadowski, was the Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik. This photographs shows Polish sailors marching past a house in Sweden.
Andrzej Sadowski
During WWII
Sweden
Marielund
Polish navy
Supply Card_1943_back
Supply Card_1943_back
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Iran
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Trilingual Identity Card page 7 of 8
Trilingual Identity Card page 7 of 8
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Poland
Guzar
Polish submarines interned in Sweden
Three Polish submarines ORP Zbik, ORP Sep and ORP Rys interned in Sweden from September 1939 - Marielund, Sweden until 1945. Andrzej Sadowski's father, Kazimierz Sadowski ,was the Torpedo Officer aboard ORP Zbik.
Andrzej Sadowski
During WWII
Sweden
Marielund
Polish navy
Polish-British Naval Agreement is signed 18th November 1939
Source: Polska Marynarka Wojenna, published 1947 by the Polish Naval Association in London.
Polska Marynarka Wojenna Polish Naval Association in London
During WWII
United Kingdom
Polish Navy destroyers escaping to GB
Polish Navy destroyer division ORP Błyskawica, Grom and Burza en route to Great Britain on the eve of war, 31st August 1939. Tadeusz Lesisz was a Polish Navy cadet in 1939, escaping to the UK on ORP Burza. During the war he also served on MGB S3 and ORP Błyskawica and cruiser Dragon, retiring a full commander.
Wanda Lesisz
During WWII
Polish navy
Polish Navy sub-lieutenant Tadeusz Lesisz
Tadeusz Lesisz was a Polish Navy cadet in 1939, escaping to the UK on ORP Burza. During the war he also served on MGB S3 and ORP Błyskawica and cruiser Dragon, retiring a full commander. This photograph was taken in 1939 as an Ensign - Ship Sub-Lieutenant.
Wanda Lesisz
During WWII
Polish navy
Polish Navy destroyers escaping to GB
Polish Navy destroyer division ORP Błyskawica, Grom and Burza en route to Great Britain on the eve of war, 31st August 1939. German plane visible in the sky? Tadeusz Lesisz was a Polish Navy cadet in 1939, escaping to the UK on ORP Burza. During the war he also served on MGB S3 and ORP Błyskawica and cruiser Dragon, retiring a full commander.
Wanda Lesisz
During WWII
Polish navy
Inscription of photo ‘Hungarian Photo Company 9 Risb..lock’
image showing the inscription of back of photo.
Irena Lowe
During WWII
Hungary
Risb..lock
September 1939 Campaign
Hungarian Photo Company 9 Risb..lock
This photo is in my father's photo album. It is dated 7 November 1939. I know that he was interned in a camp with Polish soldiers in Hungary at this time. We believe he is second from left in the photo. The back of the photo is inscribed in Polish. 'Wegrzy Zdjecia Komp 9. Risb..lock 7/XI 1939'
Irena Lowe
During WWII
Hungary
Risb..lock
September 1939 Campaign
Portrait in the Polish Army, 1937-1939
Served in the Polish Campaign of 1939
Mieczysław Łutczyk
During WWII
Poland
September 1939 Campaign