Hall of Images
Czesław Ryszkowski
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Czesław and Edmund |
Czesław (on the left) and his non-identical twin brother Edmund . Brothers are aged 5 years. Photo taken in Dawid-Gródek on 15 Oct 1924. |
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Czesław and Edmund |
Czesław (on the left) and his non-identical twin brother Edmund in Marcinkance, near Grodno. Brothers are aged 7 yrs. Photo taken in 1926. |
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Czesław with family and friends |
Czesław is visible first on the left. His mother Wacława is in the centre sitting behind his younger brother Władysław and his non-identical twin brother Edmund is second on the right next to his mother. Photo taken in Marcinkance, near Grodno, circa 1927-28. |
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Czesław Ryszkowski |
Photo taken circa 1938 |
September 1939 Campaign |
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Czesław and friends |
Czesław (on the right) and friends in Marcinkance, near Grodno. Photo taken circa 1937-38 |
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Czesław and friends |
Czesław (on the right) and friends in Marcinkance, near Grodno. Photo taken circa 1937-38 |
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Wykaz Postępów w Naukach |
Wykaz Postępów w Naukach - Szkoła Podoficerska Piechoty dla Małoletnich Nr. 3 - Czesław’s Progress Report on his Studies at the Non-Commissioned Officer’s Infantry School for Juveniles No. 3, dated 31 July 1937 |
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Polish Siberian deportees |
Polish Siberian deportees sentenced to slave labour in the USSR - Czesław is first on the left. Photo taken in 1940. |
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1st Polish Armoured Division Soldiers |
Czeslaw (on the left) with a friend. Photo taken in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, in 1942. |
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek) |
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1st Polish Armoured Division Soldiers |
Czesław on the left with his younger brother Władysław on the right. Photo taken in Scotland circa 1943-44 |
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek) |
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Czesław’s War Department Driving Permit |
Dated 1 November 1945 and valid until 1 November 1947 |
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek) |
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Świadectwo Szkolne – School Report |
Polskie Prywatne Gimnazjum Koedukacyjne w Borszczowie (Strona 1) - Czesław’s School Report dated 11 June 1933 (Page 1) |
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Świadectwo Szkolne – School Report |
Polskie Prywatne Gimnazjum Koedukacyjne w Borszczowie (Strona 2) - Czesław’s School Report dated 11 June 1933 (Page 2) |
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1PAD soldiers during Normandy Campaign, 1944-45 |
Czesław is 2nd on the left, next to the soldier in the helmet. The other soldiers' names are unknown. |
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek) |
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1PAD soldiers during Normandy Campaign, 1944-45 |
Czesław is sitting on the right. The other soldier's name is unknown. |
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek) |
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1PAD soldiers during Normandy Campaign, 1944-45 |
Czesław is 3rd from the left ,facing General Maczek. |
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek) |
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1PAD soldiers during Normandy Campaign, 1944-45 |
Czesław is in the centre, writing. The other soldiers' names are unknown. |
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek) |
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1st Polish Armoured Division Soldiers |
Relaxing with Polish girls. Czesław is on the right with his future wife Wanda next to him. His brother Władysław is on the left with an unknown lady friend. Photo taken in Germany circa 1946. |
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek) |
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1st Polish Armoured Division Soldiers |
Relaxing with Polish girls. Wanda Lejkin (on the left) is Czesław's future wife and is sitting next to him. His brother Władysław (on the right) is with an unknown lady. Photo taken in Germany circa 1946. |
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek) |
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1st Polish Armoured Division Soldier |
Czesław in Germany circa 1946. |
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek) |
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Czesław with his adopted four-legged friend |
Photo taken in Germany circa 1946. |
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek) |
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1st Polish Armoured Division Soldier |
Czeslaw Ryszkowski in Germany circa 1946. |
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek) |
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Czeslaw and friend |
Czeslaw is sitting down. Name of friend standing next to him is unknown. Photo taken in Germany circa 1946 |
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek) |
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Czeslaw and friend Jasio |
With stray dogs. Photo taken in Germany, circa 1946 |
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek) |
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Czesław and Wanda on their Wedding Day |
Czesław's brother Władysław is on the left next to Wanda, and her sister Krystyna Lejkin is on the right next to Czesław. Photo taken in Germany circa 1946. |
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek) |
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Czesław and Wanda on their Wedding Day |
Photo taken in Germany circa 1946. |
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek) |
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Wanda and friend |
Czesław's wife Wanda is having fun wearing Czesław's uniform. Photo taken in Germany circa 1946. |
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Czeslaw, Wanda and Zbyszek |
Czesław and his wife Wanda with their newborn son Zbyszek - Photo taken in Germany in 1947. |
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Czesław and his wife Wanda |
Czesław is second from the left with Wanda next to him - socialising with friends. Photo taken in Germany in 1947. |
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek) |
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Awards entitlement |
Document from The Under-Secretary of State for War showing Czesław’s Awards Entitlement - Instituted in recognition of service in the war 1939-45. |
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek) |
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Medals Entitlement Documents |
Instituted in recognition of Czeslaw's service in the war 1939-45. |
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek) |
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Badge Certificate |
1 Pułk Artylerii Motorowej – Legitymacja Nr 687 - Document authorising Czesław to wear the 1st Field Artillery Regiment Badge from 22 September 1943, issued 15 November 1946 |
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek) |
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Army Medal certificate |
1-szej Dywizji Pancernej Legitymacja Tymczasowa Nr 6787 na Medal Wojska poraz pierwszy - 1 Polish Armoured Division temporary document dated 12 June 1947 stating that Czesław has been awarded the Army Medal for the first time |
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek) |
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Certificate of Service Termination |
Polskie Siły Zbrojne – Zaświadczenie o Zakończeniu Służby - Czesław’s Certificate of Service Termination with the Polish Forces, issued in London on 20 November 1947 |
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Service and Pay Book |
Soldier's name and description on attestation and on enlistment, signed by Czesław on 1 July 1943 |
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek) |
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Service and Pay Book |
Discharge Certificate issued to Czesław by the PRC Record Office, Witley Camp, dated 2 September 1948 |
Polish Resettlement Corps |
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Certificate Nr 2557 |
1-szej Dywizji Pancernej Legitymacja Leg Nr 2557 Krzyża Walecznych - Document authorizing Czesław to wear the Cross of Valour |
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek) |
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Membership Card |
1 Polish Armoured Division Regional Circle Membership Card - Czesław joined this organisation in 1954 |
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek) |
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Czeslaw receives a promotion |
Zarządzenie Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej mianując Czesława Ogniomistrzem - Instructions from the Polish Ministry of Defence that Czesław is being promoted to the rank of Sergeant Major, dated London 11 November 1969 |
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Krzyż 1 Dywizji Pancernej – Nr Leg. 764 |
Document authorising Czesław to wear the 1st Polish Armoured Division Cross dated 8 August 1986 |
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Krzyż Czynu Bojowego Polskich Sił Zbrojnych na Zachodzie |
Document confirming that Czesław was awarded the Military Action Cross of Polish Armed Forces in the West by the President of Poland Lech Wałęsa on 20 December 1994 |
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek) |
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Medal za Udział w Wojnie Obronnej 1939 |
Document confirming that Czesław was awarded the 1939 Defence War Medal by the President of Poland Lech Wałęsa on 20 December 1994 |
September 1939 Campaign |
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Odznaka Weterana Walk o Niepodległość |
Polish Veteran's Badge for taking part in the battle for independence awarded to Czesław in 1995 by the Polish Secretary of State for matters relating to ex-combatants and victims of repression |
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek) |
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Legitymacja Odznaki Pamiątkowej 11-ego Pułku Artylerii |
Document authorising Czesław to wear the 11th Artillery Regiment Badge dated 16 September 1999 |
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek) |
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Medal of Remembrance for 1945 Liberators |
Awarded to Czesław by the Netherlands in January 2004 - written in English and Dutch |
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek) |
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1st Polish Armoured Division Soldier in Germany |
Photo taken of Czesław circa 1946 during the Allied Occupation of Germany |
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek) |
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