Gallery – Escape to fight from abroad
Polish soldiers interned in Lithuania
Polish soldiers interned in Lithuania
19 September 1939
Marcin Baran
During WWII
Lithuania
September 1939 Campaign
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
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
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 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
Pass for travel to Pahlevi
Pass for travel to Pahlevi
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Poland
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Polish soldiers by their tents
Polish soldiers by their tents
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Iraq
Qisil-Ribat
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Request for Leave
Request for Leave
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Travel document allowing travel of family from Siberia to Guzar
Travel document allowing travel of family from Siberia to Guzar
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Poland
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)
Stach Pola and Bronek Sokołowski
Stach Pola and Bronek Sokołowski
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Poland
Guzar
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Supply Card_1943_front
Supply Card_1943_front
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Iran
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Supply Card_1943_back
Supply Card_1943_back
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Iran
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Trilingual Identity Card page 1 of 8
Trilingual Identity Card page 1 of 8
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Poland
Guzar
Trilingual Identity Card page 2 of 8
Trilingual Identity Card page 2 of 8
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Poland
Guzar
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
Trilingual Identity Card page 5 of 8
Trilingual Identity Card page 5 of 8
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Poland
Guzar
Handritten letter
Handritten letter
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Iraq
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
Trilingual Identity Card page 7 of 8
Trilingual Identity Card page 7 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
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
Stanislaw Sys
Stanislaw Sys and his colleagues, in Lithuania in 1939
Ryszard Sys
During WWII
Lithuania
Polish POWs in Oflag
Captain Aleksander Prociuk, on the right, at Oflag POW camp, Germany. He fought in the 6th Pulk Strzelcow Podhalanskich and was captured during the September 1939 campaign by the Germans.
Halina Prociuk
During WWII
Germany
Oflag POW camp
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
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
ID photo Bronisław Sokołowski
ID photo Bronisław Sokołowski
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)