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 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
Stanislaw Sys
Stanislaw Sys and his colleagues, in Lithuania in 1939
Ryszard Sys
During WWII
Lithuania
Officer Rank Verification Certificate
Officer Rank Verification Certificate
Henry Sokolowski
Poland
Guzar
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 7 of 8
Trilingual Identity Card page 7 of 8
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Poland
Guzar
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
Trilingual Identity Card page 2 of 8
Trilingual Identity Card page 2 of 8
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Poland
Guzar
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)
Trilingual Identity Card page 3 of 8
Trilingual Identity Card page 3 of 8
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Poland
Guzar
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
Trilingual Identity Card page 4 of 8
Trilingual Identity Card page 4 of 8
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Poland
Guzar
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
ID photo Bronisław Sokołowski
ID photo Bronisław Sokołowski
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
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)
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)
Medal Entitlement card (inside)
Medal Entitlement card (inside)
Henry Sokolowski
Poland
London
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)
Trilingual Identity Card page 6 of 8
Trilingual Identity Card page 6 of 8
Henry Sokolowski
During WWII
Poland
Guzar
Medal Entitlement card (outside)
Medal Entitlement card (outside)
Henry Sokolowski
Poland
London
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Crew of Polish submarine ORP Żbik interned in Sweden
Crew of Polish submarine ORP Żbik interned in Sweden
Mateusz Prociak
During WWII
Sweden
Vaxholm
Polish navy
Crew of Polish submarine ORP Żbik interned in Sweden
Crew of Polish submarine ORP Żbik interned in Sweden
Mateusz Prociak
During WWII
Sweden
Vaxholm
Polish navy
ORP Grom arriving in Poland
Polish Navy destroyer ORP Grom arriving in Poland in 1936. She was built in Cowes, UK. ORP Grom was sunk in 1940 during the Norwegian campaign near Narvik.
Marek Twardowski
Before WWII
Poland
Gdynia
Polish navy
Churchill inspects ORP Burza
On the 30th August 1939, on the eve of WW2, 3 Polish destroyers ORP Blyskawica, Grom and Burza were ordered to escape the Baltic and get to the UK. They arrived in Leith, Scotland and shortly after were sent to Plymouth where they became operational under the overall command of RN. In September 1939 the First Sea Lord, Winston Churchill paid a visit to Devonport to inspect the crew of the Polish destroyers in order to raise morale - here seen inspecting the crew of ORP Burza at that time under the command of Nahorski.
Stefan Nahorski
During WWII
United Kingdom
Plymouth
Polish navy