Gallery – Forever in the West
Empress of France
The ship that took the Franczyk family to Canada.
Genowefa Matkowski
After WWII
Ship’s log, January 1950
Empress of France details
Genowefa Matkowski
After WWII
Marriage certificate
27 December 1950
Genowefa Matkowski
After WWII
Canada
Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Wedding of Genowefa Franczyk and Wieslaw Matkowski
27 December 1950
Genowefa Matkowski
After WWII
Canada
Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Family photo from the 1950″s
Genowefa, daughters Joanna and Elzunia, and husband Wieslaw.
Genowefa Matkowski
After WWII
Canada
Genowefa ID photo
Genowefa ID photo
Genowefa Matkowski
After WWII
Canada
Daughter Joanna at her wedding
Daughter Joanna at her wedding
Genowefa Matkowski
After WWII
Daughter Elzunia’s family
Daughter Elzunia’s family
Genowefa Matkowski
After WWII
United States
Chicago
Genowefa Matkowski Dyplom SPK
For volunteer service for the SPK
Genowefa Matkowski
After WWII
Canada
Winnipeg
Genowefa Matkowski Volunteer Award
From the City of Winnipeg
Genowefa Matkowski
After WWII
Canada
Winnipeg
Aniela and Czeslaw 50th Wedding Anniversary
Aniela and Czeslaw 50th Wedding Anniversary
After WWII
United Kingdom
Aniela in later years
Aniela in later years
Lusia McAnna
After WWII
United Kingdom
Wedding of Aniela and Czeslaw
6 August 1949 at St. Mary’s RC church in Sheffield, UK
Lusia McAnna
After WWII
United Kingdom
Aniela Wawrzynczyk and Czeslaw Zychowicz
6 August 1949 at St. Mary’s RC church in Sheffield, UK
Lusia McAnna
After WWII
United Kingdom
Helena Sadkowski (nee Jarkiewicz, nee Chmielewska)
Helena Sadkowski (right) with daughter Lenarda Szymczak (middle) and Anna Pacewicz (left)
Lenarda Szymczak
After WWII
Australia
Henryk Sieniuc_Polish Armed Forces Certificate of Demobilization
Henryk Sieniuc - Polish Armed Forces Certificate of Demobilization
Henryk Sieniuc
During WWII
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Historical Article: UNDER CASTLE HILL: FINDING HOME FROM HOME IN HUDDERSFIELD
Published in the Huddersfield Local History Society Journal this article explores the history of the WW2 Polish exiles who found home in Huddersfield - by Phil Wood
Phil Wood
After WWII
United Kingdom
Huddersfield, NSW
Czeslaw Borek
The barracks for afflicted immigrants where Czeslaw spent 22 months
Czeslaw Borek
After WWII
Canada
Brandon, Manitoba
Czeslaw Borek working on the farm
Czeslaw Borek working on the farm
The early years in Saskatchewan
Czeslaw Borek
After WWII
Canada
Saskatchewan
Maria with son and granddaughter
Maria Borek on the farm
Czeslaw Borek
After WWII
Canada
New Life in Hampton Ontario
Czeslaw and Maria - farm life in Hampton
Czeslaw Borek
After WWII
Canada
Hampton, Ontario
Work crew
Children help out on the Borek Farm
Czeslaw Borek
After WWII
Canada
Saskatchewan
Family Group at a wedding
Family group photo at the wedding of Richard and Mary Ellen Borek
Czeslaw Borek
After WWII
Canada
Family Portrait on Saskatchewan Farm
Czeslaw and Maria Borek, with daughter Teresa, c 1951
Czeslaw Borek
After WWII
Canada
Saskatchewan
Tadeusz Lesisz wedding 1956
Tadeusz Lesisz was a Polish Navy veteran. This photograph is of his wedding to Wanda nee Gutowska on 16th June 1956 in Brompton Oratory, London.
Wanda Lesisz
After WWII
United Kingdom
London
Polish navy
Irnea with her parents
Irena with her parents, Stefan and Maria Rytwinski, in London 1958
Richard Starostecki
After WWII
United Kingdom
London
Sgt. E. Franciszek
Veteran of the Italian campaign (Sgt E Franciszek) is on the far right with all the medals. The photo was Taken in Bovingdon, England between Sept & Nov 1956, when he was teaching my English father how to drive a tank.
Tim Bucknall
After WWII
United Kingdom
Bovingdon
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
MartaTurkiewicz & her mother Bronislawa
MartaTurkiewicz & her mother Bronislawa
Mark Turkiewicz
After WWII
Wladyslaw Pacewicz reunited with Stanislaw Paradowski
This photograph was taken in the early 1990s when my father Wladek was reunited with his uncle Staszek. They had not seen each other since my father was a child in Wołyn. Wladek was deported from Rowne to Siberia in April 1940 and after release with Anders Army joined the Polish Navy, settling in Scotland after the War. Staszek, from Krzemieniec (my father's mother's brother) fought in the September 1939 campaign in the 43 Pułk Piechoty in Dubno. In 1944 he was enlisted in the 1st Polish Army (Berling's Army under Soviet command). He fought right through the campaign and the Battle of Berlin and was highly decorated for bravery. In 1946 he was "repatriated" with his family (his wife and children chased from their home by UPA) to Legnića in Silesia.
Wladyslaw Pacewicz
After WWII
Poland
Ruja, Silesia
Polish navy
Wladyslaw Pacewicz in Gdansk
Wladek Pacewicz in the 1990s at the Polish Navy museum in Gdansk. Wladek served in the Polish Navy from 1942 after escaping the USSR with Anders Army. He had always wanted to visit Westerplatte, where the first shots of WW2 were fired.
Anna Pacewicz
After WWII
Poland
Gdansk
Polish navy