Gallery – Interwar Borderlands

Marian Magierski

Dorota Kubisz

Before WWII

Poland

Tadeusz Czeszejko-Sochacki on the right of the group, Poland 1939

Richard Czeszejko-Sochacki

Before WWII

Poland

September 1939 Campaign

Tadeusz centre, and his wife Jadwiga on left in front, 1938

Richard Czeszejko-Sochacki

Before WWII

Poland

Family picnic at Lake Wigry, close to Suwałki, 1938

Richard Czeszejko-Sochacki

Before WWII

Poland

First in front, at a ping pong tournament in Sejny

Richard Czeszejko-Sochacki

Before WWII

Poland

Tadeusz Czeszejko-Sochacki

Richard Czeszejko-Sochacki

Before WWII

Poland

September 1939 Campaign

R to L: Leon, Anna, Bolewslaw, Izabella, Wanda

Izabella Mączko

Before WWII

Poland

Dubno

Ewa Borkowska (1st on the right)

Ewa Mikusinski

Before WWII

Poland

Lwow

Borkowski family before the war

Ewa Mikusinski

Before WWII

Poland

Borkowski family before the war

Ewa Mikusinski

Before WWII

Poland

Borkowski family before the war

Ewa Mikusinski

Before WWII

Poland

Borkowski family before the war

Ewa Mikusinski

Before WWII

Poland

My Father was born in Wilno on May 1st 1916 son of Michal and Stephania and baptised in the church adjoining Matka Boska Ostrabramska. Prior to the war he worked in 'Vitram' glass works in Wilno as an apprentice glassblower. He was the youngest but one of 12 children (5 of whom survived to adulthood.)

Mieczyslaw Matulewicz

Before WWII

Poland

Wilno

Other

Polish Navy on the Pina river

Mateusz Prociak

Before WWII

Poland

Polish navy

Monitors in Pinsk, 1925

Mateusz Prociak

Before WWII

Poland

Pinsk

Polish navy

Pinsk Fleet

Mateusz Prociak

Before WWII

Poland

Polish navy

Pinsk Fleet

Mateusz Prociak

Before WWII

Poland

Polish navy

Sailors from the River Flotilla of the Polish Navy, 1929

Mateusz Prociak

Before WWII

Poland

Polish navy

In Gdynia, spring 1939 - photo was colourised by Mateusz Prociak.

Mateusz Prociak

Before WWII

Poland

Gdynia

Polish navy

Training ship of the Polish Navy

Mateusz Prociak

After WWII

Poland

Polish navy

Training ship of the Polish Navy

Mateusz Prociak

After WWII

Poland

Polish navy

Submarine Orzeł

Mateusz Prociak

Before WWII

Polish navy

Z. Plesniak, Polish Navy

Stephen Plesniak

Before WWII

Polish navy

ORP Iskra was a Polish Navy training vessel (a sailing ship) which was in the Mediterranean at the outbreak of WWII.

Mieczyslaw Wozniak

Before WWII

Polish navy

Janek Czarnota served in the Polish Airforce. This picture in uniform was taken in 1938 during his National Service (he was an engineer). In the Sept 1939 campaign he was interned in Rumania but escaped. After the fall of France Jan joined the RAF in the UK as a mechanic servicing Hurricane fighters. Wishing to see action Jan transferred to the Polish Navy in 1941. He served on ORP Krakowiak, and MGBs as a mechanic during WW2.

Janek Czarnota

Before WWII

Poland

Polish navy

Janek Czarnota served in the Polish Airforce. This picture in uniform was taken in 1938 during his National Service (he was an engineer). In the Sept 1939 campaign he was interned in Rumania but escaped. After the fall of France Jan joined the RAF in the UK as a mechanic servicing Hurricane fighters. Wishing to see action Jan transferred to the Polish Navy in 1941. He served on ORP Krakowiak, and MGBs as a mechanic during WW2.

Janek Czarnota

Before WWII

Poland

Polish navy

Janek Czarnota served in the Polish Airforce. This postcard of him in uniform during National Service with a Polish fighter plane was taken in 1938. In the Sept 1939 campaign he was interned in Rumania but escaped to Yugoslavia and then to Greece. He was then taken by the Polish merchant vessel "Warszawa" to France. After the fall of France Jan joined the RAF in the UK as a mechanic servicing Hurricane fighters. Wishing to see action Jan transferred to the Polish Navy in 1941. He served on ORP Krakowiak, and MGBs as a mechanic during WW2.

Janek Czarnota

Before WWII

Poland

Polish navy

This photograph shows Sub Lieutenant Kazimierz Sadowski (Andrew's father), first in his class at the Polish Naval Academy, receiving the Polish Navy Sword of Honour from Kontradmiral Jerzy Swirski, on the deck of ORP Bałtyk in October 1936. In September 1939, Kazimierz Sadowski was serving as the torpedo officer on submarine ORP Zbik and was interned in Sweden for the duration of the war (together with submarines ORP Sep and ORP Rys).

Andrzej Sadowski

Before WWII

Poland

Polish navy

This photograph shows the presentation of new Polish Naval officers to the President of Poland, Prof I Moscicki, and Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Forces, Marshal Rydz-Smigly, at Warsaw Castle, 15th October 1936. Fourth from left is Sub-Lieutenant Kazimierz Sadowski (Andrew's father). In September 1939, Kazimierz Sadowski was serving as the torpedo officer on the submarine ORP Zbik, and was interned in Sweden for the duration of the war (together with submarines ORP Sep and ORP Rys).

Andrzej Sadowski

Before WWII

Poland

Warsaw

Polish navy

This photograph shows the presentation of new Polish Naval officers to the President of Poland, Prof I Moscicki, and Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Forces, Marshal Rydz-Smigly, at Warsaw Castle, 15th October 1936. Fourth from left is Sub-Lieutenant Kazimierz Sadowski (Andrew's father). In September 1939, Kazimierz Sadowski was serving as the torpedo officer on the submarine ORP Zbik, and was interned in Sweden for the duration of the war (together with submarines ORP Sep and ORP Rys).

Andrzej Sadowski

Before WWII

Poland

Warsaw

Polish navy