Gallery – Lest we forget
Polish Letter side 1
Letter from Dzieciol family in Poland from 1978, plus the following three pages. My dad kept it until he died so it might be important.
Vanessa Tomecki
After WWII
Poland
Lodz
Polish Letter side 2
Second page of Polish letter.
Vanessa Tomecki
After WWII
Poland
Lodz
Polish Letter side 2
Second page of Polish letter.
Vanessa Tomecki
After WWII
Poland
Lodz
Polish Letter side 3
Third page of Polish letter.
Vanessa Tomecki
After WWII
Poland
Lodz
Polish Letter side 3
Third page of Polish letter.
Vanessa Tomecki
After WWII
Poland
Lodz
Polish Letter side 4
4th page of Polish letter
Vanessa Tomecki
After WWII
Poland
Lodz
Souvenir badges, medals and insignia
Souvenir badges, medals and insignia
Helen Narell
After WWII
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Souvenir badges, medals and insignia
Souvenir badges, medals and insignia
Helen Narell
After WWII
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Souvenir badge of “7 Pulk Ulanow”
Souvenir badge of “7 Pulk Ulanow”
Helen Narell
After WWII
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Souvenir badge of “7 Pulk Ulanow”
Souvenir badge of “7 Pulk Ulanow”
Helen Narell
After WWII
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Certificate
Certificate permitting Tom to wear the insignia of "3 Dywizia Sztrzelcow Karpackich", dated 19 December 1945.
Helen Narell
After WWII
Italy
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Certificate
Certificate permitting Tom to wear the insignia of "3 Dywizia Sztrzelcow Karpackich", dated 19 December 1945.
Helen Narell
After WWII
Italy
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Certificate
Certificate accepting Tom as a member of "Kolo 7 Pulku Ulanow Lubelskich", dated 1 September 1946.
Helen Narell
During WWII
Italy
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Certificate
Certificate accepting Tom as a member of "Kolo 7 Pulku Ulanow Lubelskich", dated 1 September 1946.
Helen Narell
During WWII
Italy
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Certificate
Certificate permitting Tom to wear the insignia of "12 Pulk Ulanow Podolskichr", dated 7 May 1945.
Helen Narell
During WWII
Italy
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Certificate
Certificate permitting Tom to wear the insignia of "12 Pulk Ulanow Podolskichr", dated 7 May 1945.
Helen Narell
During WWII
Italy
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Certificate
Certificate permitting Tom to wear the "1939-45 Star, and the Italy Star", dated 22 December 1946.
Helen Narell
After WWII
Italy
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Certificate
Certificate permitting Tom to wear the "1939-45 Star, and the Italy Star", dated 22 December 1946.
Helen Narell
After WWII
Italy
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Certificate
Certificate permitting Tom to wear the insignia of the "7 Pulk Ulanow Lubelskich", dated 25 March 1946.
Helen Narell
After WWII
Italy
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Polish Officers in Italy
Gen Anders holding an envelope - others unknown * photo dated 1946-03-23 on the back.
Helen Narell
Italy
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Polish Officers in Italy
Gen Anders holding an envelope - others unknown * photo dated 1946-03-23 on the back.
Helen Narell
Italy
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Tom and colleagues
In front of the Monte Cassino Cemetery monument
Helen Narell
Italy
Monte Cassino
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Medals of Polish Navy veteran Tadeusz Lesisz
Tadeusz Lesisz was a Polish Navy cadet in 1939, escapting 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
After WWII
United Kingdom
Plymouth
Polish navy
Julia Siomkajlo and Michal Szypowski
50th Wedding Anniversary portrait
Krystyna Szypowska
After WWII
Canada
Kingston, ON
Stephen Sobolewski standing beside the Anders Memorial
Stephen Sobolewski standing beside the Anders Memorial
Stephen Sobolewski
After WWII
Italy
Monte Cassino
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
A view of the rebuilt abbey of Monte Cassino
There is a section in the abbey dedicated to the Polish soldiers who gave there lives.
Stephen Sobolewski
After WWII
Italy
Monte Cassino
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Polish War Cemetary Monte Cassino
Polish War Cemetary Monte Cassino
Stephen Sobolewski
After WWII
Italy
Monte Cassino
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Letter from Ukraine State Archives – Lviv
Letter from Ukraine State Archives – Lviv
Vanessa Tomecki
After WWII
Ukraine
Lviv
Medals
Polish 2nd Corps medals, including the Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy: Stefan Mustafa Abramowicz collection. Copyright by Xenia Jacoby, Martin Jones & Zofia Wierzbicka
Xenia Jacoby
After WWII
United Kingdom
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Medals
Polish 2nd Corps medals, including the Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy: Stefan Mustafa Abramowicz collection. Copyright by Xenia Jacoby, Martin Jones & Zofia Wierzbicka
Xenia Jacoby
After WWII
United Kingdom
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)