Gallery – Lest we forget
Portrait of Jozef Dabkowski
Jozef Dabkowski was an officer in the Polish merchant navy. During the Norwegian campaign he was serving on Polish troopship SS Chrobry carrying almost 1,000 allied troops being evacuated from Norway. On the 14th May 1940 the ship was attacked from the air by the Germans. She was hit and burst into flames. There were 700 survivors. Jozef Dabkowski was later awarded the Krzyz Walecznych for bravery. ln 1942, on the order of the Minister of Shipping, he was transferred to a shore establishment with a post as Lecturer in a Merchant Navy School established by the Polish Ministry of Shipping and Commerce in London. This post included duties connected with shipping and naval agreements, Sea Law, education of Merchant Navy Officers, etc. He was then Chairman of the Association of Polish Captains, Navigating, Engineer and Radio Officers.
Krystyna Thomas
After WWII
Australia
Victoria
Polish navy
Personal account of SS Chrobry sinking
Jozef Dabkowski was an officer in the Polish merchant navy. During the Norwegian campaign he was serving on Polish troopship SS Chrobry carring almost 1,000 allied troops being evacuated from Norway. On the 14th May 1940 the ship was attacked from the air by the Germans. She was hit and burst into flames. There were 700 survivors. Jozef Dabkowski was later awarded the Krzyz Walecznych for bravery. This is his personal account of the loss of SS Chrobry.
Krystyna Thomas
During WWII
Australia
Victoria
Polish navy
Personal account of SS Chrobry sinking 1
Jozef Dabkowski was an officer in the Polish merchant navy. During the Norwegian campaign he was serving on Polish troopship SS Chrobry carring almost 1,000 allied troops being evacuated from Norway. On the 14th May 1940 the ship was attacked from the air by the Germans. She was hit and burst into flames. There were 700 survivors. Jozef Dabkowski was later awarded the Krzyz Walecznych for bravery. This is his personal account of the loss of SS Chrobry.
Krystyna Thomas
During WWII
Australia
Victoria
Polish navy
Recent photo of Jozef
Photo by Joanna Dudzic
Joanna Dudzic
After WWII
United Kingdom
Manchester
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Jozef in 2009
At the opening of the Polish Armed Forces War Memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire - 19 September 2009 - with Mrs. Renata Anders and her carer.
Jozef Krolczyk
After WWII
United Kingdom
National Arboretum, Staffordshire
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Jozef in 2010
Jozef participated in a history lesson at the St. Stanislaw Kostka Polish school in Manchester.
Jozef Krolczyk
After WWII
United Kingdom
Manchester
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Jozef in Poland recently
With younger brother Franek Królczyk, at his home in Jelenia Góra, Poland
Jozef Krolczyk
After WWII
Poland
Jelenia Góra
Jozef with his Polonia Restituta Medal
Taken at home in Manchester, October 2011
Jozef Krolczyk
After WWII
United Kingdom
Manchester
Jozef at the Manchester Katyn Memorial
At the Manchester Katyn Memorial – Southern Cemetery, Manchester. Henri Strzelecki, Walter Niezgoda, Józef Królczyk, Dr Andrzej Rozycki
Jozef Krolczyk
After WWII
United Kingdom
Manchester
Jozef in Manchester
Remembrance Sunday 2011, Henri Strzelecki and Józef Królczyk
Jozef Krolczyk
After WWII
United Kingdom
Manchester
Recent photo of Jozef
Recent photo of Jozef
Jozef Krolczyk
After WWII
United Kingdom
Manchester
Recent photo of Jozef
Recent photo of Jozef
Jozef Krolczyk
After WWII
United Kingdom
Manchester
With Josephine Stala (wife of Polish 2nd Corps veteran) at her 100th birthday celebration, 2011.
With Josephine Stala (wife of Polish 2nd Corps veteran) at her 100th birthday celebration, 2011.
Jozef Krolczyk
After WWII
United Kingdom
Manchester
Walter Niezgoda, Dr Andrzej Rozycki, Józef Królczyk, Henri Strzelecki
Walter Niezgoda, Dr Andrzej Rozycki, Józef Królczyk, Henri Strzelecki
Jozef Krolczyk
After WWII
United Kingdom
Manchester
At the National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire – 2010 with Henri Strzelecki
At the National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire – 2010 with Henri Strzelecki
Jozef Krolczyk
After WWII
United Kingdom
Staffordshire
Henri Strzelecki, Walter Niezgoda, Józef Królczyk
Henri Strzelecki, Walter Niezgoda, Józef Królczyk
Jozef Krolczyk
After WWII
United Kingdom
Manchester
Józef Królczyk
Presenting an SPK medal to Maria Mijewski (whose husband was in the the 1st Polish Army Corps) at the Polonia Nursing Home, Whalley Range Manchester in the presence of Sister Maria.
Jozef Krolczyk
After WWII
United Kingdom
Manchester
Funeral Mass Card, part 2
Jozef Krolczyk died on 23 December 2012, at 99 years of age. The Manchester community lost an avid supporter of many Polonia organizations.
After WWII
United Kingdom
Manchester
Funeral Mass Card, part 1
Jozef Krolczyk died on 23 December 2012, at 99 years of age. The Manchester community lost an avid supporter of many Polonia organizations.
After WWII
United Kingdom
Manchester
Siblings of Edward
Mietek, Kazimiera, Janina and Czeslawa
Edward Jurczenko
Before WWII
Poland
Stojanow
Baptism Jan Cieminski
Baby Jan with Father Stefan, Mother Janina, Zofia (sister of Janina and Edward) Aleksander Oprzadek
Edward Jurczenko
After WWII
Poland
Family Event
Not sure what is happening here, but Edward, Kazimiera, and Czeslawa are in this photo, maybe other members of the family? Edward is back row first on right
Edward Jurczenko
Before WWII
Poland
Stojanow, Tarnopol, Radziechow
Sister of Edward
Zofia and Aleksander Oprzadek - sister of Edward
Edward Jurczenko
After WWII
Poland
British Ministry of Defence letter
British Ministry of Defence letter
Izabela Spero
During WWII
United Kingdom
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
British Ministry of Defence letter
British Ministry of Defence letter
Izabela Spero
During WWII
United Kingdom
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Adam Jurczyński List Memorial
Adam Jurczyński List Memorial
Adam Jurczyński
After WWII
Poland
Adam Jurczyński W Atajskim Kraju
Adam Jurczyński W Atajskim Kraju
Adam Jurczyński
During WWII
Poland
Visiting Loretto Cementary in 1955
Near Ancone: with sons Andrzej (on the left) and Jerzy
Andrzej Kacperek
After WWII
Italy
Loreto
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Veteran Stefan Mustafa Abramowicz
On his 100th birthday with family in Manchester: 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)
Dads Medal Frame
Dads Medal Frame
Ken Fedzin
After WWII