Gallery – Lest we forget
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 with his Polonia Restituta Medal
Taken at home in Manchester, October 2011
Jozef Krolczyk
After WWII
United Kingdom
Manchester
Jozef in Poland recently
With younger brother Franek Królczyk, at his home in Jelenia Góra, Poland
Jozef Krolczyk
After WWII
Poland
Jelenia Góra
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 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)
Recent photo of Jozef
Photo by Joanna Dudzic
Joanna Dudzic
After WWII
United Kingdom
Manchester
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
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
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
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
Phillip Regula
Phillip Regula has spent his whole life not knowing if any of his dad's relatives in Poland survived. This album is in honor of his father Pavel Regula, who was born in Swietochlowice, Poland in 1925.
Joyce Kelly
After WWII
Karol Franczyk
Monte Cassino anniversary
Genowefa Matkowski
After WWII
Canada
Winnipeg
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Maczka house 2005
Maczka house 2005
Maczka Family
Poland
Osada Krechowiecka, Szubkow, Tuczyn, Wołyńskie
Katyn monument in New Jersey
One of many Katyn monuments erected by Polonia around the world.
United States
Remembering the camp
Remembering the camp
Sergiej Guszczin
After WWII
Russia
Monastyriok
List of those who died at the camp
List of those who died at the camp
Sergiej Guszczin
After WWII
Russia
Monastyriok
Plan of Camp drawn by S. Mączka
Plan of Camp drawn by S. Mączka
Sergiej Guszczin
After WWII
Russia
Monastyriok
Current Google Map
Current Google Map
Sergiej Guszczin
After WWII
Russia
Monastyriok
Remains of the camp
Remains of the camp
Sergiej Guszczin
After WWII
Russia
Monastyriok
Cross in the forest, as it looks today
Cross in the forest, as it looks today
Sergiej Guszczin
After WWII
Russia
Monastyriok
Forest as it looks today
Forest as it looks today
Sergiej Guszczin
After WWII
Russia
Monastyriok
Cross and flowers
Cross and flowers
Sergiej Guszczin
After WWII
Russia
Monastyriok
Commemorative stamp issued by Poland
Commemorative stamp issued by Poland
Poland
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Katy Carr on stage in Cassino
Katy Carr on stage in Cassino
After WWII
Italy
Cassino
Main Panel
The main panel includes photos of the 16 veterans that make up the exhibit.
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Polish cemetery and monastery
Polish cemetery and monastery
Jacek Krasnodębski
After WWII
Italy
Monte Cassino
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Kidugala Cemetery
List of graves
Tanzania
Kidugala
Kidugala Cemetery
Recent photo
Tanzania
Kidugala
Kidugala Cemetery
Recent photo
Tanzania
Kidugala
Kidugala Cemetery
Recent photo
Tanzania
Kidugala
Communion Photo
Attending Communion, May 1932. Roman told his children that his expression was the result of wearing pants (made from a sister's skirt) that were much too tight due to a lack of communication with his mother. On the previous day, he had injured himself in the groin, jumping fences with friends.
Before WWII
Poland
Stryj