Gallery – Lest we forget
Beginnings of the Cassino Cemetery
Italy 1945-46
Joseph Drewniak
After WWII
Italy
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
3DSK plaque at the Cassino Cemetery
Italy 1945-46
Joseph Drewniak
After WWII
Italy
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
Loreto Cemetry – Józef Jagiełło
Józef Jagiełło at the graveside of his father Franciszek Jagiełło at Loreto Cemetry, Italy.
Józef Jagiełło
After WWII
Italy
Loreto
Mass Grave , Topolna Street
Mass Grave used by NKVD 1939-1941 & 1944-1955, the site was unknown until a developer found the remains while preparing to build houses. normal NKVD practise was to build houses over such grave sites ensuring they would never be found. for whatever reason this did not happen in the case of Topolna Street
Paul Bailey
After WWII
Ukraine
Lwów, Lvivski Raion
Mass Grave , Topolna Street 2nd Picture
Mass Grave , Topolna Street 2nd Picture
Paul Bailey
After WWII
Ukraine
Lwów, Lvivski Raion
Director Taras Choliy of the Museum of Totalitarian Regimes and Tim Bucknall of Kresy Siberia
Wreath laying ceremony at the (then) recently discovered mass grave on Topolna street Lwów related to NKVD Transit Prison #25
Paul Bailey
After WWII
Ukraine
Lwów, Lvivski Raion
close up of wreath Inscription in Polish & Ukrainian
close up of wreath Inscription in Polish & Ukrainian
Paul Bailey
After WWII
Ukraine
Lwów, Lvivski Raion
Remembering the victims of NKVD Transit Prison #25, Lwów
Taras Choliy(ToT), Lyudmila Levchenyuk (ToT), Tim Bucknall (KS), Tanya Savchynska (ToT), Olivia Alford (KS)
Paul Bailey
After WWII
Ukraine
Lwów, Lvivski Raion
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
Major Bernard Skarbek
Major Bernard Skarbek is a 92 year Sybirak and Monte Cassino veteran (as of May 2014), the highest ranking surviving veteran in Australia. This is Bernard Skarbek leading the Polish veterans at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
Susan Skarbek
After WWII
Australia
Canberra
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Major Bernard Skarbek
Major Bernard Skarbek is a 92 year Sybirak and Monte Cassino veteran (as of May 2014), the highest ranking surviving veteran in Australia.
Susan Skarbek
After WWII
Australia
Canberra
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Monument to 2 Corps in Koltubanka
Czerwone Maki Org., Orenburg
Other
After WWII
Russia
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Monument to 2 Corps in Koltubanka
Czerwone Maki Org., Orenburg
Other
After WWII
Russia
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Monument to 2 Corps in Koltubanka
Czerwone Maki Org., Orenburg
Other
After WWII
Russia
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Monument to 2 Corps in Koltubanka
Czerwone Maki Org., Orenburg
Other
After WWII
Russia
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Monument to 2 Corps in Koltubanka
Czerwone Maki Org., Orenburg
Other
After WWII
Russia
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Monument to 2 Corps in Koltubanka
Czerwone Maki Org., Orenburg
Other
After WWII
Russia
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Monument to 2 Corps in Koltubanka
Czerwone Maki Org., Orenburg
Other
After WWII
Russia
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Monument to 2 Corps in Koltubanka
Czerwone Maki Org., Orenburg
Other
After WWII
Russia
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Monument to 2 Corps in Koltubanka
Czerwone Maki Org., Orenburg
Other
After WWII
Russia
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Monument to 2 Corps in Koltubanka
Czerwone Maki Org., Orenburg
Other
After WWII
Russia
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Monument to 2 Corps in Koltubanka
Czerwone Maki Org., Orenburg
Other
After WWII
Russia
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Monument to 2 Corps in Koltubanka
Czerwone Maki Org., Orenburg
Other
After WWII
Russia
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Monument to 2 Corps in Koltubanka
Czerwone Maki Org., Orenburg
Other
After WWII
Russia
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Monument to 2 Corps in Koltubanka
Czerwone Maki Org., Orenburg
Other
After WWII
Russia
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Monument to 2 Corps in Koltubanka
Czerwone Maki Org., Orenburg
Other
After WWII
Russia
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Monument to 2 Corps in Koltubanka
Czerwone Maki Org., Orenburg
Other
After WWII
Russia
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)