Gallery – Western exiles’ dilemma
SS Ormonde_India to UK in 1948
SS Ormonde_India to UK in 1948
Sabina Marczewska
After WWII
10th PAC army inventory list
10th PAC army inventory list
Anna Kaczanowski
During WWII
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
10th PAC army inventory list, page 2
10th PAC army inventory list, page 2
Anna Kaczanowski
After WWII
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Polish Soldiers boarding the Sea Robin
Polish 2nd Corps Soldiers boarding the ship Sea Robin in Naples harbour, Italy, leaving for Canada. They were the first group of soldiers that would arrive in Canada November 12, 1946,at Pier 21 in Halifax.
Anna Kaczanowski
After WWII
Italy
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Polish Soldiers boarding the Sea Robin
Soldiers on the ship "Sea Robin" in Italy, before departure for Canada, in 1946.
Anna Kaczanowski
After WWII
Italy
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Immigration stamp showing the Sea Snipe
My dads Immigration stamp showing he arrived on the ship called "Sea Snipe", November 23, 1946 at Halifax, designated to Group 11...going to Lethbridge, Alberta. 2 year contract noted.
Anna Kaczanowski
After WWII
Canada
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Halina and Roman Adamiak with son Juriek
Taken in England 1948
Dioniza Choros
After WWII
United Kingdom
Certificate from Education Branch Jerusalem
Certificate authorises Bronisława as a competent teacher of English to children of primary schools.
Krystyna Quirke
Palestine
Jerusalem
Halina and Roman Adamiak with son Juriek
Taken in England 1948
Dioniza Choros
After WWII
United Kingdom
Bronisław Michalak
Bronisław on the right of photo.
Janusz Michalak
After WWII
United Kingdom
Oswestry
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Stanislaw Tarazewicz, out of uniform
In demob suit after 7 years in uniform
Stanislaw Tarazewicz
After WWII
United Kingdom
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Jozef Wojtkowiak recommendation for British naturalisation
Jozef Wojtkowiak served in the Polish Navy in WW2. This is a letter from from RN Commander W Jenkins, Malta 1946, recommending Jozef for Naturalisation as a British subject.
Wanda Troman
After WWII
Malta
Polish navy
ORP Błyskawica crew, 1946
Polish Navy destroyer ORP Błyskawica crew in 1946. In the middle is Commanding Officer Wojciech Francki who, after the war, lived in Sydney, Australia. In the back row, 2nd from left, is Jan Szawiel, who came from the Kresy. Just behind Francki, on his right, is a short gentleman with a round face who is Jan Wszolek; he was born in Lwów.
Wanda Troman
After WWII
United Kingdom
Polish navy
Jozef Wojtkowiak at Plymouth, July 1945
At the entrance to the Polish Navy HQ
Wanda Troman
After WWII
United Kingdom
Plymouth
Polish navy
Karol Jastrzebski, and friend, in England
Karol Jastrzebski, and friend, in England
Izabela Spero
After WWII
United Kingdom
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Karol Jastrzebski in England
Karol Jastrzebski in England
Izabela Spero
After WWII
United Kingdom
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Letter to Polish forces by Ernest Bevin, British PM
Letter to Polish forces by Ernest Bevin, British PM. Collection of Stefan Mustafa Abramowicz: Copyright by Xenia Jacoby, Martin Jones i Zofia Wierzbicka
Xenia Jacoby
After WWII
United Kingdom
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Michal Krzywoszanski and friends
Unsure of location
Chris Wroblew
After WWII
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Michal Krzywoszanski and friends
Michal Krzywoszanski and friends, after Albaneta tank memorial festivities, May18,1946
Chris Wroblew
After WWII
Italy
Albaneta
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Konstanty Okolow-Zubkowski and wife
Polish Navy Officer Konstanty and wife Antonia Okołów – Zubkowska (nee Dębińska)
Konstanty Zubkowski
After WWII
United Kingdom
Polish navy
Certificate
Completion certificate earned in the Cawthorne High School and College, England, 1946.
Wojciech Narębski
After WWII
United Kingdom
Polish Resettlement Corps
Palestine (Szomler)
Palestine (Szomler) - 5 XI 1942
Lukasz Stanczyk
During WWII
Palestine
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Aleksander Sadowski and friends
Aleksander Sadowski and friends - England 1946
Lukasz Stanczyk
After WWII
United Kingdom
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Liverpool as seen from the ship
18 Aug 1946
Jacek Zawadowski
After WWII
United Kingdom
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Group photo
Members of the 9th Heavy Artillery Regiment of the Polish Second Corps in Porto SantʼElpidio in 1946
Włodzimierz Kowalczyk
After WWII
Italy
Porto SantʼElpidio
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
Nursing Class, France 1948-49
Nursing Class, France 1948-49
Lita Nadel
After WWII
France
Discharge Certificate for Private Stanisław Kołodziński
Dated 17 February 1949 - Witley Camp
Maria Kołodzińska
After WWII
United Kingdom
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
PRC Certificate for Private Stanisław Kołodziński
PRC Certificate for Private Stanisław Kołodziński
Maria Kołodzińska
After WWII
United Kingdom
Polish 2nd Corps in Italy (Gen. Anders)
High School Certificate of Completion
High School Certificate of Completion
Wladyslaw Buczkowski
After WWII
United Kingdom
Glasgow, Scotland
Polish 1st Corps in Europe (Gen. Maczek)
Wheeton Aston Camp, Staffordshire
Mum (open coat) at Wheaton Aston Camp (RAF 21 Grp AFU) near Longton, Staffordshire, UK. 1948
Krys Dobrzanski
After WWII
United Kingdom