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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.
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.
Polish navy

  • Western exiles' dilemma (1945-46)

Jozef Wojtkowiak served in the Polish Navy during WW2. This is a document from the Prussian Navy dated 1919.
Jozef Wojtkowiak, Prussian document, 1919
Jozef Wojtkowiak served in the Polish Navy during WW2. This is a document from the Prussian Navy dated 1919.
Polish navy

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Jozef Wojtkowiak served in the Polish Navy during WW2. This is a document from the Prussian Navy, dated 1919.
Jozef Wojtkowiak, Prussian document, 1919
Jozef Wojtkowiak served in the Polish Navy during WW2. This is a document from the Prussian Navy, dated 1919.
Polish navy

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Letter from PRC Record Office, Witley camp, UK dated 30th November 1948 verifying that Lieutenant Jozef Wojtkowiak served in the Polish Nvy and the Naval Wing of the PRC from 1.9.1939 - 28.6.1948, when he was honourably discharged. The letter goes on to say that he did not return to Poland after the war, for political reasons.
Jozef Wojtkowiak PRC record 1948
Letter from PRC Record Office, Witley camp, UK dated 30th November 1948 verifying that Lieutenant Jozef Wojtkowiak served in the Polish Nvy and the Naval Wing of the PRC from 1.9.1939 - 28.6.1948, when he was honourably discharged. The letter goes on to say that he did not return to Poland after the war, for political reasons.
Polish navy

  • Forever in the West (1946-)

Tomasz Wojtkowiak was the uncle of Wanda Troman and brother of Polish Navy veteran Jozef Wojtkowiak. Tomasz was born on 17 November 1910 in Nekla in the province of Poznan. In 1939 he was a Policeman in Wysokie Litwskie in the Eastern Borderlands. When the Soviets invaded he was arrested. The family later discovered that he was murdered by the Soviets in the Katyn Massacres in 1940 in Miednoye. This postcard was written by the wife of the Commander of the Wysokie Litewskie Polish Police Station, Mrs. Olga Sidoruk, to Mr Jan Wojtkowiak (Tomasz and Jozef’s brother) in Opatow, Rynek 15. Wysokie Litewskie was then in the district of Kamieniec Litewski, the province of Brest (in Polish Brzesc). Addressed to: Germany, Generalgouvernement. The postcard (Post Office Stamp in Russian: Minsk) Kamieniec Litewski, Brest province. Sent by Olga Sidoruk. "15 February 1941. Dear Sir, I am very sorry that I cannot give you any encouraging information regarding Tomasz in answer to your letter received by me on 12 February 1941. It is almost a year ago that I had the last communication from him and since then any trace of him had disappeared, not only regarding him, as many of his colleagues were with him and neither do they write letters to their wives and children. For the time being we are waiting, may be he will get in touch and then I’ll immediately inform you. Different tales are being circulated. One thing is sure that their fate is not sweet, however, I think that he will hang on and return healthy. I remain yours faithfully. O. Sidoruk."
Postcard regarding missing Policeman killed in Katyn 2
Tomasz Wojtkowiak was the uncle of Wanda Troman and brother of Polish Navy veteran Jozef Wojtkowiak. Tomasz was born on 17 November 1910 in Nekla in the province of Poznan. In 1939 he was a Policeman in Wysokie Litwskie in the Eastern Borderlands. When the Soviets invaded he was arrested. The family later discovered that he was murdered by the Soviets in the Katyn Massacres in 1940 in Miednoye. This postcard was written by the wife of the Commander of the Wysokie Litewskie Polish Police Station, Mrs. Olga Sidoruk, to Mr Jan Wojtkowiak (Tomasz and Jozef’s brother) in Opatow, Rynek 15. Wysokie Litewskie was then in the district of Kamieniec Litewski, the province of Brest (in Polish Brzesc). Addressed to: Germany, Generalgouvernement. The postcard (Post Office Stamp in Russian: Minsk) Kamieniec Litewski, Brest province. Sent by Olga Sidoruk. "15 February 1941. Dear Sir, I am very sorry that I cannot give you any encouraging information regarding Tomasz in answer to your letter received by me on 12 February 1941. It is almost a year ago that I had the last communication from him and since then any trace of him had disappeared, not only regarding him, as many of his colleagues were with him and neither do they write letters to their wives and children. For the time being we are waiting, may be he will get in touch and then I’ll immediately inform you. Different tales are being circulated. One thing is sure that their fate is not sweet, however, I think that he will hang on and return healthy. I remain yours faithfully. O. Sidoruk."
September 1939 Campaign

  • The Katyn Massacres (1940)

Tomasz Wojtkowiak was the uncle of Wanda Troman and brother of Polish Navy veteran Jozef Wojtkowiak. Tomasz was born on 17 November 1910 in Nekla in the province of Poznan. In 1939 he was a Policeman in Wysokie Litwskie in the Eastern Borderlands. When the Soviets invaded he was arrested. The family later discovered that he was murdered by the Soviets in the Katyn Massacres in 1940 in Miednoye. This postcard was written by the wife of the Commander of the Wysokie Litewskie Polish Police Station, Mrs. Olga Sidoruk, to Mr Jan Wojtkowiak (Tomasz and Jozef’s brother) in Opatow, Rynek 15. Wysokie Litewskie was then in the district of Kamieniec Litewski, the province of Brest (in Polish Brzesc). Addressed to: Germany, Generalgouvernement. The postcard (Post Office Stamp in Russian: Minsk) Kamieniec Litewski, Brest province. Sent by Olga Sidoruk. "15 February 1941. Dear Sir, I am very sorry that I cannot give you any encouraging information regarding Tomasz in answer to your letter received by me on 12 February 1941. It is almost a year ago that I had the last communication from him and since then any trace of him had disappeared, not only regarding him, as many of his colleagues were with him and neither do they write letters to their wives and children. For the time being we are waiting, may be he will get in touch and then I’ll immediately inform you. Different tales are being circulated. One thing is sure that their fate is not sweet, however, I think that he will hang on and return healthy. I remain yours faithfully. O. Sidoruk."
Postcard regarding missing Policeman killed in Katyn 1
Tomasz Wojtkowiak was the uncle of Wanda Troman and brother of Polish Navy veteran Jozef Wojtkowiak. Tomasz was born on 17 November 1910 in Nekla in the province of Poznan. In 1939 he was a Policeman in Wysokie Litwskie in the Eastern Borderlands. When the Soviets invaded he was arrested. The family later discovered that he was murdered by the Soviets in the Katyn Massacres in 1940 in Miednoye. This postcard was written by the wife of the Commander of the Wysokie Litewskie Polish Police Station, Mrs. Olga Sidoruk, to Mr Jan Wojtkowiak (Tomasz and Jozef’s brother) in Opatow, Rynek 15. Wysokie Litewskie was then in the district of Kamieniec Litewski, the province of Brest (in Polish Brzesc). Addressed to: Germany, Generalgouvernement. The postcard (Post Office Stamp in Russian: Minsk) Kamieniec Litewski, Brest province. Sent by Olga Sidoruk. "15 February 1941. Dear Sir, I am very sorry that I cannot give you any encouraging information regarding Tomasz in answer to your letter received by me on 12 February 1941. It is almost a year ago that I had the last communication from him and since then any trace of him had disappeared, not only regarding him, as many of his colleagues were with him and neither do they write letters to their wives and children. For the time being we are waiting, may be he will get in touch and then I’ll immediately inform you. Different tales are being circulated. One thing is sure that their fate is not sweet, however, I think that he will hang on and return healthy. I remain yours faithfully. O. Sidoruk."
September 1939 Campaign

  • The Katyn Massacres (1940)

The photograph was taken in Wysokie Litewskie, Kresy in the winter of 1938/1939. Tomasz Wojtkowiak is on the left (the uncle of Wanda Troman and brother of Polish Navy veteran Jozef Wojtkowiak). Tomasz Wojtkowiak was born on 17 November 1910 in Nekla in the province of Poznan. In 1939 he was a Policeman in Wysokie Litwskie in the Eastern Borderlands. When the Soviets invaded he was arrested and murdered in 1940 in Miednoye.
Policemen in Wysokie Litewskie
The photograph was taken in Wysokie Litewskie, Kresy in the winter of 1938/1939. Tomasz Wojtkowiak is on the left (the uncle of Wanda Troman and brother of Polish Navy veteran Jozef Wojtkowiak). Tomasz Wojtkowiak was born on 17 November 1910 in Nekla in the province of Poznan. In 1939 he was a Policeman in Wysokie Litwskie in the Eastern Borderlands. When the Soviets invaded he was arrested and murdered in 1940 in Miednoye.
September 1939 Campaign

  • Interwar Borderlands

Wanda Troman's uncle Tomasz Wojtkowiak (brother of Jozef who served in Polish Navy), in 1937 on his way to Wrzesnia near Poznan. He was born in Nekla near Poznan. In 1939 Tomasz was serving in the Polish State Police Force in Wysokie Litewskie when he was captured by the Soviets and was later executed in the Katyn Massacres in Miednoye, Spring 1940.
Kresy Policeman
Wanda Troman's uncle Tomasz Wojtkowiak (brother of Jozef who served in Polish Navy), in 1937 on his way to Wrzesnia near Poznan. He was born in Nekla near Poznan. In 1939 Tomasz was serving in the Polish State Police Force in Wysokie Litewskie when he was captured by the Soviets and was later executed in the Katyn Massacres in Miednoye, Spring 1940.

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Tomasz Wojtkowiak 147923

Wanda Troman's uncle Tomasz Wojtkowiak (brother of Jozef who served in Polish Navy). He was born in Nekla near Poznan. In 1939 Tomasz was serving in the Polish State Police Force in Wysokie Litewskie when he was captured by the Soviets and later executed in the Katyn Massacres in the Spring of 1940 in Miednoye. This photograph of Tomasz was taken in Wrzesnia by the Photo Studio of Mr. Wlosik at number 1 Zamkowa Street in 1938. Tomasz was there on holiday. Normally he was serving in Wysokie Litewskie, where the Commander was Sergeant Sidoruk.
Kresy Policeman Tomasz Wojtkowiak
Wanda Troman's uncle Tomasz Wojtkowiak (brother of Jozef who served in Polish Navy). He was born in Nekla near Poznan. In 1939 Tomasz was serving in the Polish State Police Force in Wysokie Litewskie when he was captured by the Soviets and later executed in the Katyn Massacres in the Spring of 1940 in Miednoye. This photograph of Tomasz was taken in Wrzesnia by the Photo Studio of Mr. Wlosik at number 1 Zamkowa Street in 1938. Tomasz was there on holiday. Normally he was serving in Wysokie Litewskie, where the Commander was Sergeant Sidoruk.
September 1939 Campaign

  • Interwar Borderlands

La Valetta in Malta on ORP Garland, representing the Hoisting of the Polish Flag ceremony. 2nd from right in the 1st row is Sub-Lieutenant Witold Poray-Wojciechowski (1913-1992). In the 2nd row, standing on the right, is Wanda's father, Jozef Wojtkowiak (1898-1979).
Polish Navy in Malta, 1940
La Valetta in Malta on ORP Garland, representing the Hoisting of the Polish Flag ceremony. 2nd from right in the 1st row is Sub-Lieutenant Witold Poray-Wojciechowski (1913-1992). In the 2nd row, standing on the right, is Wanda's father, Jozef Wojtkowiak (1898-1979).
Polish navy

  • Polish Forces in the West (1940-45)

Ceremony on ORP Garland, raising the Polish flag. This is the arrival of Royal Navy Admiral Sir Wilbraham Ford. The 1st on the right is Polish Navy Lt Cmdr Zbigniew Wojewodzki (1904-1977), at that time he was the second in command of the Garland. Ford, Admiral Sir Wilbraham Tennyson Randle (1880-1964), Vice-Admiral in Charge and Admiral Superintendent, Malta, 1937-1940, Flag Officer in charge of Malta 1940-1941, Royal Navy.
Polish Navy in Malta, 1940
Ceremony on ORP Garland, raising the Polish flag. This is the arrival of Royal Navy Admiral Sir Wilbraham Ford. The 1st on the right is Polish Navy Lt Cmdr Zbigniew Wojewodzki (1904-1977), at that time he was the second in command of the Garland. Ford, Admiral Sir Wilbraham Tennyson Randle (1880-1964), Vice-Admiral in Charge and Admiral Superintendent, Malta, 1937-1940, Flag Officer in charge of Malta 1940-1941, Royal Navy.
Polish navy

  • Polish Forces in the West (1940-45)

ORP Piorun crew peeling potatoes,1944
ORP Piorun crew peeling potatoes,1944
ORP Piorun crew peeling potatoes,1944
Polish navy

  • Polish Forces in the West (1940-45)

ORP Piorun crew relaxing, 1944
ORP Piorun crew relaxing, 1944
ORP Piorun crew relaxing, 1944
Polish navy

  • Polish Forces in the West (1940-45)

Polish Navy destroyer ORP Garland
Polish Navy destroyer ORP Garland
Polish Navy destroyer ORP Garland
Polish navy

  • Polish Forces in the West (1940-45)

Jozef Wojtkowiak, Polish Navy HMS SCYLLA during a cold spell on patrol in the Atlantic, February 1943
Destroyer in Atlantic
Jozef Wojtkowiak, Polish Navy HMS SCYLLA during a cold spell on patrol in the Atlantic, February 1943
Polish navy

  • Polish Forces in the West (1940-45)

Jozef Wojtkowiak, Polish Navy
ORP Garland en route to Murmansk, 1942
Jozef Wojtkowiak, Polish Navy
Polish navy

  • Polish Forces in the West (1940-45)

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.
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.
Polish navy

  • Western exiles' dilemma (1945-46)

Jozef Wojtkowiak, Polish Navy: ORP Błyskawica in Cowes. ORP Błyskawica is a Grom-class destroyer which served in the Polish Navy during World War II and is the only ship of the Polish Navy awarded the Virtuti Militari medal. It is preserved as a museum ship in Gdynia, the oldest preserved destroyer in the world. She was the second of two Grom-class destroyers, built for the Polish Navy by J. Samuel White, Cowes in 1935–37. The name means Lightning. The two Groms were some of the most heavily armed and fastest destroyers on the seas before World War II.
ORP Błyskawica, 1936
Jozef Wojtkowiak, Polish Navy: ORP Błyskawica in Cowes. ORP Błyskawica is a Grom-class destroyer which served in the Polish Navy during World War II and is the only ship of the Polish Navy awarded the Virtuti Militari medal. It is preserved as a museum ship in Gdynia, the oldest preserved destroyer in the world. She was the second of two Grom-class destroyers, built for the Polish Navy by J. Samuel White, Cowes in 1935–37. The name means Lightning. The two Groms were some of the most heavily armed and fastest destroyers on the seas before World War II.
Polish navy

  • Polish Forces in the West (1940-45)

Name Wall of Tribute ID
Jozef Wojtkowiak 147919

Wanda Troman's uncle Tomasz Wojtkowiak (brother of Jozef who served in Polish Navy), top left,with Policemen from Kresy. Tomasz served in Wysokie Litewskie. Photograph taken in 1938/39. He perished in the POW camps in Russia after the Soviet invasion of Eastern Poland.
Kresy Policemen
Wanda Troman's uncle Tomasz Wojtkowiak (brother of Jozef who served in Polish Navy), top left,with Policemen from Kresy. Tomasz served in Wysokie Litewskie. Photograph taken in 1938/39. He perished in the POW camps in Russia after the Soviet invasion of Eastern Poland.

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Tomasz Wojtkowiak 147923

At the entrance to the Polish Navy HQ
Jozef Wojtkowiak at Plymouth, July 1945
At the entrance to the Polish Navy HQ
Polish navy

  • Western exiles' dilemma (1945-46)

Name Wall of Tribute ID
Jozef Wojtkowiak 147919

Jozef Wojtkowiak, Polish Navy, 1933
Jozef Wojtkowiak, Polish Navy, 1933
Jozef Wojtkowiak, Polish Navy, 1933
Polish navy

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Jozef Wojtkowiak 147919

Jozef Wojtkowiak’s Identity Pass in Alexandria (Mediterranean naval operations), ORP Garland, Polish Navy
Jozef Wojtkowiak identity pass
Jozef Wojtkowiak’s Identity Pass in Alexandria (Mediterranean naval operations), ORP Garland, Polish Navy
Polish navy

  • Polish Forces in the West (1940-45)

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Józefa (Gajewska) Wójcik 147919

Jozef Wojtkowiak, Polish Navy at The Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes. Jozef was in Cowes in 1937 as a commissioner of the building of ORP Blyskawica. ORP Błyskawica, the second of two Grom-class destroyers, was built for the Polish Navy by J. Samuel White, Cowes in 1935–37. The name means Lightning. The two Groms were some of the most heavily armed and fastest destroyers on the seas before World War II.
Jozef Wojtkowiak Cowes, 1937
Jozef Wojtkowiak, Polish Navy at The Royal Yacht Squadron in Cowes. Jozef was in Cowes in 1937 as a commissioner of the building of ORP Blyskawica. ORP Błyskawica, the second of two Grom-class destroyers, was built for the Polish Navy by J. Samuel White, Cowes in 1935–37. The name means Lightning. The two Groms were some of the most heavily armed and fastest destroyers on the seas before World War II.
Polish navy

  • Interwar Borderlands

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Jozef Wojtkowiak 147919

Bronislaw Jasnikowski, Polish Navy, on board ORP Piorun. Bronislaw was rescued from the sinkking of ORP Orkan and then posted to served on ORP Piorun. This photograph was taken end of 1943 or 1944.
Bronislaw Jasnikowski
Bronislaw Jasnikowski, Polish Navy, on board ORP Piorun. Bronislaw was rescued from the sinkking of ORP Orkan and then posted to served on ORP Piorun. This photograph was taken end of 1943 or 1944.
Polish navy

  • Polish Forces in the West (1940-45)

Rear Admiral Xawery Czernicki of the Polish Navy (16 Oct 1882 – May 1940 in Katyn). He was born in Giedejki, the district of Oszmian, the son of Edward and Teresa Bohuszewicz. Wanda's father Jozef Wojtkowiak worked with him (in photo), under his command, in France, during the construction of the first Polish destroyers and submarines in France. There is book in Polish entitled “Kontradmiral Xawery Czernicki”, published in Gdynia in 2001.
Admiral Czernicki 1929
Rear Admiral Xawery Czernicki of the Polish Navy (16 Oct 1882 – May 1940 in Katyn). He was born in Giedejki, the district of Oszmian, the son of Edward and Teresa Bohuszewicz. Wanda's father Jozef Wojtkowiak worked with him (in photo), under his command, in France, during the construction of the first Polish destroyers and submarines in France. There is book in Polish entitled “Kontradmiral Xawery Czernicki”, published in Gdynia in 2001.
Polish navy

  • Interwar Borderlands

Polish Navy in 1933
Jozef Wojtkowiak
Polish Navy in 1933
Polish navy

  • Interwar Borderlands

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