General. Born Stanisław Franciszek Sosabowski at Stanisławów, Poland. He served with distinction in the Austro-Hungarian army during WW1. In WW2 he was made a prisoner of war following Poland's surrender, but escaped to France and eventually to Britain. Here he set up what was to become the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade, which fought at the Battle of Arnhem. Died in Hillingdon, London.
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Stanisław Sosabowski
{Beneath the Polish coat of arms and beside the emblem of the Polish undergro...
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
Born Cheshire. National President of The British Korean Veterans Association from 2006. A strong swimmer, but drowned off the coast of Elba while on holiday. Obituary.
Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding, GCB, GCVO, CMG, RAF, Baron of Bentley Priory in the county of Middlesex. Commander-in-Chief Fighter Command Royal Air Force from its formation in 1936 until Novembe...
The regiment was formed from the union of the 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot and the 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot. Following action in all major conflicts it was gradually disbanded in th...
