Plaque

Stanisław Sosabowski

Inscription

{Beneath the Polish coat of arms and beside the emblem of the Polish underground resistance movement:} 
Major-General Stanisław Sosabowski CBE Commander 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade at Arnhem 1944, lived here 1950 - 1960.
Embassy of the Republic of Poland in conjunction with Polish Heritage Society UK

Site: Stanisław Sosabowski (1 memorial)

W4, St George's Road, 2

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Embassy of the Republic of Poland

Located at 47 Portland Place.

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