{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
W4, St George's Road, 2
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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