Group    From /9/1941 

1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade

Categories: Armed Forces

Countries: Netherlands, Poland, Scotland

A brigade under the command of Major General Stanislaw Sosabowski, created in Scotland, with the exclusive mission to drop into occupied Poland in order to help liberate the country. The British government, however, pressurised the Poles into allowing the unit to be used in the western theatre of war, which eventually saw it being sent into action in support of the British 1st Airborne Division at the Battle of Arnhem in 1944. 

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

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1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade

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Stanisław Sosabowski

{Beneath the Polish coat of arms and beside the emblem of the Polish undergro...

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H. P. Hindle

H. P. Hindle

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Thomas Dunckerley

Thomas Dunckerley

Freemason. Following a naval career, he was appointed a Provincial Grand Master. He instituted a national body for Templar masonry, which was made possible by an annuity obtained from King George I...

Person, Armed Forces, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
F. V. B. Baker

F. V. B. Baker

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
W. J. Moody

W. J. Moody

Bo? Boarder R.F.A.. Fought but did not die in WW1

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial