1943

General Wladyslaw Sikorski

Categories: Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

Countries: Poland

Prime Minister of the war-time London-based Polish Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Polish armed forces.

In his 1970 play, Soldiers, Rolf Hochhuth accuses Churchill of murdering Sikorski. For more on this conspiracy theory of his death in an air crash near Gibraltar click on the picture source web site. His Wikipedia page gives a biography of his life.

In the picture, left to right: Sikorski, General Kukiel, Clementine and Winston Churchill and the Polish ambassador Count Raczynski.

The Sikorski Museum at 20 Princes Gate has a room dedicated to him.

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
General Wladyslaw Sikorski

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Wladyslaw Sikorski

Made in 2000, one and a half life size. See Musee de la Resistance for more ...

Wladyslaw Sikorski - SW1

See Musee de la Resistance for more information on this memorial (in French).

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Other Subjects

Seafarers

Group, Armed Forces, Exploring, Industry

1 memorial

Lieutenant Hamilton Jefferson

Hamilton Jefferson was born on 19 August 1897 in Groton, Massachusetts, USA, the fourth of the six children of George David Jefferson (1863-1937) and Rebecca Gorham Jefferson née Kettle (1864-1918)...

Person, Armed Forces, Belgium, USA

War dead, WW1

2 memorials

Admiral Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe

Naval officer. Born London. Served in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars. Died at home in Grafton Street. William, 5th Viscount Howe was his younger brother.

Person, Armed Forces

1 memorial

P. T. Fitzpatrick

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

H. M. Clark

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