This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Polish gratitude for British sacrifice in WW2
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Chopin statue
The statue is said to contain an urn with earth from Chopin's birthplace in P...
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Joseph Conrad
Novelist, considered one of the greatest writers in English, despite it not being his mother-tongue. Born into a noble Polish family in what is now Ukraine. Working on ships he came to Britain in 1...
Stanisław Sosabowski
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 su...
1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
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 go...
Giles Vernon Hart
Telecommunications engineer and trades union activist. Born in Khartoum, Sudan. While working as an executive officer at Trinity House lighthouse authority, he set up a union branch. In the 1980s, ...
Person, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration, Tragedy, Poland, Sudan
ORP Jastrząb
Former Submarine in the Polish Navy. ORP stands for Okret Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Ship of the Polish Republic).
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A. E. Grundy
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
Derek Turner
Was the Traffic Director for London, 1991 - 2001, and was instrumental in establishing, maintaining and monitoring 512km of Red Routes and devising Bus Lane Enforcement Cameras.
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