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 surrender, but escaped to France and eventually to Britain. Here he set up what was to become the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade, which fought at the Battle of Arnhem. Died in Hillingdon, London.
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Stanisław Sosabowski
{Beneath the Polish coat of arms and beside the emblem of the Polish undergro...
Employed at the Holloway bus/tram garage - Pemberton Gardens. Served and was killed in WW1.
Born Bournemouth, Dorset, the son of Ronald C. G. and Zoe Margaret Barker, née Payne. Died aged 36 years, killed by the IRA Regent's Park bomb.
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
John Samuel Purcell was born on 31 May 1839 in Ireland, a son of Dr John Francis Powell who was a Physician in Ordinary to successive Lords-Lieutenant of Ireland and later an Irish Poor Law Commiss...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
