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steviebhoyThreads: -
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Just go to facebook type in 1st Polish Armoured Division
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http://www.facebook.com/pages/1st-Polish-Armoured-Division/94791653143
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Peter Apr 20, 08, 12:45 / #9
Well that's interesting. My father was at the University of Lwow in 39 and escaped through Romania. What happened in between has always been a mystery. You can PM me.


i posted previously about my grandfather, Henryk Sadowski, and with regard to the escape from Poland this was my grandfathers story.

He too passed through Lvov, in the Ukraine, but then went through Romania and passed through Ploesti, Bucarest and ended up in the port of Constanta. Along the way to Constanta he had help from generous Romanians and also local Jews who provided food and accommodation. In Constanta he got a ship which headed through the Bosphorus Straight (Turkey) and into the Aegean Sea. When they arrived at Crete the ship had a British naval escort to Malta and from there the ship sailed to Marseille, France.

In France my grandfather made his way north to try reach a northern French port for a ship to England. However, I know for certain that this took some time as on Christmas Eve 1939 my grandfather, Henryk Sadowski, was in Paris and weighed himself (!) I still have the stub from that day.

The northern french port my grandfather disembarked from was St. Nazaire and from there he sailed for Plymouth, England. On arrival at Plymouth there seems to have been some kind of military or humanitarian aid as he was given a cup of tea and a jar of marmalade. According to my grandfather the Poles were then told to get back on the boat and they headed back to France.

I'm afraid I cannot add much to this part of his story; what he did when he got back to France, where he went and when he returned to England suffice to say it was after Dunkirk (June 1940).

My grandfather was in the artillery division and was stationed at a place called Craig, near Ferryden close to Montrose and in Montrose he met my grandmother.

This is a long shot: anyone here with the Polish surname Pockhart? (Spelling is probably wrong).

Hope this information is of interest
bolo5  Jan 13, 11, 20:22    #154
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If your father was made a citizen of the town of St Nicholas, he was likely a member of the 1st Armoured Regiment under command of LtCol Stanislaw Stefanowicz. My Dad was also a member of that regiment. There is a wikipedia page on the 1st Polish Armoured Regiment. My Dad didn't like to talk about his wartime experiences and after going through his records and reading the history of the regiment, I understand why. He lost many comrades. There is also a 1st Polish Armoured Division facebook page. I wish you the best of luck in your search.
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my father was in the 1st polish armoured division from november 1941 to april 1943 his name was michal szandrowski it would be nice to now more about my father as he never told us about himself before he left the army , or his past life
Sarge  Apr 29, 11, 12:39    #156
My grandfather was with the 1ste Polish AD, I don't know exactly what he did and which rank he held and he passed away many years ago so I can't ask him anymore.
Does somebody know if there are personal reccords in which I can search for his name?
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Dear Jaox,

My name is John and I am helping my old school friend and his wife with their family history. My friends wife was born in Craig near Montrose and her deceased parents were Hendryk Sadowski and Helen Reith. Are we talking about the same family here?

Kind Regrads,

John
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Hi all i am looking for any possible information on my grandfather a lt. Zbigniew Lachowicz formally of the third Carpathian Rifle Division, then the doctor I Armoured Division of General Maczek,

I am doing some much needed research into my family history and i would be great full if anyone could help me, i am also obtaining documents from the ministry of defence in the UK as well. They are very helpful and have a load of information on polish service men from the war including service records etc!

sadly as familys get older we lose information so please feel free to email me!

Henry
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Does anyone have any photos or infor re Carpathian Rifle Division, I Armoured Division of General Maczek where my grandfather Zbigniew Lachowicz was a Doctor.

thanks
PeterThreads: 5
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Sarge:
My grandfather was with the 1ste Polish AD, I don't know exactly what he did and which rank he held and he passed away many years ago so I can't ask him anymore.


What was his name?

If you look back through the earlier posts in this thread you will see how to contact the MoD to obtain his personnel records.
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jaox
Dear Peter,

My name is John and I am helping my old school friend and his wife with their family history. My friends wife was born in Craig near Montrose and her deceased parents were Hendryk Sadowski and Helen Reith. Are we talking about the same family here?

Kind Regards,

John
shangrila  May 24, 11, 00:16    #162
Amazing stories are being made here.

Correct polish pronounce is Henryk Sadowski.

Jamesz mentioned Henryk Sadowski as his grandfather in second post of this thread.
shangrila  May 24, 11, 00:21    #163
@Lech

Ive found something about your grandfather. Including one picture.



Zbigniew Lachowicz, (1913 we Lwowie - 2 grudnia 1970 w Manchesterze w Wielkiej Brytanii) s. Franciszka, absolwent IV Gimnazjum im. J. Długosza we Lwowie 1931, student i absolwent 1938 med. UJK, trzeci założyciel Slavii, akt. 1931-39, pierwszy sekretarz sem. let. 1931/32, prezes 1932/33 oraz 1934/35, olderman 1933/34 oraz sem. zim. 1938/39, prezes Wzajemnej Pomocy Medyków UJK 1936, w wojnie obronnej 1939 pchor. służby sanitarnej, w 1940 deportowany wraz rodziną do Semipałatyńska, w 3 Dywizji Strzelców Karpackich, później lekarz I Dywizji Pancernej gen. Stanisława Maczka, po wojnie na emigracji w Wielkiej Brytanii, lekarz-rentgenolog w Manchesterze

google translate:

Zbigniew Lachowicz, (1913 in Lviv - December 2, 1970 in Manchester, UK) p. Francis, graduated from the IV Gymnasium. J. Dlugosz, 1931 in Lviv, a graduate student and PhD UJK 1938, the third founder of Slavia Prague, the act. 1931-1939, first secretary sem. let. 1931-1932, President 1932-1933 and 1934-1935, and 1933-1934 olderman sem. winters. 1938-1939, president of Mutual Aid Medics UJK 1936, in a defensive war in 1939 Cadet. sanitary service, in 1940 and his family deported to Semipalatinsk, in three Carpathian Rifle Division, then the doctor I Armoured Division of General Maczek, after the war in exile in Britain, the doctor-radiologist in Manchester
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Thanks a million shangrila. I now have James' email and have sent him a contact.

Kind Regards,

John
sobieskiThreads: 82
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Do not know if this counts, but when I was still living at home in Belgium, I bought my first Nissan from a dealer called Nawrot. His father was with General Maczek's Armoured Division.
THE HITMANThreads: 1
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AUTHENTIC RARE INFORMATION FROM 5 BATERII, TRZECI DYON. 1 P.A.M.

The following names are taken from the journal/diary of a late member of this division who served under General Pilsudski, and through this experience ( where little information of those enlisted and deceased were not logged ) decided to keep a record of those entering his unit in WW2.
The journal starts with the unit being formed in Scotland prior to D-day, and up until the end of the war.
The journal contains maps, photos and illustrations, aswell as brief backgrounds to most all of the mentioned.

In memory

Porucznik Wladyslaw Pindelski, D.O.B. 22.6.1898.
Pod porucznik Alfred Leporowski, D.O.B. 14.5.1908.
Pod porucznik Stanislaw Ostrowski, D.O.B. 8.5.1918.
Aspirant Tadeusz Fuksa, D.O.B. 1.12.1915.
Plutonowy Jan Przytocki, D.O.B. 12.2.1903.
Plutonowy Stanislaw Grad, D.O.B. 26.3.1901.
Plutonowy Leonard Werner, D.O.B. 20.5.1901.
Plutonowy Antoni Radecki, D.O.B. 7.12.1903.
Plutonowy Stefan Fakadej, D.O.B. 1.6.1909.
Plutonowy Mikolaj Pilipas, D.O.B. 20.10.1910.
Plutonowy Stanislaw Toporowicz, D.O.B. 20.3.1905.
Kapral Klemens Drazkowski, D.O.B. 17.2.1916.
Kapral Lucjan Trochimczuk, D.O.B. 5.1.1912.
Kapral Jan Wentk, D.O.B. 26.6.1913.
Kapral Wladyslaw Krol, D.O.B. 1.10.1914.
Kapral Wincenty Rokicki, D.O.B. 3.4.1915.
Kapral Bronislaw Karpinski, D.O.B. 9.1.1905.
Kapral Antoni Centner, D.O.B. 21.11.1901.
Kapral Jan Szerszunowicz, D.O.B. 12.5.1911.
Kapral Bazyli Motorny, D.O.B. 31.1.1910.
Kapral podchorazy Jerzy Rucki, D.O.B. 24.5.1912.
Kapral podchorazy Tadeusz Jasienski, D.O.B. 3.3.1908.
Kapral Michal Sokolowski, D.O.B. 2.2.1914.
Kapral Jan Szczerski, D.O.B. 20.1.1913.
Bombardjor Tadeusz Dambrowski, D.O.B. 5.11.1917.
Bombardjor Stanislaw Cichowicz, D.O.B. 21.4.1915.
Bombardjor Boleslaw Mataczyna, D.O.B. 20.12.1904.
Bombardjor Stefan Iwanczuk, D.O.B. 7.6.1916.
Bombardjor Jozef Zakrzewski, D.O.B. 9.4.1903.
Bombardjor Tadeusz Klysz, D.O.B. 2.8.1915.
Bombardjor Jozef Czuckra, D.O.B.7.3.1899.
Bombardjor Jozef Adasiewicz, D.O.B. 29.9.1906.
Bombardjor Feliks Rutkowski, D.O.B. 6.7.1906.
Bombardjor Jan Sobczuk, D.O.B. 14.12.1914.
Kanonier Jan Larwa, D.O.B. 20.12.1917
Kanonier Jozef Siarkiewicz, D.O.B. 27.11.1018.
Kanonier Jan Antrzak, D.O.B. 25.11.1921.
Kanonier Wincenty Dick, D.O.B. 19.7.1922.
Kanonier Kaziemierz Goszcz, D.O.B. 11.12.1916.
Kanonier Bronislaw Karol, D.O.B. 18.8.1918.
Kanonier Mikolaj Ochladowski, D.O.B. 19.12.1918.
Kanonier Jan Lach, D.O.B. 6.1.1915.
Kanonier Kaziemierz Plaica, D.O.B. 21.4.1919.
Kanonier Jan Rotawski, D.O.B. 2.5.1923.
Kanonier Eustachy Arend, D.O.B. 21.8.1923.
Kanonier Marek Chackiewicz, D.O.B. 15.5.1901.
Kanonier Kaziemierz Lysy, D.O.B. 16.3.1921.
Kanonier Wladyslaw Chmieleski, D.O.B. 29.11.1919.
Kanonier Jozef Szczepanik, D.O.B. 7.1.1915.
Kanonier Leon Kozakiewicz, D.O.B. 9.9.1913.
Kanonier Jozef Laruszko, D.O.B. 5.10.1919.
Kanonier Wincenty Szabon, D.O.B. 4.4.1914.
Kanonier Leon Smolinski, D.O.B. 11.4.1919.
Kanonier Stefan Gruntowski, D.O.B. 14.8.1920.
Kanonier Augustyn Borodin, D.O.B. ?.9.1912.
Kanonier Ludwik Warchol, D.O.B. 25.8.1908.
Kanonier Stanislaw Sokolowski, D.O.B. 27.8.1923.
Kapral Wladyslaw Laszczyk, D.O.B. 4.4.1914
Ogniomistrz Zdislaw Chruszczeski, D.O.B. 13.3.1904.
Plutonowy Stefan Socha, D.O.B. 30.10.1912.
Bombardjor Ludwik Syczewski, D.O.B. 25.8.1914.
Kapral Stanislaw Krawiec, D.O.B. 17.2.1905.
Kapral Jozef Migdal, D.O.B. 10.11.1911.
Kanonier Andrzej Balicki, D.O.B. 28.11.1911.
Kapral Alexander Daglis, D.O.B. 16.3.1916.
Podporuchnik Karol Polarcyk, D.O.B. 9.12.1913.
Aspirant Jozef Sadowski, D.O.B. 19.2 1916.
Kapral Leonard Baranowski, D.O.B. 24.10.1909.
Kanonier Janusz Wisniewski, D.O.B. 7.12.1914.
Kanonier Bohdan de Rosset, D.O.B. 4.11.1925.
Plutonowy podchorzy Jozef Danielewicz, D.O.B. 16.2.1915.
Kanonier Artur Kudrycz, D.O.B. 9.1.1921.
Kanonier Roman Barylak, D.O.B. 18.12.1919.
Kapral Jozef Wolny, D.O.B. 17.3.1912.
Plutonowy Jan Kaluzynski, D.O.B. 3.5.1915.
Bombardjor Ernest Bednarz. No info.
Kanonier Bernard Puripirz. No info.
Dowodca baterii i porucznik Wladyslaw Magonski, D.O.B. 10.9.1916.
Kapral podchorazy Konstanty Alexander Jelenski, D.O.B. 2.1.1922.
Kapral podchorazy Wladyslaw Stankiewicz, D.O.B. 5.5.1922.
Kapral podchorazy Bohdan Silanowicki, D.O.B. 3.3.1902.

Translated to the best of my ability from handwritten manuscript. Apologies for any mistakes and for not using the Polish alphabet.
bulikfamily  Jul 3, 11, 17:26    #167
We are looking for more info on: mieczyslaw bulik, lance corporal 3rd supply coy RASC of the 1st PAD, served GHQ 2nd echelon received campaign star 39/45 and France & German star. We have pics from training camp in Scotland, he was in Africa and Italy and Normandie... wounded near Breda, and in the hospital in Paris. Lived his life with a Belgian women in Ardooie Belgium, was a photographer... please help us to find more info... I try my best to put the pics and documents on facebook, we only received the pics from our aunt yesterday...
PeterThreads: 5
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Joined: Mar 31, 07 ♂ 		 Jul 5, 11, 13:45    #168
See a previous posters reply below. This is probably your best bet for accurate info and a starting point for further searching

The MoD will only release service records to a next of kin. So you will need a) proof of grandfather's death (death certificate) and b) that you are his direct next of kin.

The MoD will send you a "Certificate of Kinship" form which you have to complete and send along with the documentary proof you are your grandfather's next of kin. If your grandmother is alive for instance, the law is that MoD would only release this information to her and not you. There is a fee of £25.00 also.

You can download the "Certificate of Kinship form from here:
http://www.veterans-uk.info/pdfs/service_records/raf_kinship.pdf

Contact address for Polish service records (don't worry that it has RAF in the address; all Polish service records are archived here) at MoD:

APC Polish Enquiries,
Building 28B,
RAF Northolt,
West End Road,
Ruislip,
HA4 6NG,
Tel: 0208 833 8603
Fax: 0208 833 8866

e-mail: polishastdisoff@northolt.raf.mod.uk or polishdisoff@northolt.raf.mod.uk
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Joined: Oct 4, 08 ♀ 		 Jul 30, 11, 15:13    #169
My Uncle Zygfryd also died in France in August 1944 I found his information and a photo of him with his grave cross, look on The Fallen Soldiers in France web site most helpful site My Uncle was only 22 when he died in the battle of Falaise 1st Armoured Division, 8 Rifle Batalion
kr.las  Jul 31, 11, 23:01    #170
In Breda,in the Netherlands, is the " General Maczekmuseum",
have a look at their website.
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Hello ...My name is William Ziarnko..the N was added ..I am a Ziarko..I did see the name Stanislaw Ziarko who was killed in Normandy during World War Two..he served with the 1st Armoured Division 14/08/44...I do not know if he is a relative of mine at this present time but I shall soon e-mail for more information..I will post again about this when I receive the answer...I and my sister have been searching for relatives in Poland for a very long time..the Ziarko's we are probably related to are from the Opatow area in Poland...my grandfather had five brothers and three sisters..one of those brothers was a Stanislaw Ziarko..born in 1893...it could be that him or possibly one of his children...if he had any...is that person...
hope this helps us both...I am sending a letter to fallen soldiers of Poland next
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Hello, the great father of my wife was also in the traffic control squ, and i have pictures in Breda!
Please contact me at gilles.lapers@skynet.be.

Thanks
Gilles
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Hello,
if any one wish to know more about Gen.Maczek division and the city of Maczkow, polish city in germany fater war, please contact me at gilles.lapers@skynet.be

regards
Gilles-Brussels-Belgium
cmpuzko  Oct 29, 11, 15:30    #174
My uncle Piotr Perchacz was in the Polish armed forces from a Soviet pow camp to VE day.He served in 1 Pulk Art.Mot.I have his photos & medals.
beatar33  Oct 30, 11, 18:37    #175
Hello All,

My Grandfather Eugeniusz Rosyczenko/Rozyczenko was the personal driver of General Maczek. Do you have by any chance some info/pics related to my Grandfather? I would appreciate any feedback you may have.

Many thanks,
Beata
b_rozyczenko@interia.pl
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My father was Konrad Bohdanowicz a tank commander with the first Polish Armored Division. He fought with France until it fell, made his way to England and fought with England. After the war he and many others in his regiment emigrated to Canada, living in Toronto. He passed away in 2002.
Eddiet  Dec 25, 11, 12:29    #177
My father Hieronim Sobiech who served as a sergeant in the 1st Polish Armoured Division, specifically the 10th Light Field Ambulance Unit, he was awarded the British Empire Medal for work in repairing ambulances under enemy fire in the Quilly area.
Should anyone have a relative who received an award it is very easy to obtain the details by looking in the UK national archives.
A list of all those of the 1st Polish Armoured Division who received awards is given in the back pages of a relevantly recently published (2005) book by Evan McGilvray called The Black Devil's March
ISBN 978-1-906033-53-8
the name Black Devils refers to a nickname given to the Poles because of the colour of their berets.
Eddie Sobiech
sylwekcan  Dec 28, 11, 00:02    #178
My father served there. His name is Mieczysław Terlecki
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Joined: Feb 4, 12 ♀ 		 Feb 4, 12, 16:09    #179
Hello Hitman - I was so excited to see my father's name, Kazimierz Goszcz, on the list you posted from the journal kept by a member of the 1st Polish Armoured Division. Sadly, my father died in 1999. He was always proud of his military service and often marched in Veterans Day parades. I have an old photo of my father with some of his fellow soldiers on a tank that I will upload soon. What other information do you have in the journal? I would very much appreciate your sharing any additional documents or photos that you have. I am trying to find more information about my father's time in the military. I look forward to hearing from you and to visiting this forum often.
GPater  Feb 15, 12, 13:14    #180
Do you have an email address for Evan McGilvray?

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