A message from our President, General Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank
'I am delighted to be associated with the work of the Polish Heritage Society and very honoured to serve as its President. The Society's work highlights the enormous contribution which generations of Poles have made to their adopted country. Preserving and celebrating that heritage will only further strengthen the ties between Poland and the United Kingdom.
I worked closely with the Society on the project to build a memorial to the Polish Forces at the National Memorial Arboretum and saw at first hand the energy and dedication of those involved.
I encourage you to explore this website and learn about the many other projects the Society has sponsored. Do please contact us if you would like to be involved in any way'.
General The Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank GCB LVO OBE
A Debt of Dishonour is a unique documentary film dedicated Major General Sosabowski and all ranks who served in the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade Group and to their Comrades-in-Arms of the 1st British Airborne Division that fought in the ill-fated “Operation Market Garden” at Arnhem and Driel during September 1944.
Surname | First Name(s) | Birth | Death | Age | |
1 | Aleksandrowicz | Wilhelm | 1910 | 08 Oct 1982 | 72 |
2 | D'Andria | Maksymilian Aleksander | 1883 | 04 Apr 1952 | 69 |
D'Andria | Zofia | 1897 | 03 Jun 1972 | 75 | |
3 | Andrzejewski | Teofil | 05 Dec 1889 | 27 Mar 1967 | 77 |
Andrzejewska | Wanda | 14 Ju; 1901 | 09 Dec 1969 | 68 | |
4 | Baczyk | Pawel | 26 Jan 1903 | 09 Jun 1979 | 76 |
Baczyk (Kolota) | Maria | 01 Dec 1909 | 07 Oct 1979 | 69 | |
5 | Balsewicz (Minesuwa) | Janina Nenufar | 1892 | 25 Aug 1980 | 88 |
Hitchins (Balcewicz) | Geneview | 1918 | 2011 | 93 | |
6 | Baraszewski | Eugeniusz | 16 Dec 1903 | 11 Mar 1959 | 55 |
7 | Barker (Lekarz) | Wanda | N/A | 04 Jan 1963 | |
Barker | Henryk | N/A | 06 Oct 1990 | ||
8 | Barszcz | Adam | 29 Sept 1894 | 18 Oct 1980 | 86 |
Barszcz | Aranka | 1901 | 10 Oct 1987 | 86 | |
9 | Bauer | Karol | 27 Jan 1885 | 20 Oct 1975 | 90 |
10 | Bielawski | Wlodzimierz | 22 Ju; 1925 | 31 Dec 1985 | 60 |
11 | Bilski | Stanislaw | 16 Oct 1898 | 11 Apr 1958 | 59 |
12 | Blenski | Czeslaw Ignacy | 1918 | 19 Nov 1988 | 70 |
13 | Boy | Tadeusz Karol | 27 Jan 1914 | 28 Mar 1958 | 44 |
14 | Burnagel | Stanislaw Michal | 20 Sept 1896 | 01 Aug 1971 | 74 |
Burnagel (Lewicka) | Bronislawa | 25 Feb 1898 | 04 Jan 1990 | 91 | |
15 | Chamiec | Roman Julian | 03 Ju; 1910 | 12 Feb 1990 | 79 |
16 | Chelchowski | Jan | 16 May 1911 | 13 Feb 1986 | 74 |
17 | Chesny | Bogdan Kazimierz | 12 Dec 1923 | 18 Oct 1994 | 70 |
18 | Chmielowiec | Marek Antoni | 1948 | 23 May 1971 | 23 (Child) |
Chmielowiec | Michal | 19 Oct 1918 | 19 May 1974 | 55 | |
Chmielowska | Irena | 1916 | 09 Mar 2006 | 90 | |
19 | Chomski | Jules | 1884 | 25 Oct 1954 | 70 |
Chomski | Paulina | 1890 | 27 Sept 1961 | 71 | |
20 | Chwojnicki | Ryszard Mieczyslaw | 17 Apr 1908 | 28 Apr 1978 | 70 |
21 | Cienska (Peniak) | Jadwiga | 04 Mar 1901 | 10 May 1990 | 89 |
22 | Ciupka | Waclaw | 07 Jun 1899 | 25 Jun 1962 | 63 |
Ciupka (Gromkiewicz) | Janina | 23 Nov 1897 | 03 Ju; 1978 | 81 | |
23 | Debicka | Maria Domaslawa | 07 Sept 1906 | 06 Nov 1983 | 77 |
24 | Demianczuk | Josef | 1926 | 01 Mar 1972 | 46 |
25 | Dobosz | Jakub | 1892 | 04 Jan 1965 | 73 |
26 | Dymorz | Jan | 20 Sept 1919 | 21 Mar 1983 | 63 |
27 | Fererowski | Ryszard | N/A | 06 Mar 1976 | |
Fererowski | Maria Louise | 31 Mar 1925 | 11 Feb 2001 | 75 | |
28 | Glebicka | Helena | 1882 | 30 Jan 1960 | 78 |
29 | Godycki | Stanislaw Cwirko | 07 Oct 1917 | 07 Ju; 1989 | 71 |
Godycka | Ewa Izabella Cwirko | 1923 | 26 Oct 1989 | 66 | |
30 | Golembiowski | Jan | 1902 | 1989 | 87 |
31 | Gugolka | Josef Antoni | 1924 | 03 Oct 1980 | 56 |
32 | Henig | Zofia | 1888 | 25 May 1973 | 85 |
33 | Hitter (Sambor) | Wilhelm | 10 Nov 1913 | 06 Nov 1978 | 64 (4 days short of 65) |
34 | Hitter | Ryszard | 06 May 1934 | 09 Oct 1992 | 58 |
35 | Hodala (Dlugosz) | Zofia Maria | 1895 | 03 Oct 1972 | 77 |
36 | Hodula | Karol | 1894 | 1940 | 46 (killed in war) |
Hodula | Stas | 1925 | 1940 | 15 (Child killed in war) | |
Hodula | Magdalena | 1870 | 1963 | 93 | |
37 | Hubicka (Lappo) | Olimbia | 1885 | 25 Ju; 1961 | 76 |
38 | Hubicki | Edward | 22 Aug 1909 | 01 Aug 1964 | 54 (21 days short of 55) |
Hubicka | Janina Wanda Kalina | 21 Jun 1912 | 13 Feb 1981 | 68 | |
39 | Hubicki | Florian | 07 Oct 1911 | 09 Apr 1978 | 66 |
40 | Ignaszewska (Sawickich) | Walentyna | 1907 | 12 Jan 1965 | 58 |
Ignaszewska | Janusz Stefan | 1900 | 07 Sept 1982 | 82 | |
41 | Jaworek | Waldemar Rysard | 13 Aug 1955 | 10 Jun 1958 | 2 (Child) |
42 | Jaworek | Mikolaj | 06 Nov 1875 | 22 Jan 1959 | 83 |
43 | Jaworek (Dolinska) | Zofia Maria | 15 May 1909 | 04 Jun 1968 | 59 |
44 | Jaworek | Wladyslaw | 11 May 1908 | 22 Nov 1981 | 73 |
45 | Jaworek | Boleslaw Ryszard | 1953 | 19 Jan 1995 | 42 |
46 | Jaworek | Waclaw | 11 May 1908 | 22 Nov 1981 | 73 |
Jaworek | Jozef | 1953 | 19 Jan 1995 | 42 | |
47 | Jaworska | Anna | 1885 | 30 May 1955 | 70 |
48 | Jaworski | Tadeusz Stanislaw | 1910 | 17 Nov 1968 | 58 |
49 | Jaworski | Romuald | 1876 | 20 Apr 1971 | 95 |
50 | Kalinowska | Anna | 03 Mar 1927 | 13 Jan 1984 | 56 |
Kalinowska | Nicola | 19 Apr 1987 | 20 Apr 1987 | 1 Day (Child) | |
51 | Kalinowski | Jozef | 1917 | 26 Sept 1962 | 45 |
52 | Kalukiewicz | Stanislaw | 12 Ju; 1920 | 28 May 1961 | 40 |
53 | Kawkiewicz | Stanislaw | 12 Ju; 1920 | 28 May 1961 | 40 |
54 | Kinasz | Marian Edmund | 23 Sept 1892 | 27 Nov 1971 | 79 |
Kinasz (Demakin) | Klaudia | 31 Apr 1901 | 30 Nov 1987 | 86 | |
55 | Kirchnerowa (Rogalska) | Zofia | 24 May 1886 | 21 Aug 1981 | 95 |
56 | Kolkowski | Wladyslaw | 07 Jan 1918 | 04 Ju; 1994 | 76 |
57 | Komorowska-Jamrozyna | Maria Helena | 1891 | 16 Ju; 1966 | 75 |
58 | Komorowska-Delawska | Jadwiga | 1907 | 07 May 1972 | 65 |
59 | Komorowska | Stanislawa | 1898 | 04 Aug 1980 | 82 |
60 | Kowalska (Zukowskich) | Irena Topor | 25 Apr 1898 | 26 Ju; 1962 | 64 |
61 | Kowalski | Tadeusz | 02 Sept 1911 | 17 Sept 1975 | 64 |
Kowalska | Irena | 14 Oct 1924 | 17 Dec 2014 | 90 | |
62 | Krajewska | Michal | 1896 | 09 Nov 1968 | 72 |
63 | Krason | Tadeusz Antoni | 29 May 1909 | 22 Sept 1971 | 62 |
64 | Krayier | Erwin Stefan | 21 Ju; 1916 | 06 Ju; 2000 | 83 (15 days short of 84) |
Krayier | Halina | 19 Jan 1914 | 20 Nov 2004 | 90 | |
65 | Krukowska | Zofia | 1898 | 14 Apr 1988 | 90 |
66 | Kuniczak | Stanislaw Bronislaw | 15 Oct 1900 | 14 May 1974 | 73 |
Kuniczak (Georgeon) | Maria Helena | 15 Jun 1908 | 16 Nov 1987 | 79 | |
67 | Kwiecinski | Marian | 27 Jan 1905 | 02 Apr 1967 | 62 |
68 | Lachowicz | Gabrielle | 25 Apr 1954 | 25 May 1954 | 1 Month (Child) |
69 | Leja | Jozef | 13 Nov 1911 | 09 Oct 1992 | 80 |
70 | Lipka | Eugeniusz Franciszek | 1909 | 29 May 1966 | 57 |
71 | Mackenzie | Helen | 02 Ju; 1902 | 21 Nov 1980 | 78 |
72 | Majewski | Jozef | 1906 | 31 Jan 1972 | 66 |
73 | Majewska (Mariesi) | Adelfa | 1911 | 17 May 1988 | 77 |
Majewski | Jan | 1916 | 11 Mar 1999 | 83 | |
74 | Marcinkowski | Jakub | 11 Ju; 1908 | 14 Feb 1992 | 83 |
75 | Marcinkowska | Stefania | 07 Ju; 1914 | 14 Oct 2007 | 93 |
76 | Markiewicz | Jan | 1916 | 03 Aug 1973 | 60 |
77 | Matarewicz | Benedykt | 03 Apr 1893 | 15 Apr 1975 | 82 |
Matarewicz (Lewkowicz) | Alina | 1900 | 10 Aug 1986 | 86 | |
78 | Matejczek | Franz | 25 Jan 1876 | 29 Sept 1949 | 73 |
Matejczek | Franziska | 29 Aug 1873 | 29 Apr 1957 | 83 | |
79 | Matejczek | Serafina | 28 Ju; 1913 | 16 Ju; 1995 | 81 (12 days short of 82) |
80 | Matus | Helena | 1901 | 27 Aug 1983 | 82 |
81 | Miaczynski | Tadeusz Maria | 28 Aug 1898 | 30 Jun 1962 | 63 |
82 | Mielewczyk | Leon | 17 Sept 1923 | 08 Nov 2009 | 86 |
83 | Misiuwaniec | Julian | 24 Apr 1924 | 27 Nov 1977 | 53 |
84 | Mojzesowicz | Krzysztof | 1913 | 03 Nov 1976 | 63 |
85 | Mubicka | Olimala | 1885 | 1961 | 76 |
86 | Murawski | Julian | 09 Jan 1901 | 29 Sept 1971 | 70 |
87 | Mus | Magdalena | 08 Mar 1870 | 09 May 1963 | 93 |
88 | Nakoneczny | Eugeniusz Wladyslaw | 26 Jun 1916 | 21 Mar 1970 | 53 |
Nakoneczna | Janina | 1924 | 01 Ju; 1994 | 70 | |
89 | Niczewska (Rontaler) | Zofia | 1916 | 05 Ju; 1970 | 54 |
90 | Olszewski | Karol Korwin | 28 Feb 1894 | 06 Feb 1974 | 79 (22 days short of 80) |
Olszewska | Jadwiga | 24 Jun 1898 | 18 Apr 1984 | 85 | |
91 | Pajak (Drazkiewicz) | Stanislawa | 08 May 1896 | 10 Nov 1965 | 69 |
Pajak | Antoni | 24 Apr 1886 | 15 Apr 1967 | 80 (9 days short of 81) | |
92 | Pelc | Feliks | 03 Jun 1898 | 02 Feb 1960 | 61 |
93 | Penkala | Emil | 20 Sept 1899 | 17 Dec 1957 | 58 |
94 | Petz | Rudolf | 14 Mar 1897 | 12 Jan 1954 | 56 |
95 | Piechurska | Helena | 1915 | 02 Apr 1984 | 69 |
96 | Pietranski | Karol Jozef | 21 Jan 1903 | 02 Feb 1965 | 62 |
97 | Pisarczyk | Daniel | 1913 | 17 Oct 1966 | 53 |
98 | Pisarczyk | Beatrice Ethel | 1921 | 14 Jan 1994 | 73 |
99 | Ponomarenko | Olga | 30 Mar 1907 | 24 Oct 1987 | 80 |
Golembiowski | Jan | 1902 | 1989 | 87 | |
100 | Poroniuk | Bogdan | 1929 | 04 May 1960 | 31 |
101 | Radziukiewicz | Antoni | 05 Ju; 1904 | 23 Jun 1968 | 63 (12 days short of 64) |
102 | Rapacka | Helena Zimajer | 23 Mar 1869 | 31 Jan 1964 | 94 |
Rapacka-Kazimierczakowa | Helena Felicja | 03 May 1901 | 21 Jan 1977 | 75 | |
Rapacki | Andrzej Rudolf | 03 May 1901 | 12 Dec 1980 | 79 | |
103 | Rapacki | Wincenty | 1902 | 30 Jan 1979 | 77 |
104 | Rapp | Eugene Anthony | 27 Sept 1898 | 05 Aug 1978 | 79 |
105 | Rapp (Bem) | Janina Elzbieta | 25 Dec 1905 | 05 Feb 1994 | 88 |
106 | Referowski | Ryszard | 07 Apr 1905 | 06 Mar 1976 | 70 |
107 | Rohrbach | Gerard Florian | 1910 | 09 Jan 1996 | 86 |
108 | Rontaler (Vockrodt) | Maria Janina | 1924 | 10 Aug 1984 | 60 |
Rontaler | Adam Aug | 15 Oct 1909 | 04 Jun 1987 | 77 | |
Vockrodt | Jerzy | 16 Jan 1920 | 28 Feb 2009 | 89 | |
109 | Roszkowska | Aleksandra | 1944 | 26 May 1971 | 27 (Child) |
110 | Rozborski | Marian Jan | 27 Aug 1893 | 10 Oct 1960 | 67 |
Rozborski | Antoni | 20 Nov 1900 | 15 Dec 1961 | 61 | |
Zolotenki | Maria | 1888 | 15 Mar 1962 | 74 | |
Foley | Janina | 18 Jun 1926 | 06 Jun 2012 | 85 (12 days short of 86) | |
111 | Rozdolskyj | Michael | 25 Feb 1925 | 27 May 1977 | 52 |
Rozdolskyj | Maria | 1918 | 2003 | 85 | |
112 | Rypel | Jan Jozef | 02 May 1905 | 23 Feb 1963 | 57 |
113 | Sadowski | Michael | 1911 | 22 Dec 1999 | 88 |
114 | Sedek | Ludwik | 1899 | 02 May 1968 | 69 |
115 | Seroczynski | Franciszek | 19 Ju; 1902 | 02 Ju; 1978 | 75 (12 days short of 76) |
116 | Skapski | Adam Ludwik | 1910 | 26 Jun 1976 | 66 |
Skapska | Barbara | 1929 | 2017 | 88 | |
117 | Slominska | Maria | 16 Jan 1910 | 24 Apr 1964 | 54 |
118 | Sokolowska (Stankiewicz) | Maria | 1860 | 18 Jun 1953 | 93 |
Sokolowski | Mieczyslaw | 06 Apr 1889 | 12 May 1981 | 92 | |
Sokolowska (Heinrich) | Wandra Maria | 22 Oct 1895 | 24 Ju; 1986 | 90 | |
Sokolowski | Jozef Mieczyslaw | 1926 | 2010 | 84 | |
119 | Sroczynski | Andrzej | 30 Nov 1916 | 23 Ju; 2007 | 90 |
Sroczynska | Barbara | 12 Nov 1920 | 09 Oct 2009 | 88 | |
120 | Stefanczyk | Emma | 11 Apr 1903 | 29 Nov 1990 | 87 |
Stefanczyk | Anita Zofia | 27 Apr 1925 | 04 Aug 2010 | 85 | |
121 | Strusinska | Urszula Anna | 1919 | 11 Aug 1972 | 53 |
122 | Szawlowski | Zygmunt Mieczyslaw | 28 Feb 1901 | 02 Aug 1968 | 67 |
123 | Szwalbe | Mieczyslaw | 1901 | 04 Feb 1992 | 91 |
124 | Szysz | Jaroslawa | 1931 | 15 Feb 2011 | 80 |
Szysz | Peter | 20 Mar 1926 | 10 Ju; 1993 | 67 | |
125 | Uglik | Zbigniew | 18 Apr 1949 | 04 Ju; 1970 | 21 (Child) |
126 | Uglik | Salomea | 20 Dec 1913 | 07 Aug 2005 | 91 |
Uglik | Pawel | 02 Aug 1910 | 19 Aug 2005 | 95 | |
127 | Vaygelt | Maria | 02 Ju; 1925 | 18 Oct 1964 | 39 |
128 | Vogelfanger-Barker | Wanda | 17 Oct 1915 | 04 Jan 1963 | 47 |
Vogelfanger-Barker | Henryk | 04 Oct 1904 | 06 Oct 1990 | 86 | |
129 | Wajs (Stepan) | Anna | 1908 | 08 Hune 1974 | 66 |
130 | Walawender | Feliks | 1914 | 05 Dec 1990 | 76 |
Walawender | Christine | 1913 | 21 Nov 1991 | 78 | |
131 | Wasinski | Franciszek | 04 Oct 1922 | 27 Oct 1999 | 77 |
Wasinski | Avis Doreen | 01 Apr 1916 | 27 Oct 2003 | 87 | |
132 | Weigt | Teodop | 13 Aug 1901 | 02 Oct 1986 | 85 |
Weigt | Leokadia | 15 Nov 1909 | 04 May 2001 | 91 | |
133 | Wierzbicki | Ignacy | 14 Jan 1900 | 06 Jun 1970 | 70 |
134 | Wiewiorka | Edward Jan | 19 Oct 1900 | 18 Mar 1975 | 74 |
Wiewiorka | Helena | 07 Sept 1907 | 24 Mar 1990 | 82 | |
135 | Witkowska (Omulecka) | Teofila | 04 Apr 1901 | 30 Apr 1962 | 61 (body sent to Poland) |
136 | Wojcik | Wladyslaw | 1898 | 25 May 1979 | 81 |
137 | Wolniakowski | Waclaw | 1910 | 21 Nov 1972 | 62 |
138 | Zambrzycka | Helena | 18 Aug 1874 | 14 Ju; 1958 | 83 |
139 | Zeliszczak | Franciszek | 1923 | 15 Nov 2007 | 84 |
140 | Zimajer-Rapacka | Helena Emilia | 23 Mar 1869 | 31 Jan 1964 | 94 |
141 | Zolotenko | Maria | 1886 | 20 Mar 1962 | 76 |
142 | Zuchelkowski | Jozef | 1925 | 23 Aug 1970 | 45 |
143 | Zulinski | Jozef | 17 Dec 1906 | 08 Jun 1966 | 59 |