Register of Polish War Graves in Inverness-shire, Lanarkshire, Morayshire and Peebles-shire |
Columns 1, 3, 4 and 5 of this register entry reflect the information inscribed on the memorial by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.Col 2: First name(s), derived from Polish sources. Col 6: Additional information Date of birth stated in d.m.y. format, Place of birth, (Dist.- District, Prov.-Province),Surname if different to the memorial,Differences in the inscription on the CWGC memorial of the unit last served in, surname etc.,Rank derived from Polish sources, Other miscellaneous information. |
INVERNESS-SHIRE |
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Five cemeteries in Inverness-shire contain in total 14 Polish war graves. The cemeteries are- |
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Carrbridge Cemetery |
Cille Choirill Graveyard near Roybridge, Glen Spean |
Tomnahurich Cemetery Inverness |
Petty Parish Churchyard,Petty |
Portree, Stronuirnish Cemetery |
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The village of Carrbridge lies north of Aviemore and the cemetery can be reached by a footpath off Station Road. The cemetery lies a little to the east of the railway station. |
The cemetery is located high on a hill, off the A86 near Roybridge in Glen Spean. |
This large cemetery is located at Glenurquhart Road on the A82 to Fort Augustus. |
This cemetery lies off the A96 near the southern shore of the Moray Firth and is close to Castle Stuart about 5 miles north-east of Inverness. |
The cemetery is situated on Skye on the western shore of Loch Portree.
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Carrbridge Cemetery |
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Rank and Name |
First Name(s) |
Unit |
Died |
Age |
Date of Birth and Place, Supplementary information |
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(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
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(5) |
(6) |
kan K Gruszecki |
Antoni |
10 pac |
28.8.47 |
24 |
29.8.1922, Łobaczówka, Horochów Dist., Wołyń Prov. |
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Cille Choirill Graveyard |
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2/Lt Stanisław Zakrzewski |
Stanisław Jerzy |
26 pozn batl piech |
17.2.47 |
(35) |
10.3.1910, maj. Tymienica, Łęczyca Dist., Łódź Prov.Whilst the private memorial stone indicates the 26th Poznań Infantry Battalion, the CWGC register indicates he was commissioned into the Polish Resettlement Corps. The lieutenant was a technical officer in the battalion. A Polish source records that he died at Achnacarry Camp, Spean Bridge. He was single. His father was Izydor Zakrzewski of Marynki, Poświętne, Wysoko Maz. District. His mother’s maiden name was Jadwiga Sousfeld.The grave of this Polish officer is located in a breathtaking position overlooking the hills and Glen Spean. There is a magnificent private memorial to this officer which unfortunately is badly weathered. As a private memorial it is not in the care of the Commission. |
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Tomnahurich Cemetery |
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st szer W Bartnik |
Witold |
2 AGS |
5.5.43 |
23 |
5.9.1919, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. szer-Sgt Witold (Vete Chester) |
plt F Legarski |
Franciszek |
2 AGS |
21.12.42 |
27 |
25.12.1914, Detroit, USA |
kpt E Metler |
Edward |
2 AGS |
12.4.43 |
37 |
1.3.1906, Warzsawa |
st sierż I Szczegóra |
Ignacy |
2 AGS |
16.6.43 |
43 |
1.2.1900 (or born 1.11.1900), Ochla, Poznań Prov. |
kpl J Świderski |
Józef Stanisław |
2 AGS |
16.3.43 |
24 |
14.1.1919, Koźmin, Poznań Dist. |
ppor W J Traugutt |
Wiesław Jan |
2 AGS |
23.4.42 |
24 |
27.3.1918, (place not known) |
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plt H L Barszczewski |
Ludwik Henryk |
2 AGS |
27.3.44 |
20 |
22.9.1923, Warszawa |
kpl J A Jeżowicz |
Józef Antoni |
2 AGS |
25.10.41 |
29 |
17.2.1914, place not known, kpl pil |
st szer J Kulik |
Józef |
2 AGS |
9.12.41 |
24 |
21.5.1917, place not known, st szer pil |
kpl Z Paprocki |
Zbigniew |
2 AGS |
4.6.44 |
27 |
9.5.1917, Dzików, Tarnobrzeg Dist. |
kpl M S Świderski |
Mieczysław Stanisław |
2 AGS |
11.11.44 |
28 |
17.8.1916, Żelery, Grajewo Dist. |
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Portree, Stronuirnish Cemetery |
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mar P Gadomski |
(Piotr) |
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17.7.45 |
(33) |
No further information. No trace of this casualty in the 1952 Polish list nor in the records of other Polish sources.
The death certificate indicates that he was killed in a climbing fall in the Cuillin Mountains on Skye. Other information indicates that he was an aeronautical engineer. He lived in London - in Mill Hill. No trace could be found of him in the Polish Navy or Polish Air Force.
A notice of Piotr Gadomski’s death was placed in the 31st July 1945 edition of Dziennik Polski by his friends. His age was given as 33. His occupation as technik lotniczy-konstruktor. A service was planned in London at the Polish Church in Devonia Road on 4th August. [Information about the Dziennik Polski obituary from Michael Olizar] |
LANARKSHIRE |
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Six cemeteries in Lanarkshire contain in total 12 Polish war graves. The cemeteries are- |
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Motherwell, Airbles Burial Ground
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Bellshill, Bothwell Park Cemetery |
Cambuslang, Westburn Cemetery
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Douglas, Gateside Cemetery |
Lanark, St Mary's RC Cemetery
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Symington, St John’s Kirk Old Churchyard
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The cemetery is situated off Airbles Road in Motherwell and near the River Clyde.
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The cemetery is located off the New Edinburgh Road on the outskirts of Bellshill.
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The cemetery is reached by Westburn Road (off the A724) and then the Old Mill Road.
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The cemetery is located off the A70, south-west of Douglas.
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The cemetery is situated on the outskirts of Lanark along Hyndford Road (A73 to Biggar) and opposite Lanark Moor Country Park.
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The cemetery is located off the A72, near where it joins the A73 and close to the village of Symington.
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Motherwell, Airbles Burial Ground |
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kpl W Wietrowiec |
Włodzimierz |
11 pac |
6.2.48 |
41 |
22.6.1906, Nowiny, Dubno Dist. Buried in Service Section K2 Grave 65. Technically, as he died after 31st December 1947, the grave is not regarded by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission as a war grave, yet the design of the memorial follows the typical Polish design of headstone common to those who died before the end of 1947. He died at Ballochmyle Hospital, Mauchline in Ayrshire. (This hospital had a Polish section). Though unit given as 11 pac - an official source gives his usual address as a 'recalcitrant' camp in Banff. (These recalcitant camps, so named by the British, (Polish - opornych) housed men who did not want to enlist in the Polish Resettlement Corps nor return to Poland). |
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por W Paszkowski |
Włodzimierz |
KE Ofic |
14.1.45 |
48 |
14.11.1896?, Warszawa. inż. A private memorial beside the CWGC memorial indicates date of birth as 14.11.1898. He was buried in Section G Grave 533 P.R. When the grave was visited (over 10 years ago) there were the remains of a private memorial stone placed there by colleagues. He died as a result of a coronary embolism. He was living at No 39 The Loaning in Motherwell at the time of his death. |
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Bellshill, Bothwell Park Cemetery |
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szer P Bielen |
Piotr |
Ob Zb KU 1 |
12.3.46 |
38 |
10.3.1908, Niwiska, Kolbuszowa Dist., Lwów Prov. A Polish source records that after arriving in the UK (from the Soviet Union) in December 1942 on a hospital ship from the Middle East he was hospitalised and eventually discharged from the Polish Land Forces under British Command. He died in hospital of TB. |
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Cambuslang, Westburn Cemetery |
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pchor D Job |
Dominik |
O Zb KU 1 |
16.3.43 |
24 |
1.8.1918, Grybów, Nowy Sącz Dist. 2nd Officers Training Btl, I Polish Corps, sierż pchor. He was discharged from the Polish Land Forces on the grounds of ill health. |
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Douglas, Gateside Cemetery |
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Edward Małczęc |
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10 pułku strzelców konnych |
1940 |
(17) |
5.10.1922, Sosnowiec, died 22.8.40, strz Edward Małczęć. The memorial stone of this soldier is not of the Commission type, but a private memorial. No rank, age or exact date of death other than 1940 is inscribed on the headstone. Ś. P. EDWARD MAŁCZĘC ŻOŁNIERZ 10 PUŁKU STRZELCÓW KONNYCH ZGINAŁ W SŁUŻBIE DLA OJCZYZNY 1940. Beneath the Polish inscription is the following - Polish Soldier of 10th Regiment Mountain (sic) Rifles who died in the service of his country. 1940. |
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Lanark, St Mary's RC Cemetery |
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strz S Kosmała |
Stanisław |
7 p piech |
10.7.40 |
23 |
9.8.1916, Olganów, Stopnica Dist., Ob WP Douglas. The 7 Inf Regt was a component of the 3 Inf Div formed in France. |
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Symington, St John’s Kirk Old Churchyard |
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bom E Jakubowski |
Edward |
1 dyon art mot |
29.10.40 |
28 |
12.10.1912, Kurów, Lublin Dist., st strz |
kpl J Lassota |
Jan |
Szt Gł |
30.8.40 |
37 |
24.6.1903, Warszawa. oddz II sztabu |
mjr M J Ruciński |
Marian Józef |
dtwo I Korp |
13.10.40 |
48 |
14.3.1892, Sosnowiec. dow Obw Wojsk w Szkoc |
bom W Saltarski |
Władysław |
CW Art |
20.7.40 |
38 |
2.2.1902, Szczytniki-Chorków, Pińczów Dist. |
kpt L Szareyko |
Leopold |
Szt Gł |
19.11.40 |
39 |
2.7.1901, Wołkowysk, Białystok Prov. oddz V NW |
pchor W Szyszczyński |
Wacław |
2 baon strz |
5.10.40 |
34 |
30.9.1906, Warszawa. sierż-pchor |
MORAYSHIRE |
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One cemetery in Morayshire contains 1 Polish war graves. The cemetery is- |
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Lossiemouth, Drainie |
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The cemetery is located south of Lossiemouth along the Inchbroom Road (B9103. |
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Lossiemouth, Drainie |
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mjr T S Halewski |
Tadeusz |
46 MU |
7.11.42 |
44 |
8.5.1898, Delatyn, Nadwórna Dist., Stanisławów Prov., mjr pil dr. The RAF’s 46th Maintenance Unit (46 MU) was based at Lossiemouth. |
Peebles Cemetery |
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The cemetery is situated in the western part of the town off the A72 to Glasgow. |
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Peebles Cemetery |
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ppor B Bujnowski |
Bernard |
KE Ofic |
8.10.40 |
41 |
20.8.1899, Hajsyn, Ukraine. Obóz ofic |
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szer A Czub |
Antoni |
7 p piech |
17.7.40 |
39 |
21.5.1901, Stopnica. strz |
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mjr R A Neyman |
Roman Antoni |
CW Sap |
14.10.40 |
45 |
27.4.1895, Bahwa, Wołyń. Ob Of Innerleithen |
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asp lek wet J Sławiński |
Jerzy |
1 Korp |
26.8.40 |
32 |
10.7.1908, Perm, Russia. Zgrupow oficerów, asp. |
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strz W Wojciechowski |
Władysław |
10 psk |
13.11.43 |
26 |
12.11.1917, Hucisko, Bóbrka Dist., Lwów Prov. |
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