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POLONICA IN SCOTLAND |
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A REGISTER OF POLONICA OF THE PHYSICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF THE POLISH PRESENCE IN SCOTLAND – 19th CENTURY, SECOND WORLD WAR, 20th AND 21st CENTURIES
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WORLD WAR TWO (WW2) 19C, 20C and 21C |
POLONICA - MEMORIALS, TABLEAUX, PLAQUES - PLACES OF INTEREST ETC. IN SCOTLAND |
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The register is arranged alphabetically from A to Z. A number in parenthesis indicates the number of items that can be found within the location. |
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Aberdeen (WW2) Religious picture St Joseph’s Catholic Church |
Alyth (WW2) (2) (1) Stone Plaque – 3rd Armd Regt; (2) Religious artefact in style of wayside shrine. Scots memories of the Poles. |
Arbroath (WW2) (1) Memorial Stone 12th Fd Amb/4th Inf Div, plus Scottish-Polish links, An Outline of the Polish Army In Arbroath 1940-1946 |
Arbroath (WW2) (2) (ext link) |
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Banff (WW2) Duff House and Polish Army (ext link) |
Biggar (WW2) (several) Polish Army |
Elphinstone Hotel 20C (ext link) |
Blairgowrie (WW2) Marble Plaque, Town Hall, Brown St. (ext link) |
Brechin (WW2) |
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Carfin (20C) (1 & 2) Two memorials (ext link- scroll down to view images) |
Carnoustie (WW2) 10th Engr Coy -Candle stick holder at St. Anne’s RC Church |
Carstairs (WW2) (1) |
Clydebank 20C (ext link) |
Coatbridge (WW2) 1st Fd Regt |
Coupar Angus (WW2) 1st Med Arty Regt |
Cowdenbeath (WW2) Religious picture |
Cromarty 24th Silesian Inf Bn (WW2) Polish plaques on bridge piers (both ext links) |
Cupar (WW2) |
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Dalkeith (WW2) (1) |
Dalmeny (WW2) (1) (both ext links) |
Denny (WW2) (1) |
Douglas (WW2) (3) |
Dunblane, near. Keir House |
Dundee (WW2) Plaque (ext link) |
Duns (WW2) (1) Plaque |
Duns 20C (2) Memorial |
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Great Polish Map of Scotland (20C) ( 1 & 2) |
Edinburgh -Mt Vernon Catholic Cemetery (WW2) (See also 20C Polonica)(1) |
Edinburgh -Corstorphine Hill Cemetery (WW2) (See also 20C Polonica)(2) |
Edinburgh -University of Edinburgh (WW2) Plaque given by Polish Medical Faculty (41-49) to Univ Edinburgh (3) (ext link) See also Univ Edin (ext link) |
Edinburgh -Western General Hospital (WW2) Originally 3 plaques) (4,5 & 6) |
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Campaign for a Memorial to General Maczek 21C NEW March 2015 |
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Edinburgh, Calton Cemetery, A. Gregorowicz (19C) (8) (ext link, Polish language) |
Edinburgh, Warriston Cemetery, F. Janiewicz Composer and Violinist (19C) (9) (ext link, Polish language) |
Edinburgh, 84 Great King St, F. Janiewicz (10) |
Edinburgh, Warriston Cemetery, Count W. Krasiński (19C) (11) (ext link, Polish language) |
Edinburgh, 10 Warriston Crescent Plaque recalling Chopin’s stay in 1848 (20C) (12) (ext link) |
Edinburgh, Great King St (20C) |
Edinburgh, Princes St Gardens – Wojtek the Soldier Bear (21C) (ext link) |
Elie-Earlsferry, Fife (WW2) (1) 1943 (see also Leven 20C) |
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Falkirk |
Falkland Chapel Royal (WW2) (1) Religious icon from 3rd Para Bn |
Ferryden (2) (WW2) |
Fife Ness (WW2) |
Forfar 1 (WW2) Commemoration of Royal Couple’s Visit to Polish Troops in March 41 |
Forfar 2 (WW2) 10th Recce Gp/10 Armd Cav Bde Plaque (ext link) |
20C (1) (ext link) Also Balnageith 19 OTU (ext link) |
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Galashiels (WW2) (1) Stained glass windows |
Galashiels (WW2) (2) |
Galashiels (WW2) (3) Painting |
Galashiels (WW2) (4) Colours to 9th Flanders Rifle Battalion |
Glasgow (Colours to 9th Lancers) (WW2) (1) |
Glasgow, Necropolis, Lt J Gomoszyński Memorial (2) (ext link) See also edinburgh.com.pl (19C) (ext link) |
Glasgow (WW2) (3) Portrait of F. Chopin. A. Wasilewski |
Glasgow (20C) (4) Polish House named after General Sikorski Marble plaque General W. Sikorski |
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Glasgow (20C) (5) Polish House named after General Sikorski Katyn metal plaque on the wall (ext link) |
Glasgow (20C)(6,7 & 8) Polish Catholic Mission in Scotland (ext link) (ext link) Glasgow, Kaplica-Izba Jezusa Miłosiernego (ext link) |
Grangemouth see 20C Polonica |
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Haddington (WW2) (1) Marble Plaque |
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Innerleithen (WW2) (1) St James's RC Church: Icon of Our Lady of Częstochowa |
Invergordon (WW2) (1) Polish Army, 25th Pomeranian Infantry Battalion (ext link) |
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Johnstone (WW2) (1) |
Johnstone (see 20C Polonica)(2) |
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Kelso (WW2) (1) 3rd Armd Regt (ext link) [see also Roxburgh Castle] |
Kincardine, Tulliallan (WW2) (several) |
Kincardine, Tulliallan 20C |
Kingskettle, Fife (WW2) (1) Memorial Plaque 1st Wksps Coy (1 kp warszt) 1943 |
Kinross (WW2) (1) Tank Trg Centre 1944 (ext link) |
SPK Branch, Katyn Memorial (20C) (1) (ext link) |
Kirriemuir (WW2) (1) Polish Army 1940-41 (ext link) |
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Ladybank (WW2) (1) |
Leven 20C (1) Memorial Pillar to Scottish-Polish Friendship remembering 1st Indep Para Bde (ext link) |
Leven 21C (2) |
Linlithgow (WW2) (1) 1 MAC Religious artefact (ext link) |
Lossiemouth (WW2) (1) |
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Moffat (WW2) |
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Newburgh (WW2) (1) Illuminated Address 11.2.43 |
Newport (WW2) (1) Obraz Matki Boskiej Zwycięskiej 9.11.41 II/1pal |
Newtyle, near (WW2) (1) Polish Priest’s Cross |
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Ormiston (WW2) (1) Monument in the form of a Cairn (10th Supply Company) |
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Peebles (WW2)(1) St Joseph’s RC Church, Plaque/Chalice |
Peebles Memorial and Tribute (2) (20C) |
Perth (WW2) (1) St John’s, Sanctuary Lamp, presented by 1st Corps Recce Gp |
Perth (WW2) (2, 3) Metal plaque, and Trumpet Banners to 1st Corps Recce Regt |
Polmont (WW2) (1) Wayside Shrine; From I Corps MT Unit |
(Polish Navy) (1) (WW2 & 20C) |
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Renfrew, St James's RC Church (WW2) Religious item (2) |
Roxburgh Castle (site of) near Kelso, (WW2) Polish Memorial. |
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Scone (WW2) (1) |
St Andrews, Fife (WW2) (1) Mosaic (ext link) |
St Andrews University, Fife (WW2) (2) |
20C (3) Bust of General Sikorski (ext link) |
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Tentsmuir (WW2) Defences (ext link) |
Near Thankerton, Eastend House (WW2) (1) |
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MUSEUMS |
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Imperial War Museum London - holds a large collection of photos relating to the Polish Forces as well as the plight of civilians evacuated from the Soviet Union to Persia. There is also a moving film collection as well as a sound archive, the latter featuring many Poles talking of their experiences. The sound files can be listened to online, using your PC or tablet. |
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Information about additions or corrections to this Register are welcomed by email to: robert@ostrycharz.free-online.co.uk |
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PolonicaWW2.htm |
© Copyright R M Ostrycharz 2013 |
Last Modified 22 December 2015 |
