I need some help. I am trying to find the military records of a relative who fought with the Free Polish forces. So far I have drawn a blank in all the usual places. Is there somewhere specific to go for records on the Free Polish Forces?
Would be useful to the forum if you could identify 'usual places' as everybody has different interpretations to 'usual'.
I have tried: Military Records online Search WW2 Records Find my Past Imperial War Museum Ancestry .co UK Military Archives Rootsweb.Ancestry Polishgeno.com Central Military Archives Warsaw and, National Archives.
trooper1854, I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for, but it might be a place to start: Poland In Exile
I have tried: Military Records online Search WW2 Records Find my Past Imperial War Museum Ancestry .co UK Military Archives Rootsweb.Ancestry Polishgeno.com Central Military Archives Warsaw and, National Archives. How about:- Polish Records. Royal Navy and Army: Polish Correspondence Section Room 28B RAF Northolt West end Road Ruislip Middlesex HA4 6NG Email: polishasstdisoff@northolt.raf.mod.uk Email: polishdisoff@northolt.raf.mod.uk
Hi Trooper 1854 I'm also on a very similar mission and while searching the web your/this page came up. I found this on the British Legion site: ...Polish Records are now at RAF Northolt Tel: 020 8833 8603 That will be my next port of call. Hope this helps
Try The Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum, London at http://www.pism.co.uk/archive/archive-documents.html Roy
Anyone know which dept one has to apply to, in order to obtain the service record for a army serviceman in the Polish Army ? Very briefly, whilst at a friends pig-roast, (Sunday) I was asked by a young polish girl (33) who's grandfather escaped from a Siberian prison camp and spent days on the run avoiding re-capture.He ended up joining the Polish army and was sent to Italy, Monte Cassino. She showed me some photos of him on her mobile phone and promised to email them to me.I haven't received them yet. One photo was very interesting,it showed him stood with five other soldiers and behind them in the back ground was Cassino Monastery with smoke bellowing out.Zooming in on this you could make out aircraft bombing the Monastery.(I don't have dates,times,names etc at the moment.) Graham.
For MOD Polish records, please contact: Margaret Goddard or Barbara Kroll APC Polish Enquiries Building 60 RAF Northolt, West End Road Ruislip, Middlesex HA4 6NG Phone: 0044 (0) 208 833 8603 Email: NOR-PolishDiscOfficeATmod.uk The above ladies were very helpful, you should try phoning.
Graham. Send the young Polish lady my way if she would like to visit Cassino at some point and understand exactly what her grandfather was involved in. I would be surprised if her photo had bombers in the background. The monastery was bombed on 15 Feb 44 and Cassino town on 15 Mar 44 and II (PO) Corps did not arrive there until Apr 44. I would love to see that photo. Regards Frank
Hi Frank, Trust your recent trip to Monte Cassino went well.(thanks for the headstone photo of Jim Layton) first time I have seen it. ref the photo, As soon as I get it, I will with her permission upload it here and any more that I think would be of interest. regards..........Graham. ( noted threads have merged.)