A brigade under the command of Major General Stanislaw Sosabowski, created in Scotland, with the exclusive mission to drop into occupied Poland in order to help liberate the country. The British government, however, pressurised the Poles into allowing the unit to be used in the western theatre of war, which eventually saw it being sent into action in support of the British 1st Airborne Division at the Battle of Arnhem in 1944.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
{Beneath the Polish coat of arms and beside the emblem of the Polish undergro...
Member of the staff of A. W. Gamage Ltd and/or Benetfink & Co. Ltd. Killed in WW1.
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Royal Engineer killed by an exploding bomb while assisting in the attempt to disarm it. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man: Lieutenant Richard James was born about 1900,...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
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