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.
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1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade
{Beneath the Polish coat of arms and beside the emblem of the Polish undergro...
William Henry Richter was born on 4 February 1898, the son of Joseph Richter (1863-1937) and Alice Richter née Griffin (1864-1923). His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1898 in the Maryle...
Frederick Alfred Johnson was the eldest of at least eight children of Alfred Stoving Johnson (1874-1953) and Mercy Johnson née Harmer (1875-1950). His birth was registered in the 4th quarter of 189...
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
Private George Arthur Down was born on 8 June 1884 in Putney. He was the eldest of the six children of William Down (1859-1943) and Emily Elizabeth Down née Hunter (1859-1947). His father was a boo...
Brother to Laurance Grant and William Alexander. From Ali-Berko: "Norman Cairns Robertson .... joined the Inns of Court Officers Training Corps in 1914 and was commissioned Captain in the 2nd. Bat...
Councillor and member of Housing Committee, Parmiter Street, 1926. Councillor and on the Bethnal Green Baths Committee in 1926. Probably married to Rebecca.
But he did not live in the building here today, he lived in Furnival's Inn.
Entertainment business executive. Born Jeffrey Sonny Krugerkoff. He founded the Flamingo Club in London's West End. Died in Miami, Florida.
US-based global financial brokerage firm. Wikipedia says "At the time of the September 11 attacks in the United States in 2001, the corporation held offices on eight floors of the North Tower of t...
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