A tribute on the day of his funeral Zbyszek has always been part of my life – he was my father’s best friend, best man at both his weddings, his adviser and supporter, and my Godfather. This was a role he took extremely seriously, never forgetting to sign himself off to me with this title. […]Read Post ›
BRITAIN AT WAR READERS’ MEMORIES 2:14PM BST 21 Oct 2008 Britain at War: Surrendering Germans In July 1944 in a battle near Loretto my battery (25 pounders) was supporting the 7th Hussars in crossing the river Musone. As an artillery observer in a White Scout car we were moving towards the river under […]Read Post ›
My father died on the 23rd November This is what I said at his funeral. It gives a tiny flavour of what he was like…. 96 years old and he was still my Tatus. My first memories of him are when he was in his late thirties and I was about three or four. […]Read Post ›
This is the second article that Jacek wrote for The Polish Daily about the symbolism of the Armed Forces Memorial placed in the National Memorial Arboretum It’s no longer the rough brown clay, but white plaster of Paris in which the figures are petrified on the memorial of the Polish Armed Forces. Now in the […]Read Post ›
Life Through Basia's Eyes 