Polish Navy in Exile

[Slaw]

Great items

Drozdowski Stanisław 18.02.1911 - 22.01.1978 .
Doctor .
In Polish Navy 1941 .
- 27.06.1941-16.06.1942 -- O.R.P " Kujawiak ' (sunk)
- 27.07.1942-07.11.1942 ---O.R.P "Slazak"
- 15.01.1943-01.12 .1943 ---O.R.P"Dragon"
---?????????????????1944----O.R.P "Błyskawica "
1945 -Naval school (doctor)

officer
1.01.1937 (ppor.rezerwy ,lekarz)
lieutenant ( por.mar .rezerwy)-3.05.1942
captain (kapitan .mar.rez.)----3.05.1945

[Slaw]

Few items from my collection .

O.R.P "GARLAND"

Certificate of Crossing the Line Equator 11.02.1944

Convoy from Freetown to Georgetown ,Ascension Island with HMS "Malcolm"

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and a photo from that day

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O.R.P "Grom "

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and next

O.R.P. "Dragon"

Christmas menu -24.12.1943



and

Christmas wishes 1943/44





Slaw

[andrzejku98]

Hello Everyone,

A Few photographs from the Polish Naval Museum in Gdynia





Ppor mar. Cap



Polish Naval Cap Badges during WW2



Awards of Por. mar. Zygmunt Wagner and Kmdr. ppor Romulad Nałęcz-Tymiński VM Nr : 8588



Kmdr. ppor. Romulad Nałęcz-Tymiński, during WW2



Romulad Nałęcz-Tymiński in later life wearing his miniature medals.



VM Legitymacja Nr : 2785 awarded to Sierz. later Kmdr. Franciszek Seweryn Pióro, Born 8th January 1897, Died 11th September 2002



Service Book belonging to Jan Czarnota.



Miniature Awards of Kmdr. por. Borys Karnicki VM Nr : 9314, Born 25th September 1907, Died 15th February 1985.



Borys Karnicki in 1941.

Best wishes

Andrzej

[TMZ]

Awards of Por. mar. Zygmunt Wagner and Kmdr. ppor Romulad Nałęcz-Tymiński VM Nr : 8588

Includes MBE and DSC as British awards (leftmost of the nearest set).

Miniature Awards of Kmdr. por. Borys Karnicki VM Nr : 9314, Born 25th September 1907, Died 15th February 1985.

Includes DSO (top left).

[DKNYC71]

Here is an interesting little group found by an antique picker last year out of a house. Unfortunately he did not bother to find out any history or background on the items and simply purchased it along with the house contents of old furnishings and other antiques. The navy officers cap badge is till attached to the mohair band and the small single star that would have been on the cap's chinstrap is present. The cuff rank braid along with the ribbons was also removed from a reefer tunic. Not sure how the Army beret patch got there, but it was with this insignia along with navy buttons. This must have all been saved for memory and posterity. If these items could only talk.....

[delimata]

Dear Fellows,

I have managed to get some more documents on this Polish Ships Doctor who served on ORP Kujawiak, Slazak and Byskawica. I have managed to get some navy messages which would have been sent back to HQ. The are lists of people who were killed or injured but its difficult to find out on which ship or context they were involved with. Perhaps someone with an historical expertise in the Polish Navy can read the messages and enlighten me more!!

[andrzejku98]

Hello delimata,

Many thanks for your post :

I have only been able to find the following for you :

1) St.Mar. Józef Andrzejewski, Born 20th January 1922, Wannes (Germany) died 19th August 1942, buried in Portsmouth Harslar Cemetery, Grave Nr: Plot. B, Line 5, Grave 5 served on the : O.R.P. "Slazak"



2) Mar. George Glowski, Born 10th December 1923, Detroit, Michigan, died 19th August 1942, Buried in Portsmouth Haslar Line Cemetery, Grave Plot, B, Line 5, Grave 4, served on the : O.R.P. "Slazak".



Notice that the CWGC has the year 1943 has the date of death.



Wounded Canadians being carried off the ORP Slazak, 19th August 1942 after the Dieppe Raid

That was all that I was able to find for you.

Best wishes

Andrzej