Monte Cassino cross

[andrzejku98]

Hello Everyone,

Another Monte Cassino Cross Group for sale on Ebay,







Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 35329 when awarded the Recipients details were as follows :

Rank : Bomb.

Surname : Latwiel

Christian Name : Antoni

Date of Birth : 1915

Army Number : 1915-24-III

Unit : 7PAPpanc.

Monte Cassino Cross : 35329

After the end of the war in Europe he came to the UK with his Regiment and after being demobbed he settled down to civilian life in Nottingham, where in 1955 he married Mavis Tennant, his death was registered in Derby in 1975.

Link to the auction page is below, just click the link :

Poland. Polish Monte Cassino medal group to Latwiel. | eBay

Best wishes

Andrzej

[conrado]

Hello Andrzej,

I would kindly ask you on behalf of the person who are looking for the info regarding her relative. The person states that he was took part in the Battle of Monte Cassino.

Henryk Michalak, born in Niedźwiadka, son of Franciszka and Szczepan Michalak. After the war he did not return home and did not give any sign of his life.

Thank you in advance, Andrzej.

Regards
Konrad

[andrzejku98]

Hello Konrad,

Many thanks for your post, I have searched through the Register and have found 2 Henryk's both born in 1909

1) Plut. Henryk Michalak, Born 1909, Army Number : 1909-190-III, Unit : 10BSK, Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 39297

2) Sierz. Henryk Michalak, Born 1909, Army Number : 1909-136-III, Unit : P4Panc., Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 29348

I have searched the following websites also :

1) Polish Army Records

2) Index of victims of soviet repression

3) Ancestry

All with out finding a trace of him, there was only 1 Michalak killed during the Italian Campaign and that was Tadeusz Michalak.

The only way of finding out what happened to him would be for his relative to contact the British Ministry of Defence Records Section and see if they have him listed, before they pay for the service.

That is all that I can offer you Konrad.

Best wishes

Andrzej

[andrzejku98]

Hello Everyone,

2 items for sale in the next DNW sale :



Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 47115

When awarded the Recipients details were as follows :

Rank : Kapral

Surname : Zalewski

Christian Name : Wawrzyniec

Date of Birth : 1915

Fathers Name : Teofil

Army Number : 1915-102-III

Unit : 35 Kompania Warsztatowa (35th Workshop Company)

After the end of the war in Europe he came to the UK with his Company and in 1950 married Stefania Wosinska in Litchfield, Staffordshire, Wawrzyniec Zalewski died in Nottingham in 1962.

The 2nd second item is a Group of 12 Medals as shown below :



Included in the Group is the Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 42746 when awarded the Recipients details were as follows :

Rank : Pplk.apt.mgr.

Surname : Jelonek

Christian Name : Walery

Date of Birth : 21st August 1892

Army Number : 1892-43-III

Unit : 3rd Military Hospital

The Group is made up of the following :

Polish

1) Gold Cross of Merit

2) Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 42746

3) PCK Cross

4) 1918-1921 War Commemorative Medal

5) 10th Anniversary of Independence Medal

6) 10 Years Long Service Medal

7) 20 Years Long Service Medal

British

8) 1939-1945 Star

9) Africa Star

10) Italy Star

11) 1939-1945 War Medal

12) 1939-1945 Defence Medal

Best of luck if bidding on either of these items

Best wishes

Andrzej

[tomasz66]

dear Andrzejku!
another soldier decorated with the MCC?

ps. did Zygmunt Nowakowski from the post #4331 have MCC?
Greetings Tomek

[andrzejku98]

Hello Tomek,

Many thanks for your post, with regards to Adam Zygmunt Ochnio when awarded the Monte Cassino Cross his details were as follows :

Rank : Plut. Pchor.

Surname : Ochnio

Christian Names : Adam Zygmunt

Date of Birth : 1911

Army Number : 1911-3-III

Unit : KGL1BSK

Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 9758

Prior to his service in 3DSK he was a Strz. Infantry in Tobruk, by the end of the war he was a Podporucznik with the KW



Adam Zygmunt Ochnio photograph in civilian attire



Ppor. Adam Zygmunt Ochnio KGL1BSK 1945.

With regards to Zygmunt Nowakowski although he served in 3DSK he did not receive the Monte Cassino Cross.

Best wishes

Andrzej

[colinc]

Hello again andzrej, I have dog tags to Alexander prokopwicz a. p. 1906 53 111,I have box of issue says Witley camp, British award doc ,and a note saying he can't have British war medal as he has polish war medal,he died Sheffield 1980,did he have a Cassini cross ?

[andrzejku98]

Hello Colin,

Many thanks for your post numbered 4338, I have looked through the Register without finding any listing for Aleksander Prokopowicz, 1906-53-III, so either joined after Monte Cassino or later on.

I was able to find the following for you from the index of victims of soviet repression :



So in 1939 either a Regular or Reservist in the Polish Army, Fathers Name : Piotr

The only other bit of information that I was able to find was his Marriage to Annie Hart in Sheffield in 1968.

Best wishes

Andrzej

[colinc]

Many thanks again andrzej.

[andrzejku98]

Hello Everyone,

Another Face of a Recipient of the Monte Cassino Cross :



Ppor. Jan Macherski

When awarded the Monte Cassino Cross his details were as follows :

Rank : Ppor.

Surname : Macherski

Christian Name : Jan

Fathers Name : Jan

Date of Birth : 1st April 1902

Army Number : 1902-156-III

Unit : 344 Polowa Składnica Sanitarna (344th Medical Supply Depot)

Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 43498



Details of his arrest by the soviets in 1939 and his release in 1941

Best wishes

Andrzej