Hello Everyone,
I came across the following items being sold on Ebay.uk,
The Monte Cassino Cross Numbered 32186 when awarded the Recipients details were as follows :
Rank : Strz.
Surname : Łuc
Christian Name : Czesław
Date of Birth : 1925
Army Number : 1925-20-III
Unit : 9 Wysunięty Szwadron Dostawy Czołgów (9th Forward Tank Replacement Squadron)
Monte Cassino Cross numbered : 32186
It was after the Battle of Monte Cassino that he transferred to the 4th Armoured Regiment and became a Panc. serving in the 3rd Squadron of the Regiment, by the end of the war in Europe, he had been awarded the Cross of Valour.
Panc.Czesław Łuc came to the UK with his Regiment and after being demobbed from the Polish Resettlement Corps settled down to civilian life in a foreign land.
In 1951 he married Brenda Robbins in Sheffield.
In 1972 he applied for and was granted British Citizenship London Gazette entry in the 2nd May 1972 issue number : 45662, Page 5238.
London Gazette entry for Czesław Łuc.
No doubt the British Miniature medals belonged to his wife's father.
Czesław Łuc died in 2006 in Sheffield.
Best wishes
Andrzej
p.s. link to the auction page is below, just click on the link.
WW2 Military Medals, Pins, Coins, Money - Polish Armoured Military | eBay
p.p.s. It now stands at £1.120.00p after less than 24 hours still 9 days to go.
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