Andrzej one more request please ; Piotr Ananicz. Could you check please on Him ? II Corps late arrival I think. Thanks.
Andrzej one more request please ; Piotr Ananicz. Could you check please on Him ? II Corps late arrival I think. Thanks.
Hello Krakow1,
Many thanks for your post, when awarded the Monte Cassino Cross his details were as follows :
Rank : Kan. (Gunner/Artilleryman)
Surname : Ananicz
Christian Name : Piotr
Date of Birth : 5th January 1919
Army Number : 1919-23-III
Unit : 8PAPLotCie.
Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 36610
The Regimental History adds the following information :
British 1939-1945 Star & Italy Star Award Legitymacja Numbered : 57
Medal Wojsko Legitymacja Numbered : 278
2nd Corps Badge and Legit only 2 Numbers Recorded : 74
He worked down the Mines in Wales married Ann on the 1st April 1950 and had a large family 3 Sons and 2 Daughters.
Hope it helps.
Best wishes
Andrzej
many thanks andzrej. i had no clue this man was at tobruk.
Hello Everyone,
Easter Greetings to you all :
Easter Greetings from Rome 1946
Best wishes
Andrzej
Hello Everyone,
Some more Recipients of the Monte Cassino Cross who stayed in Italy and are buried in the Polish War Cemetery at Loreto :
Strz. Bronisław Sawicki, Bon 14th December 1923, Army Number : 1923-20-III, Unit : 3KBłącz., Date of Death : 6th July 1944, Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 12023 (rank when awarded : Szer.
Kan. Stanisław Sawicki, Born 11th November 1911, Army Number : 1911-99-III, Unit : 7PAPpanc., Date of Death : 5th August 1944, Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 35655
Strz. Stefan Sejdman, Born 8th February 1920, Army Number : 1920-353-III, Unit : 2BSK, Date of Death : 5th July 1944, Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 12543
Ppor. Franciszek Sieradzki, Born 27th April/May 1913, Army Number : 1913-67-III, Unit : 1BSK, Date of Death : 21st June 1944, Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 1895, also awarded the KW.
Kpr. Tadeusz Sieczko, Born 3rd January 1916, Army Number : 1916-236-III, Unit : 16BS, Date of Death : 19th August 1944, Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 18308
Strz. Edward Sikora, Born 24th September 1919, Army Number : 1919-183-III, Unit : 3BSK, Date of Death : 17th August 1944, Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 12627.
Best wishes
Andrzej
Last edited by andrzejku98; 04-04-2021 at 05:27 PM.
Hello Everyone,
A few more Recipients of the Monte Cassino Cross who stayed in Italy and are buried in the Polish War Cemetery at Loreto :
Ulan Franciszek Sikora, Born 24th December 1920, Army Number : 1920-114-III, Unit 15PULP, Date of Death : 17th July 1944, Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 28928 awarded when in KG2BP
Por. Marian Mieczysław Sikorski, Born 9th April 1916, Army Number : Not listed, Unit : 7PAK, Date of Death : 6th July 1944, Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 32401
Strz. Aleksander Siłko, Born 10th September 1908, Army Number : 1908-107-III, Unit : KGL3DSK, Date of Death : 6th July 1944, Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 11227 also awarded KW
Por. Stanisław Sinkiewicz, Born 21st November 1906, Army Number : 1906-200-III, Unit 13BS, Date of Death : 7th July 1944, Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 15494
Kpr. Paweł Śitek, Born 17th March 1908, Army Number : 1908-54-III, Unit : 10BSK, Date of Death : 21st August 1944, Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 39466
Ulan Stefan Siudem, Born 19th April 1921, Army Number : 1921-158-III, Unit : 15PULP, Date of Death : 8th July 1944, Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 24257
St.Sierz. Antoni Skowroński, Born 6th January 1903, Army Number : 1903-161-III, Unit : 3BSK, Date of Death : 9th August 1944, Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 12625, also awarded the Virtuti Militari Legitymacja Numbered : 10735
Strz. Stanisław Skrzeczyński, Born 19th August 1907, Army Number : 1907-49-III, Unit : 18BS, Date of Death : 21st August 1944, Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 28271 awarded whilst serving in 16KZaop.
That is all for now, more to follow,
Best wishes
Andrzej
Hello Everyone,
Monte Cassino Cross Numbered 17179 currently auctioned on allegro:
St. sierż. Stanisław Kostrzewa, Unit: 15 Wileński Batalion Strzelców "Wilków", 5 KDP
Monte Cassino cross
Regards
Konrad
Leon Gronkowski 1923/18
Hello there Dear Andrzej!
Kindly ask You again to provide some information
about MCC number of:
Leon Gronkowski
born: 1923 in Bialystok
In 1939 attended the Jan Pilsudski Gymnasium
army #:1923/18
military rank: kapral
military unit: 3 K.P.A.PL (most of all 3 dywizjon 7 baonu)
deported to Sibiryja with family: on 13 of April 1940
awarded by: KW, MCC, 1939-45 Star, Italy Star, DM
Some days ago I have found his granddaughter's post on Facebook, whose name is Nicola McCarty (Gronkowski).
Wrote her that the man from the PISM photos (Marche collection) are very similar with her grandfather.
(third from the left)
(fourth from the left)
She kindly provided me her family photos for observe. There I have found the man which are very similar to my great grandfather:
Also the men who stands from the both sides of Leon Gronkowski on the Nicola's photo same way can be found on the group photo of my great grandfather from the Monte Calvario memorial:
Attach some additional photos for your observe:
(student in Bialystok)
Leon Gronkowski died on 2013. He was a week off his 90th birthday.
This photo made before he left this world.
God bless his soul.
P.s.
Leave here his report from the Wladyslaw Anders Collection (Hoover institute, California):
Leon GRONKOWSKI, pupil (student)
From September 1939 I lived in Bialystok. The Red Army entered Bialystok on October 19, 1939 after the withdrawal of German troops. Entering, they created the Civil Guard, which was soon replaced by Milicija (Милиция - police now a days) from the Russian element. During the war, I attended the Jan Pilsudski Gymnasium. The Reds quickly became interested in us, organized rallies, each teacher had to justify the absence of students in class. They wanted to conquer us by promising a great future in Soviet Russia if we follow their slogans and goals. The teachers and professors remained the same, only the director was a political instructor, whose name I do not remember.
On November 11, 1939, as a result of numerous absences of scientists and Slavonian, who were ordered by the Soviet leadership to visit the memorial military cemetery, where students from all Polish schools laid a wreath at the tomb of the "Unknown Soldier", numerous arrests were made. Five senior classmates were taken to the depths of Russia. Among other things, I was held for 24 hours at the N.K.W.D. We were promised in return for the names (those who had left the meeting), the positions of the organizers of the demonstration and work at the school for the benefit of N.K.W.D., fabulous sums and employment for the whole family on good terms.
A ten-year studding system was created. There have been rapid changes in education. Most of the Polish teachers and religions have been abolished. They were replaced by Belarusian teachers from Minsk and Jews, Polish communists. The program included the destruction of all Polish and the presentation of religion, economics, and Polish politics in the worst possible light. There were games, buffets and, of course, anti-religious rallies. Several communists were placed in the classes, their task was to recruit into the organization (communist party) and report on what was happening in the class among the youth.
Before the elections, forced rallies were organized, and people were addressed in Russian, which no one understood. The homeowners were forced to hang up red banners. The voter list was drawn up in such a way that the policeman went from house to house and recorded everyone over 18 on the list, stating that the first person to vote would receive a prize. On election day, cars with a capacity of 5 people brought people to the voting place. We were woken up and told to get dressed as soon as possible and get into the car. At the polling station, people were taken in turn to the table, at which they gave their last name, first name and address, where they received a card with an envelope.
There were two booths where voters were supposed to seal envelopes, but they were constantly filled with certain individuals, so
immediately after receiving the note (envelope) it was thrown into the trash can, next to which the commission sat. There was a buffet next to the room, where they served vodka, and offered consultants who gave advice on how to vote correctly.
The one who received the card, walked away from the table where the urn stood, signed up. No one really knew why and for whom to vote. Moreover, no one knew about the plebiscite. The election commission included criminals, communists, Jews and people who did not live in these territories until the end of the war.
He was threatened with deportation to Russia and loss of his job if he refused to vote.
Some of the POWs were freed by the Soviet Union and returned home in January (1940), but they were ordered to register. In February or April, they were deported with their families deep into Russia.
One of the facts: my uncle Arciszewski Wiktor, returned from Soviet captivity on January 10, 1940, returned to his old job, to the magistrate's office, to the Organs of civil status registration. On March 16, he was arrested in the street and imprisoned in Bialystok (as we learned from a fellow prisoner), and then shot. This news was reported to us by the wachmistrz Fronczyk, who allegedly learned it from the prison guard. Most interestingly, the wife of the detainee came to the office where her husband worked, and there she received an answer that her husband had gone to Minsk on a "business trip" and she was paid his salary for three months (March, April, May). Two days later, she received a telegram from Grodno, allegedly from her husband,
that he is going to Minsk.
In the house in which she lived, there were agents who paid attention to everyone who entered.
On the night of April 13, the whole family was deported to Russia. During the arrest, it turned out that the uncle had been arrested for working in a “local Polish organization,” and silence answer was received when asked whether he had been shot.
Regards, Valerii
Hello Valerii,
Many thanks for your post, when awarded the Monte Cassino Cross his details were as follows :
Rank : Kapral
Surname : Gronkowski
Christian Name : Leon
Date of Birth : 1923
Army Number : 1923-18-III
Unit : 3KPAPL
Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 4738
After the end of the war he came with his Regiment to the UK and after being demobbed from the Polish Resettlement Corps, he settled down to civilian life in 1948 he married Jean E Preece in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire and died in 2013 in Northamptonshire.
That was all that I was able to find for you Valerii, I sincerely hope that it is of some use and help, if I may raise one thing Leon Gronkowski's medals seems to be missing the Medal Wojska (Army Medal).
Best wishes
Andrzej
Hello Everyone,
Another Recipient of the Monte Cassino Cross :
Badges and Legitymacja plus the Monte Cassino Cross and Legitymacja awarded to Sierz. Jan Szymański, Born 11th May 1900, Army Number : 1900-330-III, Unit : 1KZaop. 3DSK.
Best wishes
Andrzej
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