Taken during an unveiling of a commerorative
plaque to the brigade in Illie, Fife, Scotland, together with Colonel
kaminski, 2nd in Command (not in picture) probably in 1946/47 |
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1946/7 the start of a new life - civilian street
- his vital statistics are as follows (on the reverse side of the
photo)
Major General Sosabowski Stanisław Franciszek G / 10572
Mil Indentity Card Card No C 061686
Height 5ft 9in
Eyes Brown
Hair Dark
Birth 8.5.1892 |
1943 - Scotland, posing for a sculpture |
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A small mystery |
1944 - September 24th right in the middle of
Market Garden. Photo taken after a staff meeting held near Nijmegen
where British commanders unilaterally decided what next to do to
help their trapped colleagues in Oosterbeek on the other side of
the lower Rhine. The classic General picture |
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1947 - skiing holiday in Chamonix, the French
alpes in winter |
1960 - at home |
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1964 - March, in London (probably at home,
Bramshill Rd) |
1965 - The four generations - the General, his
son Stasinek, his sons Maciek and Stasinek and Maciek's son, Michael-Hal |
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1966 - The General's obituary in the Polish
Press |