At 16 Arden Street in the south of Edinburgh there is a metal plaque in memory of the General which is inscribed:  GENERAL STANIS£AW MACZEK COMMANDER OF THE 1ST POLISH ARMOURED DIVISION IN WORLD WAR TWO LIVED IN THIS HOUSE 1948 - 1994
 
 
 
 

In a ceremony on December 11th 1997, on the third anniversary of the General's death and in the presence of the Consul General of the Republic of Poland, Mr Leszek Wieciech, former soldiers of the 1st Polish Armoured Division, members of the Polish community, with theCity of Edinburgh represented by The Lord Provost of Edinburgh the plaque was unveiled by the General's son - Dr Andrzej Maczek.

The General was one of the distinguished Polish commanders of the last war.
 

Military Career - World War Two - a brief review
The General was born near Lwow in 1882. He was commander of the 1st Polish Armoured Division from February 1942 until May 1945. He became GOC 1st Polish Corps in Scotland and later GOC Polish Forces in Great Britain.

He saw service in the campaigns in Poland in 1939 and France in 1940 as the commanderof the 10th Armoured Cavalry Brigade. He was given command of the1st Polish Armoured Division which he formed in February 1942 in Scotland. In the campaigns in NW Europe the Division fought in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany.
He died in Edinburgh in 1994, aged 102 and is buried in Breda, Holland.


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