Register of Polish War Graves in Scotland
County of Aberdeen
Five cemeteries in Aberdeenshire contain in total 6 Polish war graves. The cemeteries are-
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The Grove Cemetery, Aberdeen |
Dyce Old Cemetery |
Fraserburgh Cemetery |
Longside Cemetery |
Cairnbulg and Inverallochy Burial Ground, Rathen. |
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The cemetery is located off the A96, along Mugiemoss
Road and south of Persley Bridge. |
The cemetery is not on the town map of Dyce but can be
reached via Kinaldi Road and through the entrance to the quarries from where
it is well sign-posted. |
The cemetery is located at Cemetery Road (B 9033 to St
Combs) on the southern outskirts of the town, off the A92 to Aberdeen. |
Longside lies to the west of Peterhead along the A950.
The cemetery is located outside the village. |
Rathen lies south of Fraserburgh on the A92. |
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Rank and Name |
First Name(s) |
Unit |
Died |
Age |
Date of Birth and Place, Supplementary information |
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(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
The Grove Cemetery, Aberdeen |
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szer Bolesław Jakubczyk |
Bolesław |
8 komp warszt |
13.3.45 |
18 |
20.4.1926, Gorzyczki, Rybnik
Dist |
st sap Franciszek Śmigaj |
Franciszek |
9 komp sap |
24.10.45 |
34 |
22.11.1910, Derne,
Westphalia, Germany. st sap |
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Dyce Old Cemetery |
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por Wilhelm Śniechowski |
Wilhelm |
310 Sqdn |
8.12.41 |
24 |
14.11.1917, Monwiterce,
Tarnopol Prov. por-pil |
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Fraserburgh Cemetery |
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Sjt T Skaczyło |
Tadeusz |
Polish Resettlement Corps |
29.12.46 |
52 |
12.1.1895, Lwów. According to the Register of the CWGC died
age 51. 52 is inscribed on the
headstone. CW Panc i Techn |
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Longside Cemetery |
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plt A Richter |
Adolf |
315 Sqdn |
8.11.44 |
23 |
4.11.1921, Kraków |
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Cairnbulg and Inverallochy Burial Ground, Rathen |
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Pte F Jurczykowski |
Franciszek |
Polish Resettlement Corps |
25.7.1947 |
(27) |
4.12.1919, Rulewo,
Poznań Prov. Jurczykowski |
County of Angus
Five cemeteries in Angus contain in total 25 Polish war graves. The cemeteries are- |
Arbroath Eastern Cemetery |
Brechin Cemetery |
Shanwell Cemetery, Carnoustie |
Western Necropolis, Dundee |
Sleepy Hillock Cemetery, Montrose |
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The cemetery is located in the St Vigeans area of the
town, off Montrose Road. |
The cemetery is located of Southesk Street (A933) and
close to Brechin Infirmary. |
The cemetery is off Barry Road and north up Pitskelly
Road. |
Located of Elliot Road in the western part of the city
and close to the Royal Victoria Hospital.There are in total eleven Polish war
graves contained in the cemetery, three of which are Navy and eight
Army. Five of the Army graves belong
to soldiers of the 1st Medium Artillery Battery (1 dac) which was based in Dundee. Ships of
the Polish Navy also operated from Dundee. |
Located NW of the town between the Brechin Road and
Montrose basin. All the casualties belong to the Polish Air Force -
seven to members of a Flying Training School and one to 307 Sqdn. |
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Rank and Name |
First Name(s) |
Unit |
Died |
Age |
Date of Birth and Place, Supplementary information |
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(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
Arbroath Eastern Cemetery |
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kpl J Lis |
Jan |
24 p ul |
30.1.1941 |
27 |
5.5.1913, Sietesz, Przeworsk
Dist. |
st strz W Opioło |
Władysław |
9 baon strz |
21.6.1944 |
32 |
27.1.1912, Stopnica, Limanowa
Dist. |
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Brechin Cemetery |
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L Cpl J Dudziak |
Jan |
Polish Resettlement Corps |
22.2.1948 |
51 |
28.11.1896, Świniec,
Kościan Dist. 105 Basic Unit |
kpl S Pierzchalski |
Stanisław |
Ośr Zap 1 DPanc |
12.4.1947 |
27 |
20.11.1919, Grudusk,
Ciechanów Dist. 1 komp zborna KU Nr 1 |
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Carnoustie, Shanwell Cemetery |
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rtm S Górski |
Stanisław |
14 p uł |
3.4.1941 |
31 |
30.5.1909, Odessa |
kpl S Stasiak |
Stanisław |
14 p uł |
3.4.1941 |
26 |
13.11.1914, Świeca,
Ostrów Wlkp. Dist. |
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Western Necropolis, Dundee |
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kpl M Filipowski |
Mieczysław |
1 dac |
1.3.41 |
23 |
2.4.1917, Poznań |
por M J M Gromnicki |
Marceli Jan Maria |
KE Ofic |
5.9.42 |
39 |
12.4.1903, Nice, France. St Zb Ofic The memorial commemorating
por Gromnicki indicates that he is buried elsewhere in the cemetery. The inscription indicates
Plot No 147. |
kpl Z Kowal |
Zygmunt |
1 baon sap |
25.12.40 |
37 |
14.3.1903, Warszawa |
kmdr B D Krawczyk |
Bogusław Dionizy |
ORP Wilk |
19.7.41 |
(35) |
15.5.1906, Dubienka,
Hrubieszów Dist., Commander of ORP Wilk (Wolf),
kmdor-ppor The memorial is inscribed -
S. P. kmdr ppor B D Krawczyk, dowódca ORP “Wilk”, Virtuti Militari, Krzyz
Walecznych, Distinguished Service Order, zył lat 35, zm 19.VII.41. |
pchor Z Lewiński |
Zenon |
1 dac |
28.2.41 |
23 |
24.5.1917, Ciasny, Brzeziny
Dist., kpl-pchor |
pchor R Moskal |
Ryszard Adam |
1 dac |
28.2.41 |
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28.12.1921, Warszawa. kpl-pchor |
bosman Feliks Nowacki |
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ORP Dzik |
28.1.45 |
(34) |
7.7.1910, Rostki Wielkie,
Ostrów Mazowiecka Dist. The headstone
is not the Commission’s, but a private memorial. The stone is inscribed - S.
P. bosman Nowacki Feliks, z ORP “Dzik”
born 7.VII.1910r, died 28.1.45r. Odznagzony, “Virtuti Militari”
Walecznych trzykrotnie, D.S.M. (The letter after D.S. was badly worn, assumed
M) |
pchor M Piechowicz |
Marion |
1 dac |
13.12.40 |
24 |
11.1.1916, Krościenko,
N.Targ Dist., plt-pchor |
sap Z Toszewski |
Zygmunt |
1 baon sap |
7.11.40 |
19 |
1.1.1921, Jarosław |
mar S Trybulski |
Stanisław |
ORP Kujawiak |
18.6.41 |
(20) |
23.1.1921, Koneck, Warszawa
Prov. |
pchor W Wojciechowski |
Wiktor |
1 dac |
2.3.41 |
20 |
20.12.1920, Vladivostok,
Russia. plt-pchor |
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Sleepy Hillock Cemetery, Montrose |
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por S Bećko |
Stanisław |
8 FTS |
6.9.41 |
25 |
4.11.1915, Lachowicze,
Baranowicze Dist., por-pil Bećko (Becko) |
por F Bernatowicz |
Franciczek |
8 FTS |
2.3.41 |
23 |
13.3.1917, Chicago, USA |
szer T Brzozowski |
Tadeusz |
8 FTS |
10.6.41 |
21 |
11.3.1920, Lwów |
ppor C Cibor |
Czesław |
8 FTS |
3.11.41 |
23 |
9.10.1918, Bogusławice,
Radom Dist. |
st szer Z Gerber |
Zdzisław |
8 FTS |
1.10.41 |
25 |
29.1.1916, Gliniany,
Przemyślany Dist., Tarnopol Prov. |
plt S Jaśkowiak |
Stanisław |
8 FTS |
15.6.41 |
26 |
No further information. Serial No P-784729 |
pchor W Osełkowski |
Wiesław Marcin |
8 FTS |
13.5.41 |
23 |
6.2.1918, Sieradz. plt-pchor Osetkowski |
st sierż L Szempliński |
Łucjan |
307 Sqn |
13.1.44 |
31 |
16.6.1912, Kułaki
Małe, Ciechanów Dist. |
County of Ayrshire
Three cemeteries in Ayrshire contain in total 13 Polish war graves. The cemeteries are- (In addition there is also the grave of an airman who died in the service of the Air Transport Auxiliary and is buried in Monkton Cemetery).
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Monkton Cemetery |
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Churchill, Auchinleck, Ayrshire |
The cemetery is situated in the eastern part of the
town off |
Mauchline is situated 9 miles south-east of Kilmarnock and the cemetery
is at Barskimming Road. |
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Rank and Name |
First Name(s) |
Unit |
Died |
Age |
Date of Birth and Place, Supplementary information |
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(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
Auchinleck Cemetery |
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plt L Bartkowiak |
Leon |
21 baon piech |
4.1.47 |
37 |
16.5.1909, Łodzia, Wyrzysk Dist., Obóz
Repatr Auchi? |
Pte H Bremer |
Henryk |
Polish Resettlement Corps |
24.6.47 |
20 |
4.10.1926, Świetochłowice |
Sjt Leon Cholewa |
Leon |
Polish Resettlement Corps |
8.4.47 |
41 |
19.4.1905, Tursko, Jarocin Dist. Did not serve in the Polish Resettlement
Corps. Last unit was HQ 3rd Carpathian
Infantry Division. A Polish source
notes that he died in a Polish Depot Camp at Cumnock. (Buried 8.4.47). plt |
Lt K Dulczewski |
Konstanty |
Polish Resettlement Corps |
25.2.49 |
52 |
11.3.1896, Brześć on the River Bug. 42 PRC Officers’ Holding Unit. A post-war grave of an officer who died while
awaiting repatriation. Although
serving in the Polish Resettlement Corps (PRC), his name is excluded from the
registers of the Commission as he died after the 31st December 1947. The grave of Lt Dulczewski is the last known in
Scotland in the period covered (to 1949). |
Col K Golachowski |
Karol |
Polish Resettlement Corps |
31.10.48 |
60 |
27.5.1888, Kraków. 45 Ośr Ofic A post-war grave of an officer who died while
awaiting repatriation. Although
serving in the Polish Resettlement Corps (PRC), his name is excluded from the
registers of the Commission as he died after the 31st December 1947. |
szer J H Hopa |
Józef Henryk |
dtwo Jedn Etap |
30.11.46 |
24 |
7.4.1922, Kielno, Morski Dist., Obóz Rep Nr 1 |
Cpl J Machaj |
Jan |
Polish Resettlement Corps |
26.4.48 |
52 |
8.2.1896, Podlesie, Buczacz Dist., Tarnopol
Prov. A post-war grave of a soldier who died while awaiting
repatriation. Although serving in the
Polish Resettlement Corps (PRC), his name is excluded from the registers of
the Commission as he died after the 31st December 1947. |
WO I C Polak |
Czesław |
Polish Resettlement Corps |
19.6.47 |
48 |
20.7.1898, Schodnica, Drohobycz Dist., Lwów
Prov. Did not serve in the Polish
Resettlement Corps. WOI Polak was part
of the “Polish Land Forces under British Command”. Last unit was 35th Workshop Coy, 2nd Polish
Corps. A Polish source notes that he
was transferred to No 95 Polish Rep Camp, Stewarton. |
uł J Pyszny |
Joachim |
25 p uł |
21.2.47 |
22 |
15.2.1925, Radlin I, Rybnik Dist. The 25th Wielkopolski Lancers was a component
of the 5th Kresowa Infantry Division, formerly in Italy. |
Z Szczepanek |
Zygfryd |
dtwo Jedn Etap |
21.5.45 |
29 |
5.12.1915, Podlesie, Pszczyna Dist., or died
22.5.45. Served as plt Z Nowak. dow Ośr Zap |
L Cpl E Szwertner |
Erwin |
Polish Resettlement Corps |
11.7.48 |
46 |
12.2.1902, ¸ódę. A post-war grave of a soldier who died
while awaiting repatriation. Although
serving in the Polish Resettlement Corps (PRC), his name is excluded from the
registers of the Commission as he died after the 31st December 1947. 105 Basic Unit, st strz |
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Kilmarnock Cemetery |
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gren W Munda |
Władysław |
3 baon gren |
16.11.46 |
20 |
3-5-1926, Strzebielne, Morski Dist. 1 bryg gren (95th Transit Camp) |
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Mauchline Cemetery |
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szer W Dawidowski |
Władysław |
baon zap |
1.4.46 |
21 |
15.4.1924, Łebno, Morski Dist., Obóz Rep
Nr 5, strz |
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Monkton Cemetery |
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Flying Officer S Czyżewski |
Stefan |
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21.7.42 |
43 |
11.6.1899, place of birth unknown. por pil.
Recorded in the Polish Register of 1952 and in the CWGC Register.
At the time of his death he was serving in the Air Transport Auxiliary
(ATA). The ATAs function included the ferrying of aircraft from factories
and maintenance units to the squadrons and storage units. The Commission records that during the
whole war period 156 members of the ATA lost their lives. The ATA was formed in 1940. |
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