- 1
Positioned
on the wall of Earlsferry
- Town
Hall, the tableau was unveiled in June
1943.
-
- The
work was the creation of the Polish lady artist Zofia
Kruszelnicka and Captain Tadeusz Sieczkowski -
adjutant to Colonel Jan Kaminski, commander of the
Polish paratroopers garrison in Elie and
Earlsferry.
-
- (Above
information kindly supplied by
- Mr T S Roy
(Captain Tadeusz Rojewski)
- of Lundon
Links)
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 - In
Earlsferry High Street on a wall of a
- building
there is a metal tableau given
- by the
Polish paratroopers.
- It is
inscribed:
- Polish
Paratroops to the
- Royal
Burgh of Elie & Earlsferry
- as
a token of friendship and
- gratitude
1940 -1943
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- 2
In
October 1940 the 4th Cadre Rifle
- Brigade
which was later renamed the
- 1st
Parachute Brigade moved to this area of Fife. Its
commander was
- Col
Stanislaw Sosabowski.
-
- The
brigade's name was later changed
to
- the
1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade.
-
- Intended
to be used in Poland, the
- brigade
however landed in the Arnhem area in September 1944
where it participated
in this famous battle.
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- 3
For
other Polonica in Scotland
- connected
with the Polish paratroopers
- visit-
Falkland
Palace/Linlithgow
- Leven,
Fife Memorial Pillar (post-war)
- See
also St Andrews, Fife (post-war)
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- Tactical symbol of
the
- 1st Independent
Polish Parachute Brigade
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4 COLOURS
- LEVEN
- On the
23rd September 1943, the anniversary of the formation
of the
- brigade,
Lady Wemyss presented the
- brigade
with a standard - a gift from the Scottish ladies of
Fife.
- CUPAR
-
- 1st
Airborne Division
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