P O L O N I C A in Scotland
 
Edinburgh
 
At 16 Arden Street in the south of Edinburgh there is a
metal plaque in memory of the General which is inscribed:

Emblem of the 1st Polish Armoured Division

GENERAL

STANISLAW

MACZEK

COMMANDER OF

THE 1ST POLISH

ARMOURED DIVISION

IN WORLD WAR TWO

LIVED IN THIS HOUSE 1948 - 1994

 
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 commander of the 10th Armoured 
Cavalry Brigade.
 He was given command of the 
1st 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.
 
LINKS
         
1st Polish Armoured Division
         
         
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 the 
City 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. 
         

         
         He died in Edinburgh in 1994, aged 
102 and is buried in Breda, Holland.

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