WW2 Polish Army records

Discussion in 'Searching for Someone & Military Genealogy' started by trooper1854, Jan 18, 2012.

  1. trooper1854

    trooper1854 Junior Member

    I need some help.:confused:
    I am trying to find the military records of a relative who fought with the Free Polish forces.
    So far I have drawn a blank in all the usual places.
    Is there somewhere specific to go for records on the Free Polish Forces?
     
  2. erding

    erding Member

    Would be useful to the forum if you could identify 'usual places' as everybody has different interpretations to 'usual'.
     
  3. trooper1854

    trooper1854 Junior Member

    I have tried:
    Military Records online
    Search WW2 Records
    Find my Past
    Imperial War Museum
    Ancestry .co
    UK Military Archives
    Rootsweb.Ancestry
    Polishgeno.com
    Central Military Archives Warsaw and,
    National Archives.
     
  4. Cee

    Cee Senior Member Patron

    trooper1854,

    I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for, but it might be a place to start:

    Poland In Exile
     
  5. marek_pk

    marek_pk Senior Member

    I have tried:
    Military Records online
    Search WW2 Records
    Find my Past
    Imperial War Museum
    Ancestry .co
    UK Military Archives
    Rootsweb.Ancestry
    Polishgeno.com
    Central Military Archives Warsaw and,
    National Archives.

    How about:-
    Polish Records.
    Royal Navy and Army:
    Polish Correspondence Section
    Room 28B
    RAF Northolt
    West end Road
    Ruislip
    Middlesex
    HA4 6NG
    Email: polishasstdisoff@northolt.raf.mod.uk
    Email: polishdisoff@northolt.raf.mod.uk
     
  6. trooper1854

    trooper1854 Junior Member

    Thank you Marek PK!
    I'll give them a try.
     
  7. Jimi Kent

    Jimi Kent New Member

    Hi Trooper 1854

    I'm also on a very similar mission and while searching the web your/this page came up.

    I found this on the British Legion site:

    ...Polish Records are now at RAF Northolt Tel: 020 8833 8603

    That will be my next port of call. Hope this helps
     
  8. Roy Martin

    Roy Martin Senior Member

  9. ozzy16

    ozzy16 Well-Known Member

    Anyone know which dept one has to apply to, in order to obtain the service record for a army serviceman in the Polish Army ?
    Very briefly, whilst at a friends pig-roast, (Sunday) I was asked by a young polish girl (33) who's grandfather escaped from a Siberian prison camp and spent days on the run avoiding re-capture.He ended up joining the Polish army and was sent to Italy, Monte Cassino.
    She showed me some photos of him on her mobile phone and promised to email them to me.I haven't received them yet.
    One photo was very interesting,it showed him stood with five other soldiers and behind them in the back ground was Cassino Monastery with smoke bellowing out.Zooming in on this you could make out aircraft bombing the Monastery.(I don't have dates,times,names etc at the moment.)

    Graham.
     
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    dbf Moderatrix MOD

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  11. ozzy16

    ozzy16 Well-Known Member

    Thanks Di, just the job.

    cheers Clive.?

    Graham.
     
  12. researchingreg

    researchingreg Well-Known Member

    For MOD Polish records, please contact:
    Margaret Goddard or Barbara Kroll
    APC Polish Enquiries
    Building 60
    RAF Northolt,
    West End Road
    Ruislip,
    Middlesex HA4 6NG

    Phone: 0044 (0) 208 833 8603
    Email: NOR-PolishDiscOfficeATmod.uk

    The above ladies were very helpful, you should try phoning.
     
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  13. ozzy16

    ozzy16 Well-Known Member

    Many thanks researchingreg,
    I will contact them in due course.

    Graham..
     
  14. minden1759

    minden1759 Senior Member

    Graham.

    Send the young Polish lady my way if she would like to visit Cassino at some point and understand exactly what her grandfather was involved in.

    I would be surprised if her photo had bombers in the background. The monastery was bombed on 15 Feb 44 and Cassino town on 15 Mar 44 and II (PO) Corps did not arrive there until Apr 44.

    I would love to see that photo.

    Regards

    Frank
     
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  15. ozzy16

    ozzy16 Well-Known Member

    Hi Frank,
    Trust your recent trip to Monte Cassino went well.(thanks for the headstone photo of Jim Layton) first time I have seen it.

    ref the photo, As soon as I get it, I will with her permission upload it here and any more that I think would be of interest.

    regards..........Graham. ( noted threads have merged.)
     
    Last edited: Jul 20, 2018
  16. Osborne2

    Osborne2 Well-Known Member

    I have just had a warning flash up on my screen about using this site.
     
  17. minden1759

    minden1759 Senior Member

    Cassino trip was brilliant. The group were great fun and the weather was perfect.

    Frank
     
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