Parachute memorials at RAF Ringway (Manchester Airport)

In Terminal 3's prayer room.









Outside Terminal 1.











POLISH FORCES
AT
NO.1 PARACHUTE TRAINING SCHOOL
RINGWAY 1941 - 1946

THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THE 6000
POLISH OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF THE
1ST INDEPENDENT POLISH PARACHUTE BRIGADE
AND MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE
WHO UNDERTOOK PARACHUTE TRAINING
TOGETHER WITH NATIONALS OF
BELGIUM, FRANCE, HOLLAND AND NORWAY
AT RINGWAY - MANCHESTER DURING WORLD WAR II

TOBIE OJCZYZNO




(The plaque at the base of the stone is a list of those who contributed to the cost of the memorial)

 

good day bereniceuk a/m.yesterday 03:22pm,re:parachute memorial at raf ringway (manchester airport)a fine looking memorial.excellent photos.thank you for posting, regards bernard85

 

I am writing this post because I am researching Stanislaw Antoni Slesicki who was in the third brigade of the 1st Independant Polish Brigade and was briefly engaged to my late mother when they met in Glasgow when he came to train. He was killed at Arnhem 22/09/1934 age 37. His army no was 02001. I am hoping that someone reading this may have had relatives who served in the third brigade and may have knowledge of him. I have managed to get hold some of his papers which gives me an insight into what he did. I am also hoping that someone might have photographs of the third brigade before he died. Any information would be helpful.

 

There is a public family tree on Ancestry for him:
Stanislaw Antoni Slesicki

Birth: 29/03/1907 (29 Mar 1907) - Poland
Death: 22/09/1944 (22 Sep 1944) - Arnhem, Netherlands
F: Boleslaw Slesicki
M: Helena Artke



TD

edited to add:
STANISLAW ANTONI SLESICKI
1907–1944
BIRTH 29/03/1907 • CIECHANOW, WARSAW, POLAND
DEATH 22/09/1944 • ARNHEM, NETHERLANDS

1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade | ParaData

 

Thank you for your reply and I do have him on ancestry and have most of the information I need. However, I was hoping to hear from anyone who had relatives in the same brigade who had a story to tell, not just about him but about the brigade itself.