CWGC: General Sikorski/Polish Home Army

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Reference WMO/183140

Address:

Newark Cemetery (Polish Section)

London Road

Newark

NG24 1SQ

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: General Wladyslaw Sikorski was the leader of the Polish Government in exile (the anti-communist one based in London). He was killed when his plane was crashed off Gibraltar on 4 July 1943. His body was recovered and was buried in this grave, with the memorial from the Polish Home Army placed upon it. However, his remains were returned to Poland in 1993 after the downfall of the Communist government.
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(Polish): S.P./ WLADYSLAW SIKORSKI/ GENERAL BRONI/ NACZELNY WODZ/ POLSKICH SIL ZBROJNYCH/ PREZES RADY MINISTROW/ RZECZYPOSPOLITEJ POLSKIE/ ZMARL DNIA 4 LIPEA 1943/ PRZEZYWSZY LAT 62 (Translation): S.P./ WLADYSLAW SIKORSKI/ GENERAL OF ARMS/ COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF/ OF THE POLISH ARMED FORCES/ PRIME MINISTER/ OF THE POLISH REPUBLIC/ DIED ON 4 JULY 1943/ AT THE AGE OF 62

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