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Overall View - Taken by Scottish War Memorials Project 23 Feb 2014
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Top Part - Taken by Scottish War Memorials Project 23 Feb 2014
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Middle Part - Taken by Scottish War Memorials Project 23 Feb 2014
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Bottom Part - Taken by Scottish War Memorials Project 23 Feb 2014
Reference WMO/285922
Edit memorial name, location & address- Metal Metal (any)
- Second World War (1939-1945)
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GENERAL WLADYSLAW SIKORKSI (1881-1943)/"The rivers of Polish tears and Polish blood" the General said, " will not be shed/in vain. Providence has brought us to Great Britain. In these fateful days we stand/by Great Britain until victory brings a reconstruction of Europe."// General Sikorski, the Polish Prime Minister and Commander-in-Chief was an/outstanding soldier and statesman whose democratic reforms won him the respect/and affection of the Polish People.// In 1940 the Polish Army had just been evacuated from France and was to be/reorganised in Scotland to prepare for the German invasion.//Sikorski visited Biggar in August 1940 to review the Polish troops stationed/in the district. From a platform erected in the High Street, he reviewed the/Polish troops on the march past in his honour.
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