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Re: Polish flag on Monte Cassino
Romuald, Thank you for sharing all this great, first hand information about a very important time of our Polish brave ancestors that fought and many lost their lives. To have finally, after many years
By Zbigniew Bob Styrna <styrna@...> · #11542 ·
Re: Odessa and The Charge of the Light Brigade
--- romed46 <romed46@...> wrote: . The most famous person associated with that battle is Florence Nightingale. end quote I beg to differ. Flo never had a piece of clothing named after her like
By Lech Lesiak <lech_lesiak@...> · #11543 ·
Re: Polish flag on Monte Cassino
Dear Anne Thank you for the letter about Polish flag on Monte Cassino. The story about handkerchief is true. This is the regimental banner of the 12 Podolski Lancers Rgmt. who was the first to enter
By romlipin <romlipin@...> · #11541 ·
Odessa and The Charge of the Light Brigade
Odessa was first established by the Greeks some 2,200 years ago, named Odessus.In the 14th century Tatars build a fort,but in 1396 Lithuania captured the fort. In the 16th century Tatars recaptured it
By romed46 <romed46@...> · #11540 ·
Re: Polish flag on Monte Cassino
This may have been the official one on the website, but not the very first one that was hoisted. Bert Bakker <bert_bakker41@...> wrote: <annekaczanowski@y...> wrote:
By Anne Kaczanowski <annekaczanowski@...> · #11539 ·
Re: Polish flag on Monte Cassino
<annekaczanowski@y...> wrote:
By Bert Bakker <bert_bakker41@...> · #11538 ·
Re: Polish flag on Monte Cassino
Hania, Thank you for sharing such a wonderful account of this Polish flag with us. My three Polish uncles fought at that battle so it means a lot to me. Pozdrawiam Zbyszek _____ Sent: October 28, 2004
By Zbigniew Bob Styrna <styrna@...> · #11537 ·
Re: Polish flag on Monte Cassino
Thank you Anne for that tidbit. It verifies what we all realize -- that if a Polish Veteran tells you something -- it is the truth. Hope you enjoy your stay in London. Best always, Donna
By Archie Speers <adspeers@...> · #11536 ·
Polish flag on Monte Cassino
Just a tidbit of info some may be interested in knowing. I am in London and have visited the Sikorski museum. In a book I read somehere along the line, there was a story about how the flag got hoisted
By Anne Kaczanowski <annekaczanowski@...> · #11534 ·
Re: Odessa map
--- Eve5J@... wrote: The Charge Of The Light Brigade. There was also a pretty good film made about this battle in the 60's or 70's. Trevor Howard in the role of Lord Cardigan, I believe. Czesc,
By Lech Lesiak <lech_lesiak@...> · #11535 ·
Re: Odessa map
Hi Zbyszek and Group - Ukraine was also a state or country for a very short time after World War I; I don't know whether or not Odessa was included in these boundaries of Ukraine at that time. But you
By eve5j · #11533 ·
Re: Odessa map
Dear Zbyszek, I believe your Grandfather and GGfather had the good patron :-) Odessa is the nice place. The climate is wonderful - high temperature, pressure very stabil and the main streets starting
By J¨®zef Taran <taran.jozef@...> · #11531 ·
Re: Odessa map
Thanks to Zbyszek for his help. There is a problem in Kresy-Siberia, namely there is no - in Kresy-Siberia - traces of historiosophy and historiography. And it does not contain methodological
By mirzabie@... · #11532 ·
Re: Odessa map
J¨®zef, My grandfather and great-grandfather were named J¨®zef. Sounds like a nice place. I hear from some people that there are palm trees there. Sounds like a very nice place. Lots of history, etc.
By Zbigniew Bob Styrna <styrna@...> · #11530 ·
Re: Odessa map
Well I'm not sure that the "Ukrainian State" ever had this territory to loose it. Hope someone can correct me here if I'm wrong, but Ukraine as a state only came into existence during/after WWII. I've
By Zbigniew Bob Styrna <styrna@...> · #11529 ·
Re: Odessa map
Could you say when the Ukrainian State lost the territory?
By mirzabie@... · #11528 ·
Re: Introduction
Hi Tereska, I cannot find any record of the unit that my Father was in. I am going to post some photos to see if any one can identify people/places/times. Anyway thanks for the message. Peter
By Peter Grabowski <peter@...> · #11527 ·
Re: Introduction
Linder, Thanks for the message. Peter
By Peter Grabowski <peter@...> · #11526 ·
Re: Introduction
Helo Peter, I'm Linder and I live in Long Eaton, Nottingham. The group get's closer. Good luck in your searches Linder
By Linder Carole Ladbrooke <ladbrooke@...> · #11525 ·
Re: Odessa map
Hello Zbyszek, indeed Odessa was founded about two hundreds years ago (1794) by Catherine II. It is the Russian city although projected by French Duke Richelieu. The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
By J¨®zef Taran <taran.jozef@...> · #11524 ·