UK, Ireland / First generation Pole in the UK [24]

Hi i am a first generation pole in the UK, my farther came here and fought in the free polish army in the war, before the EU expanded to take in Poland there were about 250,000 poles and first, second generation poles in the UK. What i want to know is, with my work i come into contact with lots of polish workers, and they find it hard to under stand my background, are you taught about the polish free army at school and what they did for England in the war,

i have a polish name and my two sons have polish names, but do not speak polish,
but i always think of my self as polish.
jan