malkie
7 Jul 2010
Genealogy / Does anyone have any relatives who served with 1st Polish Armoured Division (Gen. Maczek) [311]
My father Mieczyslaw Malkiewicz served in the 1st Polish armoured Division. Although I have his MOD service history I would like to know more about how he got out of Poland. I understand that he joined the No 6 Armoured Battalion in Poland in 1939. My father came from a village close to Lvov where his father was a policeman who, I believe was shot by the soviets. I think my father was 17 at the time and from what little I can glean from his surviving ( non english speaking) family in Poland he simply disappeared one day.
His record states that he "made his way" to France where he joined Polish forces on 26 November 1939 where he was posted to no.4 Armoured Battalion. It is this part of his journey that particularly interests me.
His last posting prior to being injured ( possibly at Breda or Moerdijk) and extensive hospitalisation was as a corporal with No1 Independent Machine Guns Squadron of the 1st Polish Armoured Division.
After the war he settled in edinburgh being an active member in both polish ex-servicemans' clubs there.
I have some photoraphs that I would gladly share with anyone who is interested and who can help me.
My father Mieczyslaw Malkiewicz served in the 1st Polish armoured Division. Although I have his MOD service history I would like to know more about how he got out of Poland. I understand that he joined the No 6 Armoured Battalion in Poland in 1939. My father came from a village close to Lvov where his father was a policeman who, I believe was shot by the soviets. I think my father was 17 at the time and from what little I can glean from his surviving ( non english speaking) family in Poland he simply disappeared one day.
His record states that he "made his way" to France where he joined Polish forces on 26 November 1939 where he was posted to no.4 Armoured Battalion. It is this part of his journey that particularly interests me.
His last posting prior to being injured ( possibly at Breda or Moerdijk) and extensive hospitalisation was as a corporal with No1 Independent Machine Guns Squadron of the 1st Polish Armoured Division.
After the war he settled in edinburgh being an active member in both polish ex-servicemans' clubs there.
I have some photoraphs that I would gladly share with anyone who is interested and who can help me.