Craig
23 Feb 2009
Genealogy / Does anyone have any relatives who served with 1st Polish Armoured Division (Gen. Maczek) [310]
First post. I've done some serious research on my grandfather, Stanislaw Jesinski. This website is really old and most of the pics now don't work, but it does include a short history of his war: just type in his name. He was also in the Polish War Choir. He sang in a number of big concert halls and was recorded by the BBC at the Albert Hall (although they weren't very forthcoming with a copy for me).
I got a lot of my info on him from the Ministry of Defence Polish Section (Mrs Hawran was a great help).
When he died in '97 I did some checking to find his sister - took me a year but I found her son living in Warsaw (she had died). Very nice man who was more than happy to send me photos and swap stories.
Oh, and I'm a genealogist in real life! It helps.
First post. I've done some serious research on my grandfather, Stanislaw Jesinski. This website is really old and most of the pics now don't work, but it does include a short history of his war: just type in his name. He was also in the Polish War Choir. He sang in a number of big concert halls and was recorded by the BBC at the Albert Hall (although they weren't very forthcoming with a copy for me).
I got a lot of my info on him from the Ministry of Defence Polish Section (Mrs Hawran was a great help).
When he died in '97 I did some checking to find his sister - took me a year but I found her son living in Warsaw (she had died). Very nice man who was more than happy to send me photos and swap stories.
Oh, and I'm a genealogist in real life! It helps.