Polish soldier info

[paul.j]

Hello all,
I am wondering if anyone can give me some help/info on tracking down a Polish soldiers ww2 service history given only his name and date of birth?
Any help would be much appreciated,
Cheers,
Paul

[Gary Jucha]

Sounds

Paul,
Sounds like you have a Dog tag ...

Unfortunately, you will probably hit a brick wall as to the persons full service record, .. which can only be released to next of kin because of the time period from the last war.
You could try writing to the Sikorski Institute in London, who might be able to fill a little further detail ..

http://www.sikorskimuseum.co.uk/

Otherwise, post the name and number here, and hope that someone has researched the soldiers unit, and might have some limited detail .

Gary J.

Hello all,
I am wondering if anyone can give me some help/info on tracking down a Polish soldiers ww2 service history given only his name and date of birth?
Any help would be much appreciated,
Cheers,
Paul

[paul.j]

Polish soldier info

Hello Gary,
Thanks for the reply.He was my partners father but she does not have any details other than that and some photos of him in British tropical dress in what looks like Italy.Funnily enough her mother seems adament that he worked with the Germans but I am very sceptical of that.
I will get her to look at her birth certificate to get full details to post here if any can give some info.
Who would I need to contact to get the service details for next of kin?
Thanks again,
Paul

[Gary Jucha]

Paul

Paul, you might be able to get the details released to your partner ..

Here's the contact details ....

Good luck !

Polish Army in Exile Records-British Ministry of Defense To obtain the records of Polish soldiers, sailors and airmen that fought alongside the Allies under British command in World War 2 - for example the 2nd Polish Corps (Anders Army), attached to the British 8th Army in Persia, Palestine and Italy.

Send details of your relationship to the soldier in question and the possible units and dates of service using the Subject Access Request (SAR) form located at: http://www.veterans-uk.info/service_records/sar.doc
The requests should be back up by the following documentation (photocopies of documents are acceptable):

1. If the ex-serviceman is deceased, the official next of kin must give authority for disclosure. To establish this authority, please complete a Certificate of Kinship,
located at : http://www.veterans-uk.info/pdfs/ser...af_kinship.pdf
2. Once the authority to disclose is established, please provide the following documentation:
a) Death Certificate of ex-serviceman and
b) Marriage Certificate (in the case of widows), or
c) Birth Certificate (in the case of children) plus Death Certificate of the mother if applicable or her written consent if information is to be released to a person other than the widow, and
d) Any other documents, which prove kinship

Information is issued free of charge to the widows of ex-servicemen and to those who are residents in the post-communist countries. All other interested parties are charged £30 for the service. Payment can be made by cheque, UK Postal Order or International Money Order. These should be made payable to:

"Ministry of Defence - Accounting Officer"

Please apply by post or e-mail to:
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
APC DISCLOSURES 5 (POLISH)
Building 28B
RAF Northolt
West End Road
Ruislip
Middlesex
HA4 6NG
England

Telephone: 020 8833 8603 Fax: 020 8833 8866

Email: polishasstdisoff@northolt.raf.mod.uk
Email: polishdisoff@northolt.raf.mod.uk

[paul.j]

Polish soldier info

Wow,Thanks for all that info -its much appreciated.Its unfortunate but her mother is quite old now and her memory is very very bad so she is not able to furnish much info at all so this is great information you have given which should be able to hopefully provide a lot of missing gaps in family history.
Once again,I appreciate your help.I'll post any info that I find if it turns out to be interesting,
Cheers,
Paul