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POLISH GRAVES IN BLOCKLEY CEMETERY |
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Blockley cemetery located on a slope with a
back drop of trees and views of the rolling Cotswold hills is more than
just a village cemetery, it is also the resting place of over one
hundred and thirty WW2 Polish displaced persons that lived
in nearby disused army camps of Springhill and Northwick Park. Most of
the graves have a name and date, but sadly there are about a dozen
unmarked graves where the crosses and plaques have been lost in time and
a handful where the inscription is difficult to read.
In Polish they all ask to "Honour Their Memory"
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MARIA Z
KOSIŃSKICH GRABOWIECKA
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Franciszek and Jerzy Ziobrowski This was a very sad case of a father and son killed by a train close to Honeybourne Station. |
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JAN BOGUCKI 9/5/1889 --1/2/1960
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JAN JARY 20/10/1928--10/3/1962
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PUŁKOWNIK EUGENIUSZ ŻONGOŁŁOWICZ KAWALER ORDERU VIRTUTI MILITARI IV i V kl., KRZYŻA NIPODLEGŁOŚCI ORDERU POLONIA RESTITUTA, ODZNACZONY 4-KROTNIE KRZYŻEM WALECZNYCH, ZŁOTYM KRZYŻEM ZASŁUGI I INNYMI ODZNACZENIAMI, DCA. WARSZAWSKIEGO BAONU ODSIECZY LWOWA, POWSTANIEC GÓRNOŚLĄSKI Z GRUPY WIWELBERGA DCA 19 PP, ZMARŁ W LONG MARSTON |
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JAN JANCZYNSK 1-12-1890 Died in Stratford -upon- Avon 7-5-1964 |
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STANISŁAW WIATR 1901---1965
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MARIA SKRZYPIEC 22-4-1900 we Lwowie 14-1-1966 |
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Józef
Marcinowski 3/9/1906--8/2//1966
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JÓZEF KANIA
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Franciszka Buraczewska
28/12/1904 ---11/3/1968 |
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JAN PAWLUK
10/4/02 --- 5/5/1967
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CZARNIK 18/1/1905-16/6/1968
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Beside the unmarked crosses above there are several burial places with no cross or plaque, identity of those buried there, lost in time. |
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MARIA POSACKA 1909--1971
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CZESŁAW
ZAJĄC  14/5/1909 --5/11/1970 |
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JAN OŻGA JARUSZEWSKI
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JÓZEF
MUZGOWIEC  27/1/1889---3/12/1973 |
PIORT CIASTON
1895 --- 1974
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FRANCISZKA
CIASTON  |
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In Poland on All Souls day relatives visit cemeteries to lay flowers and light candles in remembrance of their loved ones. This tradition carries on wherever there are Poles and Polish graves. Although the Polish Camp closed in 1970 and the inhabitants moved to towns and villages far beyond Northwick Park, yet once a year a small group of people that grew up in the camp meet in Blockley cemetery to pay their respects to friends and family that are buried there. Some feel so strongly about this little corner of their past that they have bought and reserved their place in the cemetery. |
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Today many of the gravestones have become dangerous. With no living relatives and through lack of funds the local authority have laid down many of the crosses as a safety precaution but there is a real risk that in time they will disappear altogether and no trace will remain of the Polish community that lived there. It would be nice if funds could be raised for the restoration of the Polish graves. Let us not forget that many of those buried there fought for our freedom. Anybody wishing to help please send donations to: Blockley Parish Council, C/o Park Barn House, Park Road, Blockley, Gloucestershire GL56 9BZ, England. Please mark all cheques as 'Polish Graves' |
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12/6/1957 AGED 90
