On 08-10.11.2025, a delegation of our Brigade headed by the commander visited memorial sites related to the heritage of our unit in Scotland, where she paid tribute to the candles and laying flowers on monuments and memorial sites dedicated to soldiers of the 1st Polish Armoured Division.
On 8 November in Douglas, where together with the soldiers of the Royal Regiment of Scotland, a delegation in celebration of the National independency Day visited the Polish Memorial Garden here in Scotland, where she trained, defended the coast and supported local communities. From Scottish roots, the brigade became the foundation of the 1st Polish Armoured Division, which fought alongside Allied forces from Normandy, France, Belgium, Holland, to Germany, bringing freedom to Europe. The soldiers of our Brigade then went to the Holy Mass after which they participated in the artistic performances of the local Polonia. The delegation besides participated in a gathering at Glasgow in the Sikorski Club with the families of soldiers of the 1st Polish Armoured Division surviving in the UK headed by the granddaughter of General Stanislaw MACZK, Mrs Karolina Maczek-Skillen, representatives of Polish women from all over the UK, as well as friends from Poland and the Netherlands.
On 09.11.025, the delegation participated in the celebrations of Denmark Memorial “Remembrance Day” in Glasgow where together with representatives of local authorities and the British Army, the Consul-General of Poland in Edenburg, representatives of IPN, the Association of Families of the 1st Polish Armoured Division, Polonia, scouts celebrated the memory of veterans.
On 10.11.2025, a ceremony was held in Edinburgh in connection with the entry of the grave of the colonel. Wladyslaw Zgorzelski to registry veterans' graves fighting for freedom and independency of Poland heroic commander of the 10th Dragons Regiment of the 1st Armoured Division, who fought for the freedom and independency of Poland in the Polish-bolshevik War in 1920, in defence of Poland in September 1939, in defence of France in June 1940, and fighting in the ranks of the 1st Armoured Division liberated France, Belgium and the Netherlands to bring freedom and independency to the Homeland. Awarded for valor and heroism with the highest Polish war decorations Golden and Silver Cross of the Order of War Virtutia Militari, 7 times the conflict Cross. Unfortunately, he was not allowed to return to free Poland. He died alone and forgotten in Edinburgh, Scotland on February 4, 1998. where he was buried at Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh.
The delegation then met with the mayor of Edenburg and, in the company of Karolina Maczek-Skillen, visited the places where he lived and worked as a patron of our Armoured Brigade, General Stanislaw Maczek.
In Edinburgh, soldiers of our Brigade besides met representatives of the Association of Polish Combatants at their headquarters, where they got acquainted with traditions and visited this historical place.
10. The Armoured Cavalry Brigade, while continuing the traditions of its predecessors, cherishes the memory of those who served and sacrificed in the conflict for freedom and independence.
Text: Captain Agata Farmer
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