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ABERDEENSt Joseph’s RC Church, 2 Tanfield Walk, Aberdeen. An image of the Black Madonna given by Officers and Men of Polish Armoured Train L.
ARBROATHMarine Ballroom/Grant’s Shoe Factory – now residential flats. Wall paintings by Polish soldiers covered up but, presumably, intact. See Robert Ostrycharz Polonica in Scotland
BLAIRGOWRIE Town Hall: Memorial Panel presented by Polish Tank Corps. Image courtesy of Alan McCombe
CLYDEBANKPiorun Memorial: near the Titan Crane. Memorial panel attached to riverside fence. Unveiled by Provost William Hendrie and Polish Vice-Consul Michał Zawisza 9th March 2019.
COATBRIDGESummerlee Heritage Museum: Polish “gorget” or ryngraf featuring an image of Our Lady of Częstochowa presented by Polish General Kukiel with the words, “This banner will speak to new generations of the friendship which will unite our two great nations.”
CROMARTY Bridge built by Pioneers (engineers) of the Polish 24th Silesian Infantry Brigade over a burn crossing the old west drive of Cromarty House. There are two stone plaques on the upstream side of the bridge piers. The soldiers worshipped in the Old Gaelic Church, now a ruin.
DALMENNY Three stained glass windows given by Lt. Col. Stanisław Sokolowski, in memory of his mother. The windows were designed by Lalia Dickson in 1942 and installed in Dalmenny Kirk.
DOUGLASThree Memorials to Polish units sited in the enclosed Polish Memorial Garden, Main Street, Douglas, South Lanarkshire. The memorials and garden are maintained by the Douglas Gardening Club.
EARLSFERRY, Fife Friendship Panel created by Polish artist Zofia Kruszelnicka and Captain Tadeusz Sieczkowski, adjutant, Polish Paratroops garrison in Elie and Earlsferry and situated on the front wall of the Town Hall.
EDINBURGHThe General Maczek Memorial: City Hall, The Royal Mile. General Stanisław Maczek, Polish 1st Armoured Division. Born Lwów 31.03.1892. Died Edinburgh 11.12.1994. Buried Breda, Holland.
GLASGOWPolish Naval Association Memorial: Three, stone, standing panels at St Peter’s Cemetery, Dalbeth, engraved with the names of the Association members. Dedicated in 1970.
PRESTWICKPolish Naval/Air Memorial: Stone memorial in the grounds of the RAF Association Club, 10 Ardayre Road, Prestwick.
RENFREW St James RC Church, Inchinnan Road. Memorial portrait of Our Lady of Częstochowa and plaque to three Polish airmen from 309 Squadron who were killed by a bomb explosion while trying to extinguish fires during the Clydebank Blitz in March 1941. In October 1982, at a special Mass, a silver plaque in memory of the airmen and the portrait of the Black Madonna was blessed and dedicated by Bishop McGill. The plaque was crafted by a local Polish jeweller, Eugeniusz Wacławski. The airmen are buried in two Polish War Graves in Arkleston Cemetery, Renfrew.
