Remembering

 

Memorials

Memorials are built so that we can remember those who died during wars. Many of the memorials have names of those who died and are buried abroad. Do you have a war memorial in your town or village? You can search Buckinghamshire's Heritage Portal or look at the War Memorial website (www.ukinwm.org.uk) to find out. If you find one, fill in the table below.

 

Where is it?                             

What date was it put up?            

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Graves

Some people who died in the war are buried in England. Some of the people who died weren’t soldiers, but were killed in accidents and bombs. You can look on the internet again to find some war graves at the British War Graves website (www.britishwargraves.org.uk). Try to find any that are in your town or village, or have the same surname as you. If you find any, fill in this table below.

 

Where is it?

What date did the person die?

What was their name?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sometimes people from other countries were buried in this country, if they died here or it wasn’t possible to bury them in their own country because enemy armies occupied it.

 

Halton HouseThe church of St Michael at Halton has quite a few graves of people from other countries. The Polish Air Force and Army were in Buckinghamshire during the war because the Germans had invaded their country. Halton has a Royal Air Force base where they probably trained. Some of them died whilst fighting against the Germans.

 

Look at this list and answer the questions afterwards:

 

Name

Age at death

Date of death

Nationality

Jozef Bielawski

27

22nd May 1943

Polish

Stanislaw Borkowski

23

22nd May 1943

Polish

Darwin Clark

19

12th Dec 1942

Canadian

Johannes De Rooij

28

25th Feb 1946

Netherlands

Franciszek Dzwon

39

4th May 1943

Polish

Jan Glowacki

38

13th Feb 1941

Polish

Thomas Henwood

21

4th Feb 1943

Rhodesian (Zimbabwe)

Antoni Klosinki

39

22nd May 1943

Polish

Edward Kmiecik

33

31st Aug 1944

Polish

Norman Koelges

-

10th Jan 1941

South African

Feliks Kunka

22

22nd May 1943

Polish

Stanislaw Mazurkiewicz

35

22nd Jan 1943

Polish

Jozef Nenko

24

22nd May 1943

Polish

Karol Polanin

24

16th Mar 1945

Polish

Arnold Swanson

20

27th April 1943

Australian

Edward Szepelski

19

6th Aug 1944

Polish

Leon Szewczuk

27

11th Aug 1944

Polish

John Willox

26

3rd Jan 1942

Australian

 

  1. Halton RAF baseWho were the youngest men to die?           
    a.
    b.
  2. How many men died on 22nd May 1943?
  3. How many Polish men are buried at Halton?
  4. It is very sad to think of the people who died in wars, but it is very important. Why do you think it is important?

Go back to find out more about Buckinghamshire in the Wars.