Sergeant Jonathan Mathews Memorial Service earlier today, our thanks to HM Lord Lieutenant Roderick Urquhart, RBL Prestonpans, Rtd Lt Col Jim Blyth, Chaplain Phil Patterson, a poignant service to remember a Scots Warrior The SCOTS Legion Scotland #SgtJonathanMathews 2/3

One of the most beautiful pictures from the All Saints’ Day! The Polish War Memorial in London, unveiled #OTD in 1948, honours the Polish airmen who lost their lives in the #BattleofBritain. There are 2,165 Polish names engraved on its walls. Today, we pay tribute to them. Lest

🅾🅽 🆃🅷🅸🆂 🅽🅸🅶🅷🆃 November 3/4, 1942: Odette Sansom made a beach landing near Cassis in southern [Vichy] France to work as a courier for SOE's Spindle network. #OdetteSansom #OdetteHallowes #FSection #SOE #WW2 1/3 More information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odette_Ha…

🅱🅾🅾🅺 🆂 These superb biographies by Larry Loftis and Dr Penny Starns explore the remarkable life of the most highly decorated secret agent of WW2. #LarryLoftis #CodeNameLise #PennyStarns #Odette 2/3 Amazon: amazon.co.uk/s?k=odette+san…

The British premiere of a lost Chopin waltz took place at POSK Polish Centre London! Renowned pianist Artur Haftman performed this newly discovered piece, found in New York nearly 200 years after its composition. We were delighted to be a media patron of the concert.

Today, Lt Mieczysław Frąckiewicz, aka John Franklin, would have turned 105. Sadly, he passed away five months ago at the age of 104. He served as a wireless operator with No. 304 Polish Bomber Squadron. Over 17,000 airmen served in the Polish Air Force in the UK during WWII, and

Just back from Bradford, where the Polish plot of Bierley Cemetery is a microcosm of the Polish experience of the war - the Auschwitz survivor, the woman who served in the Home Army, the soldiers of the 2nd Corps and Maczek's Division, those who married Italian women...

SAS WHO DARES WINS - respect for - past, present and future 🇬🇧🫡 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🍀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #BritainsBest #SASWhoDaresWins

Today we launched our #volunteering partnership with Cadent . Cadent volunteer teams will be working alongside our volunteers on a number of projects this next week and into 2025. We are delighted to welcome the Cadent volunteers. 👍🏻

#OnThisDay we remember 22 SAS Frank Collins Frank Collins (born 5 November 1956 – died 16th June 1998) was a Church of England clergyman and the first 22 SAS soldier to enter the building in the Iranian Embassy Siege in 1980. #OperationNimrod

Piękny drewniany kościół świętego Leonarda z XV wieku w Lipnicy Murowanej: #malopolska #Poland

🅽🅴🆆 🅱🅾🅾🅺 Nigel Atkins & Jan Christensen reveal the true story of the RAF crew whose Halifax aircraft was shot down over Denmark during a mission for SOE. Perlego #SecretOperationsOverOccupiedEurope #NigelAtkins #JanChristensen #SOE #WW2 🇬🇧 amazon.com/Secret-Operati…

Join us for the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance from the Royal Albert Hall on 9 November as we come together to commemorate our Armed Forces and those who have made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our way of life. 📺 Watch on Saturday at 9pm on BBC One

1 Group Lancasters flying in formation. #History #WW2 #OnThisDay International Bomber Command Centre NeverMindTheDambusters

At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them.

We held our #RemembranceDay service RAF Ingham and were delighted to welcome and share the occasion with 50 Polish Motorcyclists and veterans of RAF Association National Service.

A WW2 combat pilot could usually handle two or three aircraft types. However, British Air Transport Auxiliary personnel could handle more. Polish pilot Anna Leska-Daab, born 14 November 1910, mastered over 40 aircraft types and delivered 700 planes to RAF squadrons.

“I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else - I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations” Queen Elizabeth II #QueenElizabethII #QueenElizabeth

🅳🅸🆂🅿🅻🅰🆈 December 2, 2024: SOE agent Noor Inayat Khan’s George Cross medal for gallantry will go on display at the RAF Museum at Colindale in north-west London along with the logbook of the pilot who flew her to France. #NoorInayatKhan #SOE #WW2 1/3 indianexpress.com/article/news-t…

Dziś jest Święto Matki Bożej Ostrobramskiej, Matki Miłosierdzia. #wilno #vilnius