Memorials and Monuments in Portsmouth Cemeteries (The Polish Memorial)

Location
On the west side of the cemetery, to the east of the Civilians memorial.

Memorial
The Polish Memorial

Detail - Right Plaque

Detail - Top Plaque
Polish Memorial - top plaque

Detail - Centre Plaque
Polish Memorial - centre plaque

Detail - Left Plaque

Inscription - Right Plaque

Oby pamięć nie zaginela o tych 212 bohaterach
Powstania Listopadowego którzy po stoczonych
bojach z rosyjskim najezdzcą l 3-letnim pobycle
w pruskiej niewoll- przybyli do Portsmouth w
lutym 1834.
Żaden z tych Powstańców nie doczekał się
powrotu do Wolnej Polski, a większość z nich w
tym miejscu, we wspólnym grobie spoczywa.
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Lest we forget the kindness shown and the help
given by the people of Britain's premier naval
port - Portsmouth to 212 Polish soldiers, members
of the first Polish community in Britain, who
arrived in Portsmouth in February 1834, after
having taken part in the November uprising
against Tzarist Russian oppression, which took
place in Warsaw in 1830 - 1831.
The majority of those soldiers were laid to rest
in this very place in a common grave.

At a time when merchants of human rights joined forces
in order to destroy liberty - the people of Portsmouth
rallied to the aid of those, who fought for that liberty.

Inscription - Centre Plaque

LISTA IMIENNA ŻOŁNIERZY POLISKICH PRZYBYŁYCH
Z GDAŃSKA DO PORTSMOUTH NA OKRĘCIE
"MARIANNE" W ROKU 1834:

POLISH SOLDIERS, WHO ARRIVED IN PORTSMOUTH
FROM GDANSK ABOARD THE BATTLESHIP
"MARIANNE" IN 1834

[212 names - See Below]

Further Information

1830 saw the beginning of an uprising in Warsaw by the Poles against their Russian oppressors. In 1831 this was defeated and many Polish soldiers escaped to Prussia. This was not a wise move as Prussia was already under the control of their Russian neighbours and so were forced to send the soldiers either to exile in Siberia or by ship to America. They chose the latter.

The exiles sailed from Gdansk aboard the ship "Marianne" and headed out for America but a few days later storms forced the ship to take cover in Portsmouth. The Captain had no intention of staying any longer than necessary but the Poles demanded to be let ashore. This did not go down well with the local magistrate who petitioned the Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, for funds to support the soldiers. Lord Melbourne was equally unsympathetic and suggested returning the men back to Prussia.

The matter soon came to a head, with all official bodies refusing to take responsibility on the grounds that it would encourage further mass immigration. It was at this point that the people of Portsmouth took it upon themselves to help the men. Schools in Portsmouth made collections and held charity events to raise money for the relief of the soldiers with the result that by the time a refuge in Algeria had been obtained for the men, they did not want to go.

The Original Memorial c2002

Unveiling the Polish Memorial

The Unveiling - 27 June 2004

As time passed the soldiers learned English, found employment, married local women, anglicized their names and obtained housing in the Aldwell Street area (now Winston Churchill Avenue).

A memorial to the Polish Soldiers was proposed 40 years ago and got as far as laying the brick superstructure and commissioning the plaques. Money then ran out, building work ceased and the plaques remained in the storerooms of the Portsmouth City Architects office. In 2004, the Polish Memorial Fund succeeded in raising funds to complete the work. Appositely the new memorial was designed by the chief architect at Portsmouth City Council, Stefan Jakobek, whose father fought in Warsaw in 1944 before moving to England.

The Chairman of the Polish Memorial Fund is Otton Z. Hulacki and he can be contacted at 18 Coppins Bridge, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 2BX. Tel: 01983 883340

NAMES ON THE CENTRAL PANEL
ADAMKIEWICZ Tadeusz - 4 p.p.l. AMBROZEWICZ Wiktor - 26 p.p.l. ANCISZEWSKI Josef - artyleria piesza ARENDARCZYK Michal-gwardia grenadierow ARNOWSKI Lukasz - artyleria piesza BACZYNSKI Adam - 1 p.strz.konnych BARTOSIK Lukasz - 7 p.p.l. BEDNAREK Ludwik - 4 p.p.l. BEDNARSKI Jakob - artyleria piesza BOBROWSKI Ignacy - artyleria piesza BOJARSKI Josef - artyleria piesza BORTKIEWICZ Kazimierz - 13 p.ul. BUCHOWSKI Apoloniusz - 4 p.p.l. BUDREWICZ Marcin - 13 p.ul. BUDKIEWICZ Tomasz - 4 p.p.l. BUKOW Grzegorz - 12 p.p.l. BURZYNSKI Luwik - saper BYKOWSKI Josef - 4 p.p.l. CHERUBIN Jakob - jazda piocka CHOYNOWSKI Adam - artyleria piesza CHOYNOWSKI Kazimierz - 4 p.strz.konnych CHRABINSKI Jan - gwardia artylerii konnej CIESIELSKI Franciszek - artyleria piesza CIESIELSKI Jakob - saper CIMOSZEK Andrzej - 12 p.p.l. CZAPLA Sebastian - artyleria piesza CZAPINSKI Antoni - 2 p.p.l. CZARNECKI Jan - jazda augustowska CZAYKOWSKI Tomasz - jazda lubelska CZARWINSKI Josef - 4 p.strz.pieszych CZUCHRYLA Marcin - saper CZUPRYNSKI Franciszek - art.konna polowa DAJEK Michal - saper DANIELEWICZ Josef - 13 p.ul. DARASZKIEWICZ Piotr - 12 p.p.l. DABROWSKI Wincenty - 13 p.ul. DEMBOWSKI Josef - 4 p.strz.konnych DOBROWOLSKI Jan - 1 p.strz.konnych DOBRZYCKI Jakob - jazda lubelska DOKTOROWICZ Bartlomiej - artyleria piesza DROBNICKI Jakob - jazda lubelska DROZDOWSKI Wawrzyniec - 2 p.p.l. DRZEWICKI Lukasz - 3 p.strz.konnych DURMALA Mikolaj - 4 p.p.l. DYLEWSKI Josef - saper DWOJAK Joachim - saper DZIERBINSKI Wojciech - saper DZWONKIEWICZ Jan - jazda lubelska FIEDORCZUK Grzegorz - 4 p.p.l. FINKLER Karol jazda lubelska GASIEWSKI Franciszek - jazda lubelska GOSPODAREK Szczepan - 4 p.p.l. GRUSZECKI Marcin - 4 p.p.l. GRZEGORCZYK Antoni - 1 p.strz. pieszych GRZYB Szymon - artyleria piesza GWIAZDOWSKI Adam - saper GWIAZDZINSKI Kazimierz - 1 p.strz.pieszych HANCEREWICZ Dominik - 13 p.ul. HANDLEWSKI Franciszek saper HARASIMOWICZ Jan - 1 p.ul. HARDZIEJEWSKI Josef - 13 p.ul. JACKOWSKI Michal - saper JAKOBOWSKI Szymon - 3 p.strz.pieszych JANKOWSKI Karol 4 p.p.l. JANOW Grzegorz - 4 p.p.l. JASNOWSKI Filip 4 p.p.l. JASNOWSKI Josef - 4 p.p.l. JAWORSKI Antoni - saper JENDROCH Antoni - saper JEZIERSKI Ksawery - 1 p.strz.pieszych JEDRUSIK Franciszek - artyleria piesza	JOZWOWICZ Jozef - 12 p.p.l. JURECKI Stanislaw - artyleria piesza JURGA Kazimierz - 9 p.p.l. KACZMAREK Franciszek - 2 p.p.l. KADRYS Szymon - 4 p.strz.pieszych KALINOWSKI Grzegorz - artyleria piesza KALUCKI Kasper - 4 p.strz.pieszych KASPRZYCKI Kasper - artyleria piesza KEDZIARA Marcin 3 p.strz.pieszych KIN Josef - 4 p.p.l. KIERCZUK Jan - 4 p.p.l. KISIELEWSKI Michal - 13 p.ul. KIWEL Fryderyck - 1 p.p.l. KOLODZIEJCZYK Franciszek - rakietniki KONOPINSKI Dominik - 3 p.strz.pieszych KOPCZYNSKI Szymon - saper KOPINSKI Mateusz - saper KORYCKI Alojzy - 13 p.ul. KORYCKI Josef - jazda krakowska KOSIN Franciszek - 1 p.strz.pieszych KOTLOWSKI Josef - rakietniki KRASUSKI Wincenty - saper KRZYSZTOFIK Adam - artyleria konna polowa KRZYWICKI Pawel - artyleria konna polowa KOWALCZUK Jan - artyleria piesza KOWALIK Franciszek - 4 p.p.l. KOWALSKI Michal - 12 p.p.l. KOZLOWSKI Gabriel - 12 p.p.l. KUNICKI Jerzy - 4 p.p.l. KUZGA Michal - 4 p.p.l. KUNCEWICZ Kazimierz - 1p.strz.pieszych LELEJEWSKI Andrzei - saper LEPIK Tomasz - saper LEWINSKI Jan - 4 p.strz.pieszych LINKOWSKI Franciszek artyleria konna polowa LISIAKOWSKI Ambrozy - saper LISSOWSKI Andrej - 13 p.ul. LASTOWIECKI Grzegorz - saper LASTOWIECKA Juliana -(sic) zona Grzegorza LASTOWIECKIEGO (sic) LAZAREK Jan - 4 p.p.l. LUCZAK Josef - 4 p.strz.pieszych LYSZKOWSKI Jacek - saper MACHAY Adam - artyleria piesza MACKIEWICZ Jakob - artyleria piesza MALINOWSKI Wojciech - artyleria piesza MAJEWSKI Pawel - 10 p.p.l. MANKOWSKI Josef - 8 p.p.l. MATUSZEWSKI Josef - jazda lubelska MATUSZEWSKI Wawrzyniec - 4 p.p.l. MAZURKIEWICZ Karol - 4 p.p.l. MICHALSKI Jan - saper MICHALOWSKI Josef - saper MICHNIEWICZ Onufry - 12 p.p.l. MILASZKIEWICZ Josef - 16 p.p.l. MROZINSKI Szymon - 7 p.ul. NAGIEL Kasper - jazda krakowska NOWICKI Michal - 16 p.p.l. NOWICKI Wincenty - 13 p.ul. NOWOSAD Stanislaw - 4 p.p.l. OGORCZYNSKI Franciszek - artyleria piesza OLESKY Jan - artyleria piesza OLESZCZUK Antoni - saper ORLOWSKI Antoni - 4 p.strz.konnych ORYCH Wojciech - artyleria konna polowa OSIEK Wojciech - artyleria konna polowa PALIAN Antoni - 1 p.strz.konnych PALUSZEK Jakob - 1 p.p.l. PAPUCIA Mateusz - saper PAWLIKOWSKI Jakob - saper PERKOWSKI Jan - 4 p.strz.konnych	PIETRZAK Lukasz - 4 p.p.l. PIETKA Gabriel - artyleria piesza PIETKOWSKI Piotr - 13 p.ul. PIETKOWSKI Wojciech - artyleria piesza PIETROWSKI Antoni - 13 p.ul. PODYMA Karol - saper POLAKOWSKI Josef - 1 p.strz.konnych POPKIEWICZ Piotr - saper PORZECKI Marcin - 1 p.strz.konnych PRUCHNO Mateusz - 6 p.p.l. PRZYBYLSKI Cyprian - 4p.p.l. RACIONAZ Walenty - artyleria piesza RACZEK Maciej - artyleria konna polowa RACZKUS Josef - artyleria piesza RODAK Franciszek - 1 p.strz.konnych ROGULSKI Bazyli - jazda podlaska ROMANOWSKI Augustyn - 1 p.p.l. ROZANSKI Josef - 4 p.p.l. RUPEYKO Stanislaw - 1 p.p.l. RUTKOWSKI Lukasz - artyleria piesza RUTKOWSKI Mikolai - saper RYMKIEWICZ Stanislaw - 1 p.strz.pieszch RYNKIEWICZ Ignacy - 12 p.p.l. SARZENSKI Jakob - rakietniki SAKOWSKI Wincenty - jazda poznanska SIEMIANOWICZ Karol - jazda poznanska SIERAKOWSKI Ksawery - 4 p.p.l. SIERPINSKI Blazei - 4 p.p.l. SOBOLEWSKI Andrei - 2 p.strz.pieszych SOKOLOWSKI Maciei - 12 p.p.l. SOLDACZUK Michal - 4 p.strz.konnych SOROCZYNSKI Marcin - jazda poznanska SOSNOWSKI Josef - jazda krakowska STELMACH Antoni - artyleria piesza STEMPIN Ludwin - artyleria piesza STEPNIK Ignacy - artyleria piesza STRYNGIS Ignacy - 13 p.ul. SUKIENKA Jakob - 13 p.ul. SZWARC Augustyn - 4 p.p.l. SWIDERSKI Jan - rakietniki SWIEDZINSKI Jan - 6 p.ul. TARASIEWICZ Filip - 4 p.p.l. TASZYCKI Josef - 1 p.ul. TEKLINSKI Franciszek - saper TERLECKI Michal - p.p.l. TOMASZEWSKI Stefan - 12 p.p.l. TOMASZEWSKI Szczpan - 1 p.strz.pieszych TUSZYNSKI Wincenty - 10 p.ul. WARCZYNSKI Michal - saper WARSZAWIAK Franciszek - artyleria konna polowa WASILEWSKI Andrej - 3 p.strz.pieszych WASILEWSKI Jan - 4 p.p.l. WASZKIEWICZ Franciszek - saper WASOWSKI Kazimierz gwardia grenadierow WELLMAN Ignacy - 16 p.p.l. WEREMECKI Dionizy - 1 p.p.l. WEZYK Walenty - artyleria piesza WILCZAK Wincenty - artyleria konna polowa WILIMOWICZ Jan - 1 p.strz.konnych WILKOWSKI Piotr - 16 p.p.l. WISZNIEWSKI Mikolaj - 4 p.p.l. WOLSKI Tomasz - artyleria piesza WOZNIAK Franciszek - 4 p.p.l. WOZNIAK Kasper - 4 p.p.l. WYPYSZAK Adam - saper ZAREMBA Maciej - 4 p.p.l. ZARZECKI Michal - 13 p.ul. ZAWADZAKI Franciszek - 4 p.p.l. ZIELINSKI Mikolaj - artyleria piesza ZIELKOWSKI Kazimierz - 12 p.p.l. ZUBOWSKI Josef - 16 p.p.l.

Note: The right plaque on the memorial states there were 212 soldiers. There are actually 213 names on the central plaque as the wife of one of the men (LASTOWIECKA Juliana) is also listed.

Kingston Cemetery- The Polish Memorial -

Kingston Cemetery
- The Polish Memorial -