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Merseman
Joined: 07 Aug 2013 Posts: 339 Location: Duns, Berwickshire
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Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 7:35 pm Post subject: Duns - Polish Memorials |
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When the weather is decent, I'll try to get photos of the Polish Memorial in Duns Public Park; there's a picture of it in the Duns civic thread but only a front view.
Substantial numbers of Polish units were stationed in Berwickshire.
However, this 'memorial' also exists, on the outside of the Sheriff Court.
UKNIWM: 44814
Sadly it's rusting badly.
Duns Sheriff Court is to close in a few years under the latest justice cuts. |
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Merseman
Joined: 07 Aug 2013 Posts: 339 Location: Duns, Berwickshire
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Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2013 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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UKNIWM: 44815
Here are pictures of the Polish Memorial in Duns Public Park... to 127 men of the Polish 1st & 2nd Armoured Regiments - they were stationed around Duns in the middle years of the war, before the invasion of Europe.
There's a story of them blowing up cairns while practicing on local moors...
Logic would indicate that the lefthand side, with a symbol of a 1 on a tank, is the 1st Regiment; and the righthand side the 2nd Regiment.
Setting, front & back...
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Merseman
Joined: 07 Aug 2013 Posts: 339 Location: Duns, Berwickshire
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Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2013 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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Inscriptions on sides. Ground aluminium remains remarkably crisp.
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