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Photo Gallery 1 – Inside the Camp – 1944 – 1949

Posted on

26th March 2021

Posted by

Wendy Milne

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Okehampton Polish Navy
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Aleksander Szypko at the camp with Oaklands House in the background – late 1946 (Peter Szypko collection)

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Peter Skrzypczak at the camp with Oaklands House in the background (Rosemary Skrzypczak collection)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Three Polish sailors at the camp with Oaklands in the Background (Thomasz Ferus in the middle) (Stanislaw Ferus collection(nephew of Thomasz Ferus))

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Josef Pyka at the camp with Oaklands in the background
(Karl O’Brien
collection (grandson of Josef Pyka))

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Aleksander Slusarczyk in civilian outfit at the camp posing for a farewell photo before demob
(Aleksander Slusarczyk family collection)

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Stanislaw Olszowski (circled) with other Polish navy officers and army personnel outside a hut at the camp
(Tony Olszowski collection)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Stanislaw Olszowski (circled) with other Polish navy officers and army personnel outside a hut at the camp
(Tony Olszowski collection)

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Stanislaw Olszowski (back turned) in conversation at the camp
(Tony Olszowski collection)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Stanislaw Olszowski by the camp perimeter fence
(Tony Olszowski collection)

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Four Polish sailors probably by the camp perimeter fence
(Julian Gamow collection
(his father is on the right))

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Four Polish sailors probably near the camp perimeter fence outside a Nissan hut
(Julian Gamow collection
(his father is on the right))

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Group photo of army and navy Polish personnel possibly at the camp outside a Nissan hut in 1946 (Note: Wlodzimierz Arsenicz is standing 7th from the right behind the seated naval officer)
(Magda Arsenicz collection)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Large group of sailors at the camp outside a Nissan hut
(Richard Sroka collection)

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Dymitro Sniatkowski (on the right) at the camp
(Dymitro Sniatkowski family collection)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1940s aerial view of the northern half of the camp showing the exact spot from where the previous photo was taken
(Peter Szypko collection)

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Group of Polish sailors in front of trees at the camp
(Dymitro Sniatkowski family collection)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Peter Skrzypczak (circled) and a group of Polish sailors at the camp with a wooden hut in the background in October 1945
(Rosemary Skrzypczak collection)

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Peter Skrzypczak (circled) and probably the rest of the Polish naval football team posing at the camp in October 1945
(Rosemary Skrzypczak collection)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Polish Warrant Officers at the camp a month before the training facilities were closed (from the book ‘Toruń to Okehampton’ by Dariusz Nawrot).

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An officer and two seaman at the camp including Stanislaw Dominiak on the left. (Stanislaw Dominiak family collection)

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Playing with dogs (Ray Smul collection).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Footballers probably at the camp (Ray Smul collection).

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Officers and seamen with Oaklands in the background (ORP Blyskawica Facebook group by Josie Pearson).