Jan Stepek (front row,1st left) in the Polish navy in Egypt, 1943, visiting the pyramids and the sphinx. (Martin Stepak collection)
Kazirmierz Szypillo (1st left) in the Polish army in Piertermarizburg, South Africa, whilst England-bound in 1942 (Stefan Szypillo collection)
Aleksander Szypko (2nd left, back row) with the Polish army in the Middle East whilst England-bound in 1942
(Peter Szypko collection)
Crew of the destroyer ORP Piorun on convoy duty in arctic North Russia, 1943
(Peter Szypko collection)
Stanislaw Olszowski (3rd from right front row) and the crew of Polish submarine ORP Jastrzab, New London, Connecticut, USA, 1941 (Tony Olszowski collection)
Stanislaw Olszowski (centre) and other Polish Midshipmen from the submarine ORP Orzel stationed in Rosyth, Scotland, 1940 (Tony Olszowski collection)
Stanislaw Olszowski in tropical uniform on board the Polish destroyer, ORP Burza off Freetown, Sierra Leone 1943 (Tony Olszowski collection)
Cadets in Casablanca, Morocco, September 1939 (Tony Olszowski collection)
Officer Cadets. AMW Oksywie, Gydnia, 1939 (Tony Olszowski collection)
Kazirmierz Szypillo (circled) with other Polish sailors from ORP Piorun in Malta during the 1943 Allied Italian campaign (Stefan Szypillo collection)
Polish troops at a temporary British military camp in Iraq in Spring 1942. Many of them were to soon depart from the Middle East for Great Britain where some opted to enlist in the Polish Navy under British command. (Ray Smul collection).
Polish troops probably on the beach on a murky day at Kirkcaldy in Scotland on 1 October 1942. The nearby Polish Military Reception camp at Auchtertool was the point at which many Polish evacuees from the Middle East opted to enlist in the Polish Navy. (Ray Smul collection).