Tombstone of August Zaleski, Polish Airmen Cemetery, Newark-upon-Trent, photo Aneta Krupnik, 2022
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Tombstone of August Zaleski, Polish Airmen Cemetery, Newark-upon-Trent, photo Aneta Krupnik, 2022
Licencja: CC BY-SA 4.0, Źródło: Fundacja Pomoc Polakom na Wschodzie

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Tombstone of August Zaleski

Newark-upon-Trent | United Kingdom

Polish Airmen Cemetery in Newark-upon-Trent

ID: NGR-015602-P

Tombstone of August Zaleski

Newark-upon-Trent | United Kingdom

A gravestone monument (cenotaph) in the form of a gabled stele. The stele is polished, at the front with an engraved inscription (1) and a Polish emblem in flat relief, below which there is a further part of the inscription (2). The tomb field is covered with a chamfered band. The design of the gravestone is in accordance with the design of monuments for soldiers of the Polish Armed Forces under the care of the Commonwealh War Graves Commission.

Inscription:

1. Ś.P. / AUGUST ZALESKI / PREZYDENT / RZECZYPOSPOLITEJ POLSKIEJ //.

2. ZMARŁ DNIA 7 KWIETNIA / 1972 / PRZEŻYWSZY LAT 88 //.

Related persons:

August Zaleski

Time of origin:

approx. 2000

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Tomb number 1

Dimensions:

76 x 38 x 7.5 cm

Materials:

limestone

Additional Information about materials:

stele beige limestone, band Portland limestone (?)

Additional information:

On 12 November 2022, the remains of August Zaleski and two other presidents of the Polish Republic in exile were brought to Poland: Władysław Raczkiewicz and Stanisław Ostrowski. They were buried in the Mausoleum of the Presidents of the Republic of Poland in Exile in Warsaw.

State of preservation:

good

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

Notes and recommendations for conservation
For a detailed description of the state of preservation and a programme of conservation work, see Aneta Krupnik, in "Opracowanie stanu zachowania grobów rządowych w Wielkiej Brytanii", Warsaw 2022 (typescript stored at Fundacja Pomoc Polakom na Wschodzie)

Supplementary bibliography:

catalogue card compiled on the basis of documentation prepared by Aneta Krupnik, in: "Elaboration of the state of preservation of governmental graves in Great Britain", Warsaw 2022 (typescript stored in the Foundation Aid to Poles in the East)

Keywords:

stele, gravestone monument

Date of documentation:

2022

Publikacja:

08.06.2022

Author of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski

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