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Tombstone of Tadeusz Komorowski a.k.a. "Bór" in London, photo Krzysztof Zykubek, 2022
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Tombstone of Tadeusz Komorowski a.k.a. "Bór"

London | United Kingdom

Gunnersbury Cemetery

ID: NGR-014321-P/105109

Tombstone of Tadeusz Komorowski a.k.a. "Bór"

London | United Kingdom

Cenotaph in the form of a slab on a base and footing. The slab on the four sides on the central axes framed on the sides by polished L-shaped elements (inverted and laid on the longer side, with the shorter overlapping the slab). These elements give the impression of a buckle fastening the plate at the sides. The polished panel on the left side has an applied cross at its base with a Polish fighting sign in a high surround, on which is an inscription (2). On the right side of the cross over the whole plate applied inscription (1) made of convex letters.

Inscription:

1. GENERAL DYWIZJI / TADEUSZ BOR-KOMOROWSKI / 1.6.1895 – 24.8.1966 / DOWÓDCA ARMII KRAJOWEJ / NACZELNY WÓDZ / POLSKICH SIŁ ZBROJNYCH / IRENA LAMEZAN-SALINS / TADEUSZOWA KOMOROWSKA / 14.5.1905 – 22.10.1968 / ŻOŁNIERZ ARMII KRAJOWEJ //.

2. *ZIEMIA POLSKA Z TERENÓW WALK ARMII KRAJOWEJ //.

Related persons:

Tadusz Komorowski

Time of origin:

1967

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Tomb number 5A

Dimensions:

48 x 184 x 200 cm

Materials:

concrete/jewel concrete, sandstone, grey magmatic rocks (syenite, granodiorite, grey granite and others)

Additional Information about materials:

granite slab (most probably Impala), side elements (grey granite) yellow sandstone slab, concrete foundation, copper alloy appliqués (bronze?)

Additional information:

General Tadeusz Komorowski, pseudonym "Bór", was buried in this grave until 1994, when his ashes were transported to Poland, where they were laid to rest in the Powązki Military Cemetery (quarter A 28-7-7).

State of preservation:

corrosion, biological layers, tilted

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

tombstone is tilted backwards (approx. 70 mm) and to the left (approx. 130 mm) from the horizontal, elements on the sides move, object is unstable, dirt, corrosion of metal elements

Supplementary bibliography:

catalogue card prepared on the basis of the documentation made by Krzysztof Zykubek, in: 'Elaboration of the state of preservation of government graves in Great Britain', Warsaw 2022 (typescript kept in the Foundation Aid to Poles in the East).

Keywords:

gravestone, gravestone monument

Date of documentation:

2022

Publikacja:

24.03.2023

Author of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski

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Inscription on the gravestone of Tadeusz Komorowski a.k.a. "Bór" in London at Gunnersbury Cemetery

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Tombstone of Tadeusz Komorowski a.k.a. "Bór" in London

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