Tombstone of Władysław Raczkiewicz, Polish Airmen Cemetery, Newark-upon-Trent, photo Aleksandra Dąbkowska, 2024
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Tombstone of the Presidents of Poland, Polish Airmen Cemetery in Newark-upon-Trent, photo Aleksandra Dąbkowska, 2024
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Tombstone of Władysław Raczkiewicz (pre-2023), Polish Airmen Cemetery, Newark-upon-Trent, photo Aneta Krupnik, 2022
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Tombstone of Władysław Raczkiewicz (pre-2023), Polish Airmen Cemetery, Newark-upon-Trent, photo Aneta Krupnik, 2022
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Tombstone of Władysław Raczkiewicz (pre-2023), Polish Airmen Cemetery, Newark-upon-Trent, photo Aneta Krupnik, 2022
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Tombstone of Władysław Raczkiewicz (pre-2023), Polish Airmen Cemetery, Newark-upon-Trent, photo Aneta Krupnik, 2022
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Tombstone of Władysław Raczkiewicz (pre-2023), Polish Airmen Cemetery, Newark-upon-Trent, photo Aneta Krupnik, 2022
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Tombstone of Władysław Raczkiewicz (pre-2023), Polish Airmen Cemetery, Newark-upon-Trent, photo Aneta Krupnik, 2022
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Tombstone of Władysław Raczkiewicz

A gravestone monument (cenotaph) in the form of a slab on a band on which is a coat of arms cartouche with an engraved emblem of Poland filled with gold paint. Below an engraved inscription filled with black paint and a laurel branch filled with gold paint. The whole mounted on a band. The plate and cartouche polished, the band polished.

Inscription:

WŁADYSŁAW RACZKIEWICZ / PREZYDENT RZECZYPOSPOLITEJ POLSKIEJ / 1885-1947 //.

JEGO DOCZESNE SZCZĄTKI / ZOSTAŁY PRZENIESIONE DO OJCZYZNY / I ZŁOŻONE W MAUZOLEUM / PREZYDENTÓW RZECZYPOSPOLITEJ POLSKIEJ / NA UCHODŹSTWIE W ŚWIĄTYNI OPATRZNOŚCI BOŻEJ / W WARSZAWIE PODCZAS NARODOWYCH OBCHODÓW / SETNEJ ROCZNICY ODZYSKANIA NIEPODLEGŁOŚCI / RZECZYPOSPOLITEJ POLSKIEJ W 2022 ROKU //.

HIS REMAINS / WERE TRANSPORTED TO HIS HOMELAND / AND INTERED IN THE MAUSOLEUM / OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND IN EXILE / IN THE TEMPLE OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE IN WARSAW / DURING THE NATIONAL CELEBRATIONS OF THE CENTENARY / OF THE REGAINING OF INDEPENDENCE / OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND IN 2022 //.

Related persons:

Time of origin:

approx. 2000

Lokalizacja nagrobka:

Tomb number 2

Dimensions:

23 x 137 x 283 cm

Additional dimensions:

headband: 13 x 137 x 283 cm

Materials:

coloured magmatic rocks (granite, syenite and others), limestone, grey magmatic rocks (syenite, granodiorite, grey granite and others)

Additional Information about materials:

slab so-called Strzegom granite, shield of arms pink granite, banding Portland limestone (?)

Additional information:

Until 2023 a gravestone monument in the form of a gabled closed stele. The stele is polished, with an engraved inscription on the front (1) and the emblem of Poland in flat relief, the field of the coat of arms is depressed, below it 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 Commonwealth War Graves Commission, stele 82 x 38 x 8, band: 13 x 137 x 283 cm. Original inscription

1. THE LATE / WŁADYSŁAW RACZKIEWICZ / PRESIDENT / OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND //.
2. DIED ON 6 JUNE 1947 / AGED 62 //.

State of preservation:

good

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)

Date of documentation:

2024

Publikacja:

09.06.2023

Ostatnia aktualizacja:

23.07.2024

Author of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski
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Tombstone of Władysław Raczkiewicz, Polish Airmen Cemetery, Newark-upon-Trent, photo Aleksandra Dąbkowska, 2024
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Tombstone of the Presidents of Poland, Polish Airmen Cemetery in Newark-upon-Trent, photo Aleksandra Dąbkowska, 2024
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Tombstone of Władysław Raczkiewicz, Polish Airmen Cemetery, Newark-upon-Trent, photo Aleksandra Dąbkowska, 2024
Tombstone of Władysław Raczkiewicz, Polish Airmen Cemetery, Newark-upon-Trent Photo showing Tombstone of Władysław Raczkiewicz Gallery of the object +8
Tombstone of Władysław Raczkiewicz (pre-2023), Polish Airmen Cemetery, Newark-upon-Trent, photo Aneta Krupnik, 2022
Tombstone of Władysław Raczkiewicz, Polish Airmen Cemetery, Newark-upon-Trent Photo showing Tombstone of Władysław Raczkiewicz Gallery of the object +8
Tombstone of Władysław Raczkiewicz (pre-2023), Polish Airmen Cemetery, Newark-upon-Trent, photo Aneta Krupnik, 2022
Tombstone of Władysław Raczkiewicz, Polish Airmen Cemetery, Newark-upon-Trent Photo showing Tombstone of Władysław Raczkiewicz Gallery of the object +8
Tombstone of Władysław Raczkiewicz (pre-2023), Polish Airmen Cemetery, Newark-upon-Trent, photo Aneta Krupnik, 2022
Tombstone of Władysław Raczkiewicz, Polish Airmen Cemetery, Newark-upon-Trent Photo showing Tombstone of Władysław Raczkiewicz Gallery of the object +8
Tombstone of Władysław Raczkiewicz (pre-2023), Polish Airmen Cemetery, Newark-upon-Trent, photo Aneta Krupnik, 2022
Tombstone of Władysław Raczkiewicz, Polish Airmen Cemetery, Newark-upon-Trent Photo showing Tombstone of Władysław Raczkiewicz Gallery of the object +8
Tombstone of Władysław Raczkiewicz (pre-2023), Polish Airmen Cemetery, Newark-upon-Trent, photo Aneta Krupnik, 2022
Tombstone of Władysław Raczkiewicz, Polish Airmen Cemetery, Newark-upon-Trent Photo showing Tombstone of Władysław Raczkiewicz Gallery of the object +8
Tombstone of Władysław Raczkiewicz (pre-2023), Polish Airmen Cemetery, Newark-upon-Trent, photo Aneta Krupnik, 2022

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