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Tombstone of Michał Tokarzewski-Karaszewicz, Brompton Cemetery, London, photo Bartłomiej Gutowski, 2023
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Tombstone of Michał Tokarzewski-Karaszewicz, Brompton Cemetery, London, photo Bartłomiej Gutowski, 2023
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0, Source: Fundacja Pomoc Polakom na Wschodzie
Photo montrant Tombstone of Michał Tokarzewski-Karaszewicz
Tombstone of Michał Tokarzewski-Karaszewicz, Brompton Cemetery, London, photo Małgorzata Sołtys i Izabela Gkagkani, 2022
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0, Source: Fundacja Pomoc Polakom na Wschodzie
Photo montrant Tombstone of Michał Tokarzewski-Karaszewicz
Tombstone of Michał Tokarzewski-Karaszewicz, Brompton Cemetery, London, photo Małgorzata Sołtys i Izabela Gkagkani, 2022
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0, Source: Fundacja Pomoc Polakom na Wschodzie
Photo montrant Tombstone of Michał Tokarzewski-Karaszewicz
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ID: NGR-015603-P

Tombstone of Michał Tokarzewski-Karaszewicz

Brompton Cemetery
ID: NGR-015603-P

Tombstone of Michał Tokarzewski-Karaszewicz

Burial place marked by a boulder on the base, chiselled texture, On the front an irregular ground plaque, oval in shape. On it an inscription in relief (1), applied letters. From the top, a circular hole intended for candles / flowers or a non preserved crowning element. The grave field enclosed by a fence in the form of pyramidal low posts connected by a chain. On the front post on the right side a relief inscription with the grave number: 0.98 XII.

Inscription:

1. Ś. + P. / GENERAŁ BRONI / MICHAŁ TADEUSZ / TOKARZEWSKI – KARASZEWICZ / 1893-1964 / ŻOŁNIERZ, PRZYWÓDCA, FILOZOF. / SŁUŻYŁ PRAWDZIE I POLSCE / SEMPER FIDELIS / Ś + P / ANNA / TOKARZEWSKA – KARASZEWICZ / ZM 27.6.1956 / R.I.P //.

 

Time of origin:
ca. 1965
Emplacement de la pierre tombale:
Numéro de la tombe 0.98 XII
Dimensions:
61 x 31 x 62 cm
Materials:
coloured magmatic rocks (granite, syenite and others), lead, iron
Additional Information about materials:
gravestone made of light granite, metal chain and hooks, lead letters
Additional information:

in 1992, on the order of the Consul General of the Republic of Poland in London, the remains of General M. Tokarzewski-Karaszewicz were exhumed and he was buried in the Powązki Military Cemetery

Comments on the state of preservation and visible restoration:

In 2021, the renovation of the tombstone of General M. Tokarzewski-Karaszewicz was carried out. The initiators and people working on this project are: Bartosz Piasecki, Tomasz Muskus and Magdalena Kamińska.

Supplementary bibliography:

1. catalogue card compiled on the basis of documentation made by Małgorzata Sołtys and Izabela Gkagkani, in "Opracowanie stanu zachowania grobów rządowych w Wielkiej Brytanii", Warsaw 2022 (typescript kept in Fundacja Pomoc Polakom na Wschodzie).

2 Bartosz Piasecki, Jakie tajemnice ukrywa zapomniany grób polskiego generała na Cmentarzu Brompton? , British Poles.UK portal

Date of documentation:
2022
Author of the documentation sheet:
Bartłomiej Gutowski
Development / approval of the documentation sheet:
Bartłomiej Gutowski
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