Tombstone of the Słowikowski family, photo Izabela Gkagkanis, Małgorzata Sołtys, 2022
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0, Source: Fundacja Pomoc Polakom na Wschodzie

Photo montrant Tombstone of Jan, Mieczyslaw and Zofia Slowikowski

Tombstone of the Słowikowski family, photo Izabela Gkagkanis, Małgorzata Sołtys, 2022
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0, Source: Fundacja Pomoc Polakom na Wschodzie

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ID: NGR-015658-P

Tombstone of Jan, Mieczyslaw and Zofia Slowikowski

London | United Kingdom

Stretham Cemetery

ID: NGR-015658-P

Tombstone of Jan, Mieczyslaw and Zofia Slowikowski

London | United Kingdom

The burial site is marked by three tombstones closely adjacent to each other on a cement foundation, at the head of which a stele spans the entire width of the slabs. The central panel is upright. The stele in the central part is upright in the same way as the upright of the slab. In the front, in the central part of the stele, an inscription applied in lead (1), under which a rectangular field (probably after the coat of arms of the Dry Chamber). In the left part of the stele a lead appliquéd inscription (2). In the right part of the stele an inscription appliquéd in lead (3). On the outer panels at the base ballooned vases. On the central panel, a trapezoidal uplift on which is placed a trapezoidal metal lantern on a leg with thick trapezoidal ground glass, surmounted by a cross.

Inscription:

1. SŁOWIKOWSKI / Suche Komnaty //.

2. MAJOR GENERAL / M.Z. RYGOR-SŁOWIKOWSKI / OGS, OBE, L.M. (USA). POLISH FORCES / ur 26 · II · 1896 + 20 · VII · 1989 / SERVED POLAND FAITHFULLY / JERZY JANUARY SŁOWIKOWSKI / 19 · 9 · 1926 – 10 · 7 · 2001 / HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY FAITHFULLY / FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS //.

3. ZOFIA MARIA ze SWIECKICH / ur 25 · XII · 1905 / + 1 · I · 1977 //.

Time of origin:

1977-1980

Emplacement de la pierre tombale:

Numéro de la tombe Sq. 7C, gr. 65 916

Dimensions:

61 x 183 x 188 cm

Additional dimensions:

stele: 183 cm wide, 56-61 cm high, 9.7 cm thick slab; tombstones: 188 cm long, 61 cm wide, 5-7.5 cm thick; vases: 25 cm high, 12-21 cm diameter, 18 cm from the edge of the slab; lantern: 27.5 cm high, 13 cm each side longer, 5.5 cm side shorter; pedestal under the trapezoidal-shaped lantern: 6.3-19.5 cm longer sides, 14 cm shorter sides

Materials:

glass, limestone, dark magmatic rocks (basalt, diabase, gabbro, monzonite and others), iron

Additional Information about materials:

stele and slabs: white compacted limestone with grey fills; lantern: glass, iron; lantern pedestal: basalt; foundation: cement;

Supplementary bibliography:

catalogue card compiled on the basis of documentation prepared by Izabela Gkagkanis and Małgorzata Sołtys, in: "Elaboration of the state of preservation of governmental graves in Great Britain", Warsaw 2022 (typescript kept in the Foundation Aid to Poles in the East)

Keywords:

gravestone, stele, gravestone monument

Date of documentation:

2022

Publikacja:

09.06.2023

Ostatnia aktualizacja:

09.06.2023

Author of the documentation sheet:

Daria Przybylińska

Development / approval of the documentation sheet:

Bartłomiej Gutowski