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NEGATIVE ALBUMS (rougly 100 strips of 5 negatives in each album). Some associated prints included: NEGATIVE ALBUM 9 Strips 1-16 – Destroyed (photos of Infantry School of Officer Cadets, tanks during the manoeuvres, Signals regimental day, 1942) Strips 17-26 – Paratroopers during the training and posing for group photos, 1942. Strips 27-36 – Edinburgh, 1943/1944, portraits of a model/girlfriend named Jean Forbes. Strips 37-61 – IMPORTANT, a funeral of General WŁADYSŁAW SIKORSKI, NEWARK-ON-TRENT, 15-18 August 1943. Strips 62-69 – Copy negatives of General WŁADYSŁAW SIKORSKI portraits. Strips 70-72 – Copy negatives of photos of Polish airmen and DUKE OF KENT visiting them (?) Strips 73- 99 – General photographs of Polish troops in CUPAR, 1942, possibly units of the 1st POLISH RIFLE BRIGADE. Strips 100-108 – Winter 1941/1942, series of photographs of troops of the 1st Battalion of, possibly, the 1st PPOLISH RIFLE BRIGADE. NEGATIVE ALBUM 10 Strips 1-29 – A visit of Prime Minister WINSTON CHURCHILL to the 1st POLISH RIFLE BRIGADE, possibly in CUPAR. He was accompanied by his wife, CLEMENTINE CHURCHILL, and all high ranking Polish officials i.e. General WLADYSLAW SIKORSKI. Strip 30 – Landscapes. Strip 31 – King GEORGE VI with the Queen in a car. Strips 32-35 – Exhibition about Poland by an artist/photographer named Bryluka. Strip 35 – Loose negative. Captain Wierzejewski in front of the "WINGS FOR VICTORY" display in LEEDS. Strip 36 – Empty. Strips 37-41 – Copy negatives and original negatives of King GEORGE VI and the QUEEN visiting Polish units accompanied by General WLADYSLAW SIKORSKI. Strips 42-46 – LEEDS, 1 July 1943, King PETER of Yugoslavia visiting city, street military parades etc. Strip 47 – Polish Corporal talking to a serviceman of the Canadian Highland Light Infantry Regiment, a "WINGS FOR VICTORY" week celebration on a stage, LEEDS (?). Strips 48-54 – ALLOA, 20 July 1943, 1st INDEPENDENT RIFLE BRIGADE's regimental day, photos of General BOLESLAW DUCH. Strips 55-57 – A woman named Halinka with a daughter, Polish Army parade around a concert stage (?). Strip 58 – A portraif General SIKORSKI, General DUCH talking to a soldier, group photo of soldiers. Strips 59-62 – Polish troops after evacuation from France, September 1940, inspected by General Sikorski and USA Ambassador to Poland ANTHONY JOSEPH DREXLER BIDDLE. Strip 63 – Reproduction of a Polish Army newspaper. Strip 64 – Portrait of a Polish soldier with number plaque. Strip 65-69 – ALLOA, May 1943, English visitors viewing the exhibition about Poland by an artist/photographer named Bryluka. Strip 70 – LEEDS, June 1943, one of the Leeds University lecturers (?). Strip 71 – A commander addressing his troops from the back of a lorry (2 shots), two unnamed women, reproduction of a photograph of Marie Curie's house. Strip 72 – Empty. Strip 73 – Woman named Rora Gael (?). Strips 74-75 – Woman named Iris Blechew (?). Strips 76-77 – Graves of Polish airmen in Northwood cemetery. Strip 78 – Miscellaneous, cat in a garden. Strip 79 - Trip to Lowyhen, August 1943. Strip 80 – Garden in Pinewood Studios. Strips 81-84 – Scenes from filming course in Pinewood Studios. Strips 85-89 – Views of ST ALBANS. Strips 90-95 – Views of St James's Palace. Strips 96-97 – Unknown location. Strip 98 – Serviceman named Fojek and his colleague. Strip 99 – Servicemen named Dora, Thorn and unknown. Strips 100-101 - Author's photos from Africa. Strips 102-103 – Copy negatives of photos from Wilno (Vilnius) Strip 104 – Copy negatives of General Sikorski, Ignacy Paderewski, a document. Strip 105 – May 1943, TILLICOULTRY, unnamed Polish servicemen. Strip 106 – ALLOA, 1943, Polish soldiers with children. Strip 107 – ALLOA 1943, Polish soldier playing with cats. NEGATIVE ALBUM 11 Strip 1 – March 1943, KINGSKETTLE, military parade in the town, women marching. Strips 2-8 – Polish Army Engineers building a bridge. Strips 9-12 – ALLOA, March or April 1943, WAR WEAPONS WEEK celebrations. Strip 13 – Authors own photos, a trip to Hospital no 1 (?). Strip 14 – Concert in a public park in ALLOA, a trip to Hospital no 1 (?). Strip 15 – A document/order dissolving one of the Polish brigades. Strip 16 – Soldiers of the medical unit/company, a serviceman named Gottlieb. Strip 17 – A serviceman named Gottlieb, a document/order dissolving one of the Polish brigades. Strip 18 – Three officers of the Polish forces, 2 of them adjutants – airman, sailor and army officer. Strip 19 – Empty. Strip 20 – Civilians and soldiers in the streets of BIGGAR. Strip 21 – Photograph of the 1st POLISH RIFLE DIVISION's badge. Strips 22-36 – Visit of KING GEORGE VI and QUEEN ELIZABETH to troops of one of the units of the 1st POLISH CORPS. General WŁADYSŁAW SIKORSKI greets both guests, King and Queen inspect a military parade and individual soldiers. Strips 37-39 – Polish troops marching in a column cheered by local children. Strips 40-41 – General STANISŁAW UJEJSKI inspecting troops of various units, including airmen. Strip 42 – Holy Mass celebrated for soldiers and civilians alike. Strip 43 – General BOLESŁAW DUCH read a Polish newspaper, Dziennik Polski (Polish Daily)accompanied by Lt. Drzewiecki, Senior Corporal Dymek and Corporal Treter (two shots), General speaks to a Polish FANY and in a car. Strips 44-45 – Mountains covered by snow, taken on 15 May 1943. Strip 45 – Last shot, Photo of dog fight over ALLOA, possibly May 1943. Strips 46-48 – Two servicemen named Chwella (?) and Strzemecki, cut the grass around Town Hall, possibly ALLOA. Strip 48 – Last shot, General BOLESLAW DUCH with Lt. Drzewiecki on the street. Strip 49 – Mother with a child watching a monument in ALLOA, a tree, Captain Budzisz and Captain Wystryk (?). Strip 50 – Polish officers in ALLOA, 2 June 1943. Strip 51 – Child named Halinka in ALLOA (?), 10 June 1943. Strip 52 – Major Budziszewski in ALLOA (2 shots). Strips 52-67 – General WLADYSLAW SIKORSKI inspecting Polish troops in Siberia released from Soviet captivity, accompanied by Ambassador STANISLAW KOT. Strip 68 – December 1944, NORTH BERWICK, a parade of the POLISH WOMEN'S AUXILIARY SERVICE. Strips 69-72 – Girls from the POLISH WOMEN'S AUXILIARY SERVICE in various situations. Strip 73 – Two paintings of an artist named Testaw (?). Strip 74 – Two policemen from CUPAR (1 shot), 6 December 1942 (Santa Claus day in Polish tradition) in 2nd Battalion HQ. Strip 75 – Polish serviceman with two policemen from CUPAR (2 shots), WLADYSLAW PRYTYS (Author) with two policemen from CUPAR (2 shots). Strips 76-90 – Decoration ceremony of Officer Cadets of the Polish Armed Forces. Strip 91 – EDINBURGH, February 1944, a servicewoman named Maria Hryz and her female colleague. Strip 92 – Three women named Allison, Wiera and Miller (1 shot), 2 shots of Maria Hryz (?), Paratroopers of the 1st POLISH INDEPEDENT PARACHUTE BRIGADE with their wellbikes in LEVEN, 1943 (1 shot). Strips 93-94 - (?), Paratroopers of the 1st POLISH INDEPEDENT PARACHUTE BRIGADE with their wellbikes in LEVEN, 1943 during exercises. Strips 95-96 – In the camp of water units of the Polish Army. Strips 97-107 – 13 March 1944, General BERNARD MONTGOMERY visiting Polish units in KELSO, GALASHIELS and LANARK. Photographs of senior Polish officers i.e. General STANISŁAW MACZEK. Strip 108 – 4 strips, girls from the POLISH WOMEN'S AUXILIARY SERVICE in group and individual photographs. NEGATIVE ALBUM 12 There is only a very brief description attached – "Polish Government-in-Exile, General SIKORSKI, President RACZKIEWICZ, Ambassador KOT etc." No specific descriptions of individual strips supplied. However there are very good photos of practically every member of Polish Government-in-Exile i.e. Prime Minister General WŁADYSŁAW SIKORSKI, President-in-Exile WŁADYSŁAW RACZKIEWICZ, Deputy Prime Minister STANISŁAW KOT, General KAZIMIERZ SOSNKOWSKI, etc. There are also photographs of Polish women services members, individual officers and soldiers, students after graduation, possibly in the University of Edinburgh. Unfortunately no descriptions attached either. Many strips are bundled up together in individual strip holders. Albums 13-21 are of different format. They contain 100 larger format negatives in individual sleeves. It's again a mix of military photographs and author's private images. NEGATIVE ALBUM 13 Sleeve 1 – Close up of a soldier in full gear aiming his Lee-Enfield rifle. Sleeves 2-4 – Display of Jesus Christ's grave, religious motive. Sleeves 5-6 – Soldiers feeding swans on a lake. Sleeves 7-9 – Photograph of a naked soldier by the lake. Sleeves 10-12 – Hospital scenes: nurses and doctors by a bed of a sick soldier, in front of the hospital, playing tennis. Sleeves 13-14 – Soldiers clearing snow from a road. Sleeves 15-16 – Private photos of the author. Sleeves 17-18 – Soldiers farming in the field. Sleeve 19 – Unknown family, mother with three children Sleeve 20 – Two negatives, Polish Army in France 1939/1940. A roll call of a Polish unit, a column of Polish soldiers passing a local farmer driving a horse cart. Sleeve 21 – King GEORGE VI and Queen ELIZABETH greeted by Polish officers. Sleeves 22-23 – Polish soldiers during an informal talk. Sleeve 24 – A group of children. Contact print attached. Sleeve 25 – Three soldiers at the river. Sleeves 26-28 – ST ANDREWS, ruins of the church. Soldiers posing by it. Sleeve 29 – Polish soldiers building field fortifications in ST ANDREWS. Sleeve 30 – Group of soldiers. Sleeves 31-34 – Casual photos of soldiers with female companions, walking, on a bike etc. Sleeves 35-36 – Soldiers standing by Army trucks with a sentry watching them. Picture taken somewhere at the seacoast. Sleeves 37-65 – Very miscellaneous. Photos of soldiers, individual and group, seacoast landscapes, ladies with children etc. No time, place and names given. Sleeves 66-68 – Soldiers transporting a anti-tank cannon. Sleeve 69 – A nurse talks to a patient outdoors while a monkey sits at their feet. Sleeve 70 – Two negatives. Polish soldiers in France. Sleeves 71-75 – Soldiers of the INDEPENDENT PODHALAN RIFLES BRIGADE on the way to NARVIK on board of a warship. Sleeve 76 – Private photo of the author. Man leaning over the bridge smoking a pipe. Sleeves 77-80 – Photographic exhibition related to the Polish Armed Forces in Britain. Sleeves 81-87 – General WŁADYSŁAW SIKORSKI and President WŁADYSŁAW RACZKIEWICZ paying their respect to the fallen Polish airmen at the commemoration cross in the cemetery in NEWARK-ON-TRENT. Sleeves 88-92 – President WŁADYSŁAW RACZKIEWICZ inspecting Polish Army units and individual planes crews at an airfield. Westland Lysander aircraft visible behind the troops. Contact prints attached to some negatives. Sleeves 93-100 – General WŁADYSŁAW SIKORSKI passing a Polish Air Force standard to Polish airmen and decorates some of them, including an wounded pilot decorated while on stretchers. NEGATIVE ALBUM 14 Sleeve 1 – EDINBURGH, 1943, Polish soldiers and servicewomen during a meal. Sleeve 2 – Portrait of WŁADYSŁAW PRYTYŚ, the author in the uniform at his home, Edinburgh(?). Sleeve 3 – A servicewoman from the POLISH AUXILIARY WOMEN SERVICE by a lorry. Sleeve 4 – Group photo of the POLISH FILM AND PHOTO UNIT (?), EDINBURGH. Sleeves 5-6 – General KAZIMIERZ SOSNKOWSKI and high British Army officers inspecting a map during manoeuvres. One of the officers has the Army EASTERN COMMAND badge on his sleeve, the white bulldog. Contact prints for both negatives attached. Sleeve 7 – Group of planes (Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses?) in the sky. Contact print attached. Sleeve 8 - General KAZIMIERZ SOSNKOWSKI talks to officers from the Army EASTERN COMMAND. Contact print attached. Sleeve 9 – General MIECZYSŁAW BORUTA-SPIECHOWICZ takes a photograph himself. Contact print attached. Sleeve 10 – Group of soldiers in front of the canteen. Sleeve 11 – Staff and guests of the canteen. Sleeves 12-14 – Soldiers playing a game of bridge in the canteen. Sleeve 15 – Soldiers on a boat after the dusk. Sleeve 16 – Soldiers in the canteen again. Contact print attached. Sleeve 17 – Yacht. Sleeve 18 – Soldiers driving a tractor. Sleeve 19 – Scouting camp. Sleeve 20 – Yacht belonging to scouts (?). Sleeves 21-22 – Scenes from a railway station. Sleeve 23 – Military graves. Sleeve 24 – General WŁADYSŁAW SIKORSKI with Field Marshal HAROLD ALEXANDER. Sleeve 25 – WŁADYSŁAW PRYTYŚ, the author, in a civilian suit. Sleeve 26 – A roll call of one of the Polish Air Force squadrons (Bomber Command) in an airfield. Sleeve 27 – Group of decorated airmen by their Vickers Wellington bomber plane. Sleeves 28-29 – President WŁADYSŁAW RACZKIEWICZ and General WŁADYSŁAW SIKORSKI during a walk. Sleeve 30 – Formation of three Westland Lysander aircraft during a flight. Sleeves 31-32 – RAG DAY fundraising event in EDINBURGH, photos of people dressed in Chinese outfits. Sleeve 33 – Military camp, rows of tents. Sleeve 34 – Chapel in a open field. Sleeve 35 – Two unknown officers in great coats. Sleeve 36 – General KAZIMIERZ SOSNKOWSKI in conversation with probably General ADRIAN CARTON DE WIART. Sleeve 37 – President WŁADYSŁAW RACZKIEWICZ in conversation with General KAZIMIERZ SOSNKOWSKI and Field Marshal Alan Brooke. Sleeve 38 – Group photograph of Polish and British high ranking officers: President WŁADYSŁAW RACZKIEWICZ, General KAZIMIERZ SOSNKOWSKI, General MARIAN KUKIEL, General ADRIAN CARTON DE WIART, Field Marshal Alan Brooke and others. Sleeve 39 – Polish airmen in helmets give a honour by lowering the Polish Air Force standard. Sleeve 40 – Portrait of Colonel (future Air Marshal) MATEUSZ IŻYCKI. Sleeves 41-43 – Officer Cadets entering a building in SANDHURST ACADEMY, also being decorated. Sleeve 44 – General MIECZYSŁAW BORUTA-SPIECHOWICZ posing for a group photograph with servicewomen of the POLISH WOMEN'S AUXILIARY SERVICE. Sleeve 45 - General MIECZYSŁAW BORUTA-SPIECHOWICZ by a car driven by a female driver from the POLISH WOMEN'S AUXILIARY SERVICE. Contact print attached. Sleeves 46-49 - General KAZIMIERZ SOSNKOWSKI and Colonel (future General) STANISŁAW SOSABOWSKI inspecting troops of the 1st POLISH INDEPENDENT PARACHUTE BRIGADE. Contact prints attached. Sleeve 50-52 - General KAZIMIERZ SOSNKOWSKI inspecting troops of the 1st POLISH INDEPENDENT COMMANDO COMPANY (NO.6 POLISH TROOP, NO.10 INTERALLIED COMMANDO). Also during a dinner with officers of the company. Contact prints attached. Sleeve 53-58 – General WŁADYSŁAW SIKORSKI inspecting and decorating Polish airmen, including one, wounded on stretchers. Sleeves 59-76 – Same event as sleeves 53-58. Ceremony of passing of the Polish Air Force standard to the airmen. General WŁADYSŁAW SIKORSKI inspecting pilots, nailing the standard to a pole, Archbishop JÓZEF GAWLINA blessing it etc. Some contact prints attached. Sleeve 72 – Portrait of Colonel MATEUSZ IŻYCKI. Sleeve 77-100 – Funeral of General WŁADYSŁAW SIKORSKI in NEWARK-ON-TRENT, a whole ceremony, a coffin on a artillery gun carriage, coffin in a church, General KAZIMIERZ SOSNKOWSKI speaking, General JÓZEF HALLER speaking etc. NEGATIVE ALBUM 15 Sleeves 1-36 – Visit of DUKE OF KENT to one of the units of the 1st POLISH CORPS. Duke is greeted by Generals MARIAN KUKIEL and GUSTAW PASZKIEWICZ. Photos of soldiers being inspected with various pieces of equipment (i.e. Boys anti-tank rifle), Duke dining with officers of the Corps etc. Sleeves 37-47 - General GEORGE NORTON CORY inspecting Polish troops. General GUSTAW PASZKIEWICZ introducing General CORY to various units and pieces of equipment. Sleeves 48-50 – Photos of a painting of General GUSTAW PASZKIEWICZ. Sleeve 51 – Peacock. Sleeves 52-53 – WŁADYSŁAW PRYTYŚ in a photo laboratory (?). Sleeve 54 - Photo of a painting of General GUSTAW PASZKIEWICZ. Sleeves 55-63 – Continuation of series 37-47. General GEORGE NORTON CORY inspecting Polish troops. General GUSTAW PASZKIEWICZ introducing General CORY to different units and equipment. Sleeves 64-83 – Soldiers taking part in a skiing training course in Scotland. Sleeve 84 – Serviceman of the Polish Army Film and Photographic Unit in Scotland. Sleeve 85 – Serviceman named Muller from the same unit. Sleeve 86 – Soldier talking to a servicewoman during a regimental dinner (?). Sleeves 87-93 – Colonel MATEUSZ IŻYCKI decorating an unnamed USAAF Sergeant, General MARIAN KUKIEL speaking, group of officers in civilian clothing. Sleeve 94 – Copy negative of a photograph showing a memorial in Polish War cemetery in NEWARK-ON-TRENT. Sleeves 95-100 – Soldiers of the INDEPENDENT PODHALAN RIFLE BRIGADE on the way to NARVIK, images of a ship, soldiers resting etc. NEGATIVE ALBUM 16 Sleeve 1 – Group of three soldiers with a dog. Sleeve 2 – Two soldiers in an office. Sleeve 3 – Soldiers by a Bren Carrier. Sleeve 4 – Officer Cadets receiving their promotion diplomas. Sleeves 5–14 – Soldiers of one of artillery batteries looking after three Eagle Owl chicks. Some reference prints attached. Sleeve 15 – Three soldiers in an office. Sleeve 16 – Servicemen of the Polish Army Film and Photo Unit changing a wheel in their car (three negatives). Sleeve 17 – Servicewoman of the Polish Army Film and Photo Unit named Rochowicz (?) at her desk. Sleeve 18 – WŁADYSŁAW PRYTYŚ (?) and his wife (?) in front of the Randolph Club Canteen. Sleeve 19 – Church. Sleeve 21 – Unknown official speaking. Sleeve 22 – Interior of the Polish Army Film and Photo Unit's office. Two workers at their desks. Sleeve 23 – Group of the POLISH WOMEN'S AUXILIARY SERVICE servicewomen (two negatives). Sleeve 24 – Unnamed Sergeant. Sleeve 25 – EDINBURGH, two bus ticket controllers. Sleeve 26 – Polish Army Film and Photograph Unit. Drying out negatives. Sleeve 27 – Two unnamed women, 3 negatives. Sleeves 28-29 – Empty. Sleeves 30-31 – Roll call of Artillery Officer Cadets School. Cantact prints attached. Sleeve 32 – Group of civilians. Sleeve 33 – Empty. Sleeve 34 – Soldiers listening to a lecture about the Bren Carrier. Contact print attached. Sleeves 35-45 – Scenes of daily life of the Artillery Officer Cadet School. Contact prints attached. Sleeve 46-48 – Photos of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth coat-of-arms. Sleeves 49-57 – Photos of General STANISŁAW MACZEK and his 1st POLISH ARMOURED DIVISION. Good photos of equipment (i.e. T17E1 armoured cars etc.). Contact prints attached. Sleeve 58 – General JANUSZ GŁUCHOWSKI behind his desk. Sleeve 59 – Distribution of the Polish Army newspaper. Soldiers are paying for magazine to a seller. Sleeve 60 – Civilian photographer taking a photo of a group of soldiers. Sleeve 61 – Soldiers queueing for a meal. Sleeve 62 – Soldiers peeling off potatoes. Sleeves 63-65 – Group of soldiers listening to an accordion player. Sleeve 66 – Two unnamed officers. Sleeve 67 – Troop of soldiers in march. Sleeve 68 – Swastika captured by Polish soldiers. Sleeves 69-93 – Photographs of various Polish cities before war (Warsaw, Cracow, Lowicz etc.). Sleeve 94 – General KAZIMIERZ SOSNKOWSKI inspecting officers of Polish Army and Navy, Italy 1944. Sleeve 95 - General KAZIMIERZ SOSNKOWSKI talking to a boy soldier from the 2nd POLISH CORPS, Italy, 1944. Sleeves 96-100 – Battlefield around MONTE CASSINO, Italy. Pieces of wrecked equipment, landscapes. NEGATIVE ALBUM 17 (Contact prints attached to each negative) Sleeves 1-21 – Photographs of the 1ST POLISH ARMOURED DIVISION during training. Good images of soldiers manning the CRUSADER MKIII tanks. Sleeve 22 – Servicemen Jancz, Stojek with others. Sleeve 23 - 1ST POLISH ARMOURED DIVISION again. Sleeve 24 – Servicemen of the Polish Army Film and Photo Unit by a mantelpiece. Sleeve 25 - Servicemen of the Polish Army Film and Photo Unit in their office. One of them is called Bojczuk. Sleeve 26 – Servicewoman of the Polish Army Film and Photo Unit named Rochowicz. Sleeves 27-86 – 1st POLISH INDEPENDENT PARACHUTE BRIGADE. Excellent photos of the brigade during training, jumping of the plane, struggling with parachutes after landing, with various pieces of equipment etc. Soldiers and Officers alike. Sleeve 87 – VE DAY in EDINBURGH. Soldiers with regimental standards in front of the SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY. Sleeves 88-89 – Polish coat-in-arms. Sleeve 90 – Polish Hussar Armour from the Polish Army Museum in Warsaw. Sleeves 91-98 – VE DAY celebrations in EDINBURGH, in front of the SCOTTISH NATIONAL GALLERY and possibly on PRINCES STREET. Sleeves 99-100 – Photograph of commemorative diploma of female graduates of the Polish School in DUNALASTAIR HOUSE, KINLOCH RANNOCH, May 1943. NEGATIVE ALBUM 18 (Contact Prints attached to most of the negatives) Sleeves 1 & 2 – Captain Sawicz and his colleague. Sleeves 3-8 – Polish Army Film and Photographic Unit in RANDOLPH CLUB canteen in EDINBURGH. Sleeve 9 – Serviceman named Czeresniewski and unknown Captain and a civilian. Sleeves 10-12 – Portraits of WŁADYSŁAW PRYTYŚ. Sleeve 13 – Monument of Walter Scott, EDINBURGH. Sleeves 14-19 – Scenes from RANDOLPH CLUB canteen in EDINBURGH. Bar and kitchen staff at work. Sleeves 20-22 – Ping-pong tournament. Group photos of players with a trophy. Sleeve 23 – Princess Street in EDINBURGH, dressed up lady with an Asian sailor. Sleeve 24 – RAG DAY in EDINBURGH (?). Dressed up lady collecting money from Polish soldiers. Sleeve 25 – Group of middle-aged university graduates in togas. Sleeves 26-29 – Polish children performing in Polish Army Rest House (Dom Żołnierza). Sleeve 31 – Servicewomen of the POLISH WOMEN'S AUXILIARY SERVICE in repair workshop. Sleeve 32 – Polish soldier in a full uniform on the BSA motorcycle. Sleeve 33 – Group of men and women dining in the POLISH WOMEN'S AUXILIARY SERVICE canteen. Sleeves 34-78 – Funeral ceremony of General WŁADYSŁAW SIKORSKI, his coffin in the WESTMINSTER ABBEY, guard of honour, people paying their tribute etc. Sleeve 79 - Photograph of commemorative diploma of female graduates of the Polish School in DUNALASTAIR HOUSE, KINLOCH RANNOCH, May 1943. Sleeve 80 – Photo of the Chopin exhibition. Sleeve 81 – Photo of coats of arms of Polish cities. Sleeves 82-84 – Photos of two unnamed Polish servicewomen of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (?). Sleeves 85-90 – Santa Claus Day in EDINBURGH, children and soldiers watching a nativity play, cribs. Sleeve 91 – A landscape. Sleeve 92 – A manor. Sleeves 93-99 – Soldiers of the INDEPENDENT PODHALAN RIFLES BRIGADE onboard of a ship on the way to Narvik, photos of a ship. Sleeve 100 – General WŁADYSŁAW SIKORSKI visiting troops of the INDEPENDENT PODHALAN RIFLES BRIGADE in France. NEGATIVE ALBUM 19 (Contact prints attached to most of the negatives) Sleeves 1-20 – DUNDEE, 1943. Unveiling a commemoration plaque given to citizens of DUNDEE by officers and men of the Polish Army to express their gratitude for citizens hospitality. Generals MARIAN KUKIEL, JANUSZ GŁUCHOWSKI, JÓZEF ZAJĄC, Mayor of the town and other officials visible on photographs. Sleeves 21-31 – Scenes from life of the POLISH WOMEN'S AUXILIARY SERVICE. Sleeves 32-66 - Scenes from daily routine of the 1st POLISH ARMOURED DIVISION. Soldiers cleaning tank's gun, trucks towing artillery guns, CRUSADER tanks during divisional manoeuvres etc. Sleeves 67-69 – Ceremony at one of the universities. Sleeves 70-71 – American war correspondents (?) visiting an unit of the POLISH WOMEN'S AUXILIARY SERVICE. Sleeve 72 – Sergeant Lowczyc and a serviceman named Rochowicz (?), possibly from Polish Army Film and Photographic Unit, in their office. Sleeves 73-75 – Lecture, Polish servicemen and civilians listening to a Polish Army colonel. Sleeves 76-77 – Serviceman named Rochowicz in his office. Sleeve 78 – Overexposed negative. Sleeve 79 – Empty. Sleeve 80 – Group photograph of Polish servicewomen in a canteen. Sleeves 80-100 – Empty. NEGATIVE ALBUM 20 (From sleeve 26 onwards contact prints attached to the most the negatives) Sleeves 1-25 – Soldiers of the INDEPENDENT PODHALAN RIFLES BRIGADE on the way to NARVIK and in Norway, on board of a ship, Norwegian landscapes, group photos of soldiers with civilians etc. Sleeves 26-62 – Series of photographs of General KAZIMIERZ SOSNKOWSKI visiting Polish units in the Middle East. There is a series of photos of General SOSNKOWSKI talking to various servicemen of the 3rd CARPATHIAN RIFLE DIVISION around 13/14 November 1943 after a military parade. Numerous photographs of General WLADYSLAW ANDERS as well as other senior officers of the 2nd POLISH CORPS: Colonel KLEMENS RUDNICKI, Generals BOLESŁAW SZARECKI, BRONISŁAW RAKOWSKI and Air Vice Marshal MATEUSZ IŻYCKI. Sleeves 63-73 – Series of photographs of the 1ST POLISH INDEPENDENT PARACHUTE BRIGADE during a military parade in the centre of EDINBURGH. Sleeves 74-100 – Series of excellent photographs of servicemen of the No. 6 POLISH TROOP of the No. 10 (INTER-ALLIED) COMMANDO during a training session. It includes an amphibious assault on boats, climbing training, sliding down on ropes across a river etc. Also servicemen of the unit in a conversation with other units officers and enlisted men. Separate envelope – Group of eight negatives with prints showing informal group photos of a servicewoman named either Rachowicz or Danuta Ciaglinska (author doesn't seem to be sure himself) in a company of Polish servicemen (including Commandos). NEGATIVE ALBUM 21 (Contact prints attached to most of the negatives) Sleeves 1-40 – Series of photographs depicting General KAZIMIERZ SOSNKOWSKI's visit to the 1st POLISH INDEPENDENT PARACHUTE BRIGADE. General SOSNKOWSKI is accompanied by his Chief of Staff, General STANISŁAW KOPAŃSKI. General STANISŁAW SOSABOWSKI is receiving the visit. Photos of soldiers and officers being decorated by General SOSNKOWSKI, during a parade and manoeuvres. Sleeves 41-57 – Scenes of daily life in Scouts and Girl Guides camp. Sleeves 58-82 – Series of photographs of General KAZIMIERZ SOSNKOWSKI's visit to the 1st POLISH ARMOURED DIVISION (?) accompanied by a group of senior British Army officers. Photos of servicemen manning tanks, Covenanter Bridge-layer tank laying a scissors bridge across a stream, individual soldier's portraits etc. Sleeve 83 – President WŁADYSŁAW RACZKIEWICZ and Professor ANTONI JURASZ during a Holy Mass in a hospital's chapel. Sleeves 84-86 – Group photographs of patients of the PADEREWSKI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (?) in EDINBURGH. Sleeves 87-92 – President WŁADYSŁAW RACZKIEWICZ talking at the University of Edinburgh (?). Sleeve 93 – A camp. Sleeve 94 – Standard of a unit made up of Polish volunteers from Argentina. Sleeve 95 – Assembly during a skiing course. Sleeves 96-98 – Naval photographs, probably reproductions. Anti-aircraft guns firing, deck of a ship. Sleeves 99-100 – Empty.