Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- South Kesteven
- Town
- Stamford
- County
- Lincolnshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 07 May 2004
Attended by: UNKNOWN
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 59820
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Current location
On the left hand corner of the building
viewed from front. Now Landmark IFA Ltd (2020)
Rock House
Scotgate
Stamford
South Kesteven
Lincolnshire
PE9 2YQ
England
OS Grid Ref: TF 02498 07283
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Rectangular plaque attached to a wall with an enlarged copy Polish Parachute Brigade cap badge in bronze placed above it. Incised lettering in black. With a smaller plaque above it.
- Inscription
- Small plaque: Rock House 1944-45 / Headquarters of / General Stanislaw Sosabowski / 1892-1967 / and the Staff of / 1st Independent Polish / Parachute Brigade / 7 May 2004 Large plaque: ROCK HOUSE 1944-45 / HEADQUARTERS OF / GENERAL STANISLAW SOSABOWSKI / 1892-1967 / AND THE STAFF OF / 1ST INDEPENDENT POLISH / PARACHUTE BRIGADE / 7 May 2004
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Sosabowski, Stanislaw
See details - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: depth 2mm, height 130mm, width 250mm
Materials: Brass - Detail
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Historic England - ROCK HOUSE historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1062928
- Major-General Stanislaw F. Sosabowski www.pegasusarchive.org/arnhem/stanislaw_sosabowski.htm
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