POLISH NAVAL UNITS
DECORATIONS AWARDED "MARVELLOUS COURAGE" (British Official Wireless.J Reed. 10 a.m. RUGBY, Nov. 17. The Polish Prime Minister, General Sikorski, visited a Scottish port to present the first decorations awarded during the war to members of the Polish lighting forces. The recipients were members of the Polish naval units General Sikorski, who inspected the Polish crews on board a British vessel thanked them for the marvellous courage and endurance shown in bringing the'Polish ships from the Baltic through enemy waters to friendly Allied British shores, At a moment when Poland %vas in such distress they found outside their own country that marvellous hospitality of the greatest fleet in the world. The Polish units would collaborate with the British fleet until the Allied Powers obtained victory, which could not be in doubt.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20098, 18 November 1939, Page 5
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