- Person
- 1907-
Zygmunt Sawicki was born 3 February 1907 at Bialystok, Poland to parents, Bronislaw and Maria (nee Jaszczolt). Zygmunt was employed as a fitter/mechanic before joining the Armed Forces.
In 1939, Zygmunt lived in Warszawa, Poland. Following a recruitment campaign, he travelled to France where he joined the Polish Forces under French Command on 1 March 1940. He was then evacuated to the UK and served under British Command from 1 July 1940 - 13 September 1946. During that time he served with 1st Polish Armoured Division and with the Traffic Control Platoon, 10 Armoured Cavalry Brigade. Sawicki was honourably discharged in 1946.
Sawicki's granddaughter's husband, Gillies Lapers researched his time during the Second World War. Lapers gifted a number of digital images to the University Archives. His research has been collated into a blog https://zygmunt-sawicki.blog4ever.com/ which includes further images.