All Souls' Day Ceremony in Commonwealth War Graves Section of Newark Cemetery
For our freedom and yours, Za wolnosc nasza i wasza.
Around 500 people attended The All Souls' Day Ceremony of Homage and Remembrance in the Commonwealth War Graves Section of Newark Cemetery on Sunday.
The service honoured the sacrifices of the Polish nation during the second world war, their successes in the Battle of Britain.
More than 400 Polish airmen and paratroopers who died during the second world war are buried in Newark Cemetery.
Many of those who attended the service were originally from Poland but now living in Newark or Nottingham.
There was a procession of standards, led by a lone piper, to the area where the Polish wartime leader, General Władysław Sikorski, was buried before his remains were repatriated.
The story of the Polish war and what happened afterwards was told by event co-ordinator Simon Elmer and the service was presided over by in both Polish and English by the Rev Krzystof Kawcynski and the Rev Ludwik Jaszczur.
A silence with standards lowered was observed and candles placed on the graves of the fallen.
A Polish second world war veteran, Robert Kozak, 95, now living in Glasgow, was an honoured guest alongside the High Sheriff, Lord Lieutenant and Polish Consular officials.
