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Timeline for Poles in UK and Northern Ireland

1940s
1944 Aug 7 - Tomasz Arciszewski became Prime Minister of the Polish government based

1946 - Penley camp started for war veterans and their families

1948 Nov 2 - Polish War Memorial near RAF Northolt unveiled.

1949 Apr 25 - Jankel Adlera Polish painter and printmaker died near Aldbourne.

1960s
1965 Apr 29 - Mieczysław Lubelski the Polish sculptor best known for the Polish War Memorial near RAF Northolt dies. He is buried in Brookwood Cemetery, Brookwood, Surrey, England.

1970s
1973 Oct 17 – Tomaszewski stars as Poland knock England out of World Cup with 1-1 draw at Wembley

1980s
1980 Jun 6- Zigmund Adamski mysteriously disappeared from his Tingley home. His body was found on top of a large stack of anthracite in Todmorden.

1982 Oct - John Paul II's visited to England (see Pastoral trips of Pope John Paul II).

1990s
1991 - Lech Wałęsa then Polish president visits UK.

2000s
2000 - Aleksander Kwasniewski then Polish president visits UK.

2000 May - The University of Stirling created the Centre of Research in Polish History. It is funded externally and is the only one of its kind on the UK.

2002 Mar - The closure of the hospital, marked the end of an era for the Polish community at Penley.

2004 Aug - Poles call for apology for failing to assist the Battle of Warsaw against Germans during the Second World War

2006 Claims in one quarter alone 482,000 Poles arrived in the UK