| 65th Commemoration of Fallen Polish Airmen at the Polish Air Force Memorial in London The Polish Air Force Memorial Committee (PAFMC) will hold the annual and 65th Commemoration of Fallen Polish Airmen on Saturday, 29th August 2025, at 11.00, at the Polish Air Force Memorial, South Ruislip. The ceremony will be conducted in English and Polish and everyone is welcome. It will be streamed live on the PAFMC’s Facebook page here. https://www.facebook.com/PAFMemorialCommittee The ceremony will open with the marching in of the replica Polish Air Force Standard by Officer Cadets from the Polish Air Force University, Dęblin and the Silk Ensign of the RAF. PAFMC Chairman Krzysztof de Berg will follow with an opening address. This will be followed by the Polish Roll-Call of the Fallen, carried out by the Polish Air Force Officer Cadets. After prayers in Polish the invited dignitaries will lay wreaths on the Memorial to be followed by the last remaining veteran and descendants of the Polish Squadrons and Units commemorated on the Memorial that flew alongside the RAF from 1940 to 1945. Concluding Prayers will be led by the Chaplain of RAF Northolt, followed by the Last Post and a minute’s silence ending with Reveille. The ceremony will end with the Polish and UK national anthems and the playing of ‘White Roses’. Personal wreaths will be laid after the ceremony ends. Music will be provided by musicians of the RAF Central Band with the kind permission of the Air Force Board of the Defence Council. Local residents are welcome to attend |
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