Who/What commemorated : Polish Navy - Training centre & Headquarters of Polish Navy southern command during WW11. Also 25th Anniversary of twinning of Plymouth & Gdynia.
Location : ../.. > Ward > Plymouth > Stoke Ward > Albert Road
Site/Position : On large building, now flats, at top of Albert Road, next to entrance.
Main Transcription
Description : Writing is in gold paint, all capitals, serif.
Transcription : DURING THE YEARS 1940 TO 1947 THIS / BUILDING WAS THE TRAINING CENTRE / FOR THE POLISH NAVY AND / HEADQUARTERS OF THE POLISH NAVY / SOUTHERN COMMAND FOLLOWING THE / OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR II. / THIS PLAQUE WAS UNVEILED / ON 20TH MAY 2001, BY THE LORD MAYOR / OF PLYMOUTH, COUNCILLOR DAVID VINEY / AND MR STANISLAW SZWABSKI, / CHAIRMAN OF GDYNIA CITY COUNCIL, TO / COMMEMORATE THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY / OF THE TWINNING OF PLYMOUTH AND GDYNIA.
Material : stone (slate (?))
Reference Number : PLAQUE 105
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