Above: Standards outside the church. To the fore, the Royal British Legion. Former Polish WWII infantrymen, paratroopers, armoured troops and airmen were also present. There were well over 200 mourners in the church, the interior of which had been designed by Tadeusz Lesisz.
The coffin is draped with the wartime ensign of ORP Błyskawica.
Representatives of the Polish Navy with representative of Polish Army WWII veterans, Zdzisław Picheta. Centre: Henryk Strzelecki, founder of the Henri Lloyd clothing brand.
Left: Front row, from left: Krysia Lesisz-McNicholl, Wanda Lesisz, Barbara Dembinska, Janina Rożecka (Wanda's sister). Back row, from left: Marek Dembinski, Edmund Dembinski, Bohdan Dembinski, Monika Dembinska.
I did a quick search to find out where (church etc) the funeral took place but no joy. However did find this http://www.mw.mil.pl/index.php?akcja=news&filter=&id=19502&limes= so assume it was in Manchester.
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