THE POLISH NAVY IN BRITAIN, 1939-1947 - Lieutenant G. Taylor RNVR of London, the British Liaison Officer on board ORP Sokół, pointing a swastika on the Jolly Roger of success to members of the ship right kneeling is Petty Officer Telegraphist W. H. Chisholm DSM of Stoneyburn, West Lothian. Lieutenant Taylor was awarded Polish Cross of Valour (KW) and PO Chisholm Cross of Valour and Bar. Two Polish Navy submarines, ORP Dzik (Wild Boar) and the famous ORP Sokół (Falcon), have returned to Plymouth after successful patrols in the Mediterranean, 31 March Dzik has just finished her
THE POLISH NAVY IN BRITAIN, 1939-1947 - Lieutenant G. Taylor RNVR of London, the British Liaison Officer on board ORP Sokół, pointing a swastika on the Jolly Roger of success to members of the ship right kneeling is Petty Officer Telegraphist W. H. Chisholm DSM of Stoneyburn, West Lothian. Lieutenant Taylor was awarded Polish Cross of Valour (KW) and PO Chisholm Cross of Valour and Bar. Two Polish Navy submarines, ORP Dzik (Wild Boar) and the famous ORP Sokół (Falcon), have returned to Plymouth after successful patrols in the Mediterranean, 31 March Dzik has just finished her first commission. For a year she has worked the Mediterranean, and her Jolly Roger success flag testifies to the number of her victories Sokół was welcomed back by Captain Eugeniusz Pławski, the Polish Navy Chief of Staff. In her last twelve months operations she sank eighteen enemy ships including five small vessels in harbour sunk with one torpedo Polish Navy, ORP Sokół, Polish Navy, Royal Navy
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