Meppen
Only six graves remain, three are considered missing and four have not been located. In 1959, the Polish minority magazine "Polok" informed about the levelling of Polish war graves in Meppen. Small stone plaques with basic data of the buried were placed on the graves.
The official list of Polish victims of the Second World War buried at the Catholic cemetery in Meppen contains 55 names; one grave is located in the war plot of German Wehrmacht soldiers.
The data in the left column comes from archival materials, the right - from the tombstones (original spelling preserved):
BIERNACKI JAN Sapper Jan Biernacki * 26.11.1919 † 13.12.1946
1st Armoured Company
* 26.11.1919 Mielno gm. Słupiec
† 13.12.1946 English military hospital Oldenburg
R-C. Serv. Number 1919/301/I-?
GRABOWSKA WANDA née Sieraczyńska Private Women's Auxiliary Service Wanda Grabowska née Sieraczyńska * 22.8.1882 † 22.08.1945
* 22.8.1894 Michałowice district Konstantów
† 1.11.1945 Meppen
R-C. Serv. Number 1894/1091/I-1911
GUNERA ZYGMUNT Cpl Cadet Officer Zygminnt Gunera * 12.2.1913 † 25.6.1946
Workshops Company
* 12.2.1913 Łódź
† 25. 6.1946 Haselünne
R-C. Serv. Number 1913/249/I-102300
HILSCHNER JAN Rifleman Jan Hilszer * 17.6.1919 † 21.11.1945
Workshops Company
* 17.6.1919 Załachowo district Szubin
† 21.11.1947 near Verden
R-C. Serv. Number 1919/89/I-85624
KUBRYCHT MARIAN Lance Cpl Sappers M. Kubrycht * 21.5.1919 † 2.2.1947
1st Motorpool Company
* 21.5.1919 Bolechów district Dolina woj. Stanisławów
† 2.2.1947 English military hospital Oldenburg
R-C. Serv. Number 1919/75/-?
MOSZCZEŃSKA WANDA née Piotrowska volunteer Women's Auxiliary Service Women's Battalion none
1st Armoured Division
* 16.7.1901 Sanok district Lviv
† 28.10.1945 Polish hospital Meppen
R-C. Serv. Number 1901/140/I-2096.
MÜLLER ALFRED Cpl none
19th Supplies Company
* 1.11.1911 Marianów district Łódź
† 22.12.1946 in Münster
R-C. Serv. Number ?
MUSIOŁ JÓZEF Lance Cpl Uhlans none
Staff Squadron
* 19.3.1913 Janów district Katowice
† 6.11.1946 in a car accident
R-C. Serv. Number 52766
POSPIESZYŃSKI KONRAD Lance Cpl Sappers none
11th Sapper Company
* 19.2.1916 Herten
† 28.4.1945 died during the construction of a bridge over the Leda river in Posthausen
R-C. Serv. Number 258/I60473/258/I.
SENDYS ZACHAUSZ Sgt (Zachariasz?) none
Staff Squadron
* 27.3.1915 Chmielów district Opatów woj. Kielce
† 14.12.1945 Münster hospital.
TEMP R-C. Serv. Number 103/I/11360
STOPANSKI ROMAN Regimental Sergeant Major Workshop Comp. Roman Stopinski * 2.8.1900 † 29.9.1946
* 9.8.1900 Mostki district Ilza woj. Kielce
† 29.9.1946 Meppen
R-C. Serv. Number 1900/42/I-7414
ŻABIŃSKI JÓZEF a.k.a. "Pik", Private none
Staff Squadron
* 29.9.1924 Waldowo district Sępolno, Pomerania
† 17.12.1946 British military hospital Münster
R-C. Serv. Number 1924/93/I-42835
Soldiers listed in the Division's book of deaths, who are probably buried in graves marked as unknown:
BRZOZOWSKI STANISŁAW Cpl
1st Armoured Regiment
* 24.5.1917 Siedlisko in Volhynia
† 16.4.1945
ŁAZICKI FRANCISZEK Private
Command Squadron
* 23.6.1924 Vilnius
† 16.4.1945
CZYRUK MICHAŁ Lance Cpl Uhlans
Staff Squadron
* 8.12.1902 Szandubra district Grodno
† 02.1.1946 7 Can. Gen. Hosp.
JAK PAWEŁ Sgt
Staff Squadron 1st PDP
*18.6.1899 Łódź
† 29.8.1946 Meppen
KANDORA ENGELBERT Rifleman
Staff Squadron 1st PDP
* 6.11.1907 Bielszowice district Katowice
† 30.8 1946 car accident
SIMILAK WALENTY Private
2nd Anti-Tank
*18.1.1911 Wągłoczew district Sieradz
† due to a gunshot wound, buried in Meppen on 03.05.1945
PARZYK FRANCISZEK JÓZEF Lance Cpl
10th Sapper Company
* 8.3.1914 Ogrodniki (?) woj. Lublin
† 1.12.1945 Polish hospital Meppen
The remaining names of Poles written down from the tombstones at the cemetery that are not included in the archival materials among the names of soldiers:
STANISŁAW MALICA * 1930 † 1945
JOZEF SZULBA * 8.1.1915 † 4.7.1947
KOCZYNKO * 1896 † 23.4.1946
JOSEF URBAN * 1922 † 2I.4.194
KATARZYNA DESKUR * 25.11.1900 † 3.6.1946
LUCJAN SCHMIDT *11.10.1916 † 24.6.1945
HELENA DERESIEWICZ GEB. KUBICKI * 17.8.1912 † 13.10.1947
M. GAWRYS † 11.4.1945
LUCJAN ROLKE * 30.6.1908 † 25.6.1946
MICHAŁ MIRECKI * 24.9.1922 † 28.6.1947
ANDRZEJ SIEDLECKI * 30.11.1910 † 30.8.1945
JAN KULICKI *13.7.1898 † 29.7.1945
KAZIMIERZ SZBANSKI * 9.2.1927 † 7.8.1945
A. SOBANSKA * 21.4.1946 † 28.4.1946
ZOCHNA CHECHLINSKA * 6.8.1946 † 6.1.1947
JANINA ZARYCHTA GEB. LUKASIEWICZ * 19.7.1920 † 7.6.1946
JERZY BOKERSKI * 1.9.1930 † 24.4.1946
K. MACIOWIAK * 25.5.1902 † 24.4.1946
WANDA MAICHAK GEB. KOWALCZYK * 18.10.1925 † 22.10.1946
WAELEWA SZYMANSKA GEB. RIGULSKA * 29.6.1896 † 7.2.1946
One Polish-sounding name was found in the plot of German soldiers on a cross-shaped tombstone, without any German war markings:
JANINA JAKUBZTYK * 1931 14 JAHRE ALT † 1945
