The instigators of the Polish Forces Memorial project, Dr. Marek Stella-Sawicki, who is the project committee’s chairman, and Dr. Andrzej Meeson-Kielanowski, deputy chairman, have been the driving force behind the Memorial with an ambitious proposal to commission the design and construction of an imposing bronze monument of fitting artistic and architectural merit.
Overall and Creative Direction–Funding
Dr. Marek Stella-Sawicki – Chairman of the Project, The Association of The Polish Knights of Malta (UK), Visiting Professor UCL Dr. Andrew Meeson-Kielanowski – Deputy Chairman, The Association of The Polish Knights of Malta (UK) Czeslaw Maryszczak (Chez) – Chairman, Polish Ex-Combatants GB and World Federation (SPK) Barbara Orlowska - Deputy Chairman, Polish Ex-Combatants Association (SPK) Jacek Bernasinski – Project Support, Polish Ex-Combatants Association (SPK) Andrzej F.K. Jeziorski – Chairman, Polish Airforce Association Charitable Trust 1995 Ryszard Kaczorowski – Former President of Poland Marzenna Schejbal – Chairwoman of the Polish ex-Home Army Soldiers Ewa Kwasniewska – Ave Verum Choir, Artistic Director, Fundraising
Art–WWII History–Military Expertise
Prof. dr. Andrzej Ciechanowiecki – Artistic Consultant and Advisor Barbara Hamilton Kaczmarowska – Art and Support Event Liaison, Art Advisor Prof. dr. Norman Davies –Author, Historian and Advisor Dr. Krzysztof Stolinski – Chairman of the Polish Underground Movement (1939-45) Study Trust Tadeusz Melka – Vice Chairman PUMST George Coelho – Military Aircraft, WWII Aviation Art and History Advisor Prof. Jan Ciechanowski - Historian and Advisor Wojciech J. Fudakowski – Member of the Polish Institute and Gen. W. Sikorski Museum Zbigniew Makowiecki – Military History Consultant, Polish Cavalry 1939 Lt-Col. Dr. Janusz Krasnodebski – Member of the Polish Institute and Gen. W. Sikorski Museum Jarek Garlinski – Author and Advisor Mgr. Tomasz Lissowski - August 1944 Warsaw Rising, Liaison and Project Support
Sculpture–Architecture–Engineering–Support–NMA
Robert Sobocinski – Sculptor and Architect Konstanty Zablocki – Project Support, Civil Engineer and Structural Consultant Gienia Marzec - Site Project Management, Polish Ex-Combatants Association (SPK) Tadeusz Juhre – Local project Co-Ordinator and representative at NMA Zbigniew Lis – Project Support, Commercial and Fundraising Advisor Rear Admiral Adam Mazurek, PLN, DCOS Support, NATO, Northwood, UK Teresa Stella-Sawicka – Project and Programme Secretary, Press Office Liaison Charles Bagot-Jewitt – Royal Navy Commander, CEO, National Memorial Arboretum Paul Kennedy – Curator, National Memorial Arboretum Janek Zylinski – Architecture and Engineering Support
British-Polish Liaison–Protocol–Media–Press Relations
Andrzej Morawicz – Project Support, Chairman, “Ognisko Polskie” Jacek Korzeniowski – Designer and Consultant, Media and Press Office Robert Malolepszy – Journalist, Dziennik Polski (Polish Daily and Soldiers Daily) Teresa Potocka– Founding Chairman of Conservative Friends of Poland Dr. Jan Tarczynski – Journalist TVP, Media Consultant Jacek Winnicki – Poland Street Organisation, Press Office Liaison Robert Nowakowski – Poland Street Organisation, Press Office Liaison Stefan Mucha – Aquila Polonica Publishing Ltd, Managing Director, Media and Publicity Advisor
France–Holland–Belgium Project Liaison
Marc D'hondt – Honoury Project Ambassador covering France, Holland and Belgium
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