General Władysław Sikorski (Kinburn Park)

General Władysław Sikorski (Kinburn Park)

General Władysław Sikorski was the Polish prime minister in exile and commander-in-chief of its armed forces during WW2. Sikorski led the reorganisation of Polish forces after the fall of France and oversaw the construction of costal defences along Scotland’s east coast. He was greatly fond of the town and the University, receiving an honorary degree from the institution and gifting it a collection of rare historic Polish coins. He died in mysterious circumstances after a plane crash off Gibraltar in 1943, and has a stone statue at Kinburn Park in St Andrews.

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