Last September at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire a solemn ceremony was held to dedicate a new Polish Armed Forces Memorial in honour of Poles who fell defending their country and freedom in World War Two.

Three Poles who played a prominent part in that ceremony were killed in the Smolensk air crash, namely former President-in-exile Ryszard Kaczorowski, former Polish Ambassador to London Stas Komorowski and Father Bronek Gostomski.

On 16 April (Friday) at 1230 Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire, Mr James Hawley, is to lead a wreath laying ceremony at the National Memorial Arboretum to honour the crash victims.  He will be joined by senior representatives of the Polish community and civic dignitaries from across the region.

Be there if you can.