Citizenship through Grandfather
Hi all! I'm currently looking at trying to obtain some form of Polish citizenship, as my Grandad was Polish. It's proving a bit difficult, as he passed away before I was born and didn't share much about his home country, so my Mum only has tidbits of information. She kept some of his documents, which is all I have to work with. She's going to double-check to see if she has anything else, but it's looking unlikely. Any advice would be very welcome, so thank you in advance <3
Great-Grandparents:
- Date married: unknown
- Date divorced: unknown
GGM:
- Date, place of birth: unknown
- Ethnicity and religion: Roman Catholic
- Occupation: unknown
- Allegiance and dates of military service: none
- Date, destination for emigration: N/A
- Date naturalized: N/A
GGF:
- Date, place of birth: unknown
- Ethnicity and religion: Roman Catholic
- Occupation: Farmer
- Allegiance and dates of military service: none
- Date, destination for emigration: none
- Date naturalized: N/A
Grandparent:
- Sex: Male
- Date, place of birth: 10^(th) October 1928, Dabri, Czernelica, Poland
- Apparently, this area is now part of Ukraine, which may complicate things?
- My Mum also says that my Grandfather’s birth certificate was destroyed in a fire. I’m trying to track a copy down, but it’s proving difficult, so if anyone has any advice on this, I’d really appreciate it.
- Date married: 13^(th) September 1958
- Citizenship of spouse: British (never claimed Polish)
- Occupation: Sugar Processor (in England, he lied about his age and went straight into the military as a teenager)
- Allegiance and dates of military service: served as part of the Polish Armed Forces with the British Armed Forces but was discharged by the Polish Resettlement Corps on 9^(th) March 1948 after 1 year 137 days service.
- I believe from this point onwards, he lived in England.
- Date, destination for emigration: unsure exact date, roughly March 1948, based on the above, England
- Date naturalized: 13^(th) March 1959
Parent:
- Sex: Female
- Date, place of birth: January 1964, England
- Date married: August 1998-ish
- Date divorced: N/A
You:
· Date, place of birth: October 2002, England
Documents I have so far:
- Grandfather’s certificate of Termination of Services from the Polish Armed Forces, stamped and signed, saying he served for Poland.
- Grandfather’s discharge papers confirming date of discharge and length of service.
- Grandfather’s death certificate (from England)
- Grandfather’s certificate of British naturalisation, stating his place and date of birth, nationality (as Polish) and name and nationality of my Great Grandparents (as Polish)
- Grandparents’ marriage certificate
- Less relevant to this, but a document authorising him to wear the Monte Cassino Memorial Cross, in Polish.
- Also, less relevant to this, but a document acknowledging that he was part of the 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division.
Posted Sep 8, 2025, 1:47 PM UTC
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