For Your Freedom and Ours - Monte Cassino Charity Trek
I'm taking part in the "Frontline Walk: Italy" – a 100 km trek across the mountains and valleys where the Allies broke the Gustav Line in May 1944.
At the heart of that victory stands Monte Cassino, where the Polish II Corps under Lieutenant General Władysław Anders fought four brutal assaults to capture the monastery ridge. On 18 May 1944, soldiers of the 12th Podolian Uhlans Regiment raised the Polish flag over the ruins – a moment that cost 923 dead and over 4,000 wounded and missing in just twelve days of combat.
We will walk to remember the British, Commonwealth and Polish troops who fought shoulder-to-shoulder, and to ensure the Polish sacrifice is never overlooked.
Every step also supports today’s veterans, former soldiers and their families through the Army Benevolent Fund – the British Army’s national charity.
Your sponsorship will mean a lot to me personally, and to all those who fought in the Italian Campaign. Every pound or złoty goes directly to the Army Benevolent Fund.
Thank you.
George Byczynski
Read more about the Polish contribution to the Battle of Monte Cassino: https://www.britishpoles.uk/the-2nd-polish-corps-the-anders-ark-that-saved-poles-from-soviet-slavery/
Thank you to my Sponsors
£200
Hyrlian Ltd
£111.30
Nathaniel Organ
Wishing you a very happy birthday
£107.06
Michał Waszek
£106
Nigel Gluckstein
Good luck.
£106
Nicholas Halbritter
£106
Zuzanna Przybyl
Piękny gest Jureczku! W Twoje urodziny życzymy Światu więcej takich osób jak Ty. Natomiast Tobie - żebyś każdą następną kartkę w Twoim dzienniku zapisywał z uśmiechem. Twoi Zuzia i Giovanni
£106
M & D
£106
Marek Matraszek
Happy Birthday George!
£106
George Burnett
£106
Michael Murphy
God speed
£103.60
Hebe Buckley Sharp
What a wonderful cause. Well done and good luck. Happy Birthday.
£100
Guy Pinsent
Well done George!
£100
Maria Byczynski
I am so proud of you! Happy Birthday!
£100
Mariusz Wozniak
£100
Dr Christopher Magier
Good luck !
£100
Robert & Tanja Garbett
Happy Birthday and we wish you the very best on your charity fund raising treck
£100
Leon Cook
Good luck George. Worthy endeavour and cause.
£74.20
Maria Bielska
Wszystkiego najlepszego!
£74.20
Dana Jurenko
Good luck!
£66.46
Ernest Michalowski
Świetna inicjatywa! Udanej dzisiejszej imprezy i spokojnej realizacji najambitniejszych planów! Wszystkiego co najlepsze George :)
£55.62
Bartos Pi
£53.32
Caroline Byczynski
£53.32
Grygoriy Bondarenko
Good luck, George
£53.32
Lucinda Ritchie
Good luck George!
£53.32
Jakub Boros
Happy Birthday! I hope this fundraiser and other dreams of yours get quickly fulfilled!
£53.32
Dr Maciej Firla-cuchra
Wspaniała inicjatywa a chlubny cel!
£53.32
Jamison Firestone
Walk on!
£53.32
Halina Munster
Happy Birthday!
£53.32
Cllr David Moore
Happy Birthday and Godspeed. We Will Remember Them.
£53.32
Kasia Gilewska
Wszystkiego najlepszego, kochany! Przesyłamy buziaki i widzimy się wieczorem, Kasia i Shamus
£53.32
Jonathan Walker
Great cause. Happy Birthday George
£53.32
John D Colahan
Happy Birthday George, JD and Anna
£53.32
Rafe Heydel-mankoo
A most noble cause. Życzę Ci wszystkiego najlepszego
£53.32
Arlena Filipowicz
Thank you for raising awareness - and for honouring Poles who served at Monte Cassino like my late uncle Czeslaw Olejniczak.
£50
Will Lane
Good luck George - a fantastic cause!
£50
Alexander Randall
Good luck on this excellent project.
£50
Steven Edginton
Happy birthday
£50
Anonymous
A great cause! 🙏🏻
£50
Alexander A-i
£50
Anonymous
£50
Tomasz Wiśniewski
Wszystkiego najlepszego z okazji urodzin!
£50
Mt
£50
Viktorija Starych-samuoliene
Happy Birthday
£32.23
Ps
£32.23
Joseph Banton
£31.51
Kb
£30
Damien Moore
Happy Birthday and Good Luck.
£27.05
William Gilbert
Best wishes George
£27.05
Michael Fallon
Very best wishes
£27.05
Lucy White
And happy birthday!!!
£25
Lucy White
A 100km trek back in time to 1944, across the mountains and valleys of Lazio. Tremendous effort, George!
£22.76
Sebastian Archer
£21.84
Anonymous
£21.84
Julian Brazier
Go for it, George!
£21.84
Simon Massey
Good Luck George and thank you for your wonderful hard work. Hope your feet aren't too sore when you finish and have a deserved glass of vino to celebrate your success and remember the Brave Poles who sacrificed so much.
£21.84
Artur Radziwill
Piękna inicjatywa. Sto lat!
£21.84
Anonymous
£21.84
Benjamin Bilski
Good strength George and send pictures!
£21.84
Conrad Young
£21.84
Dr Christopher Magier
£21.84
Janet Evans
Happy Birthday George. Good luck on the 100kms! Have a great year cc
£20
Justin S
A worthy cause. Good luck!
£20
George Burnett
£20
Cordelia Evans
Happy birthday and best of luck, George! Cordelia
£20
Gh
£11.33
Scott Sherlock
£11.33
Mariusz Kadlubowski
£11.33
John O'mahony
Well done, Geotge. Great guy, great Pole, great Brit. The world is a better place with men like you in it.
£11.33
Paul Trickett
£6.11
A great undertaking and very worthy cause - good luck George.