About

98 Books about Poland | Polish War Graves in Britain

The Jan Kiepura sleeper train Brussels to Warsaw - May 1995

Sadly a train which no longer runs but perhaps the current sleeper train revival in Europe will see it restored.

Derek Crowe

I worked for over 30 years at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland, as a web applications developer, building IT systems, leaving in October 2023. I now focus on photography and web content creation.

I have degrees in MA Political Economy (University of Glasgow) and an MSc Operational Research (University of Strathclyde).

Interests

The major themes of the website reflect my interest in:

Documentary Photography / Remembrance Events and Armed Forces Parades
Poland / Polish experience in World War 2
Railways / British Rail Scotland 1980s
Remembrance / Polish War Graves

Photographs

There are 2,756 photographs on this website in the following areas:

Polish War Graves - 1,111 photographs
Remembrance Events and Armed Forces Parades - 1,151 photographs
UK Travel Photography - 344 photographs
British Rail Scotland in the 1980s and early 1990s - 150 photographs

Photography Equipment

My photographic equipment consists of:

Nikon D7200 / Nikon D7000 cameras
Nikon 24mm f2.8D / 35mm f1.8G DX / 40mm f2.8G DX / 50mm f1.8D / 85mm f1.8D lenses
Nikon SB-400 Flash / Nikon ES-2 Film Digitising Adapter Kit

Web Development

My web development skill set is:

ASP.NET / MVC / Web Forms / VB / Entity Framework
SQL Server Database / LINQ / HTML / CSS / Bootstrap
Adobe Lightroom / Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio / Microsoft Visual Studio

Contact

Email: derek@derekcrowe.com
Twitter: twitter.com/derekcrowe

Grangemouth War Memorial in Zetland Park - 1981

Originally from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, I would regularly pass the war memorial located in Grangemouth's Zetland Park. The cenotaph has an unusual design with a sculpture on the top representing the British Lion devouring the German Eagle. This design caused some controversy when it was unveiled in 1923.