Jan came to the UK on August 29th 1939 just a few days before Germany invaded his homeland.
On the outbreak of hostilities he enlisted in the RAF and from what he told me he shot down 2 German aircraft before he was downed over the English Channel.
He was picked up but his right leg was badly shattered and had to be amputated, this effectively put an end to Jans war.
After the war he never returned to Poland, he’d lost all his family and by this time he’d married a Welsh lady and settled in the UK and became a dentist.
He moved a short distance away from me about 10 years ago and after meeting at The White Eagle Club we became good friends.
His wife, Susan, died 6 years ago and Jan passed away about a month ago.
In his will he has left a tidy sum to Elena, his carer and home help, his house he’s left to the White Eagle Club for them to sell and make use of the profits, he left me a few bits and pieces, mostly wartime memorabilia of no value.
Now we come to the shitty bit.
Jan has 2 sons and in all the time I knew him they never once called on him or even sent a card at Christmas or birthdays.
You guessed it, the sons are contesting the will saying that Jan was not of sound mind when he had it drawn up. This man was most certainly of sound mind I assure you and I have told his solicitor that he only has to call on me to attest to this.
Isn’t it a piss poor state of affairs when siblings, after ignoring their father for years, suddenly smell money.