Gedenkteken Generaal Wladyslaw Sikorski Gibraltar
Deze plaquette, in de Great Siege Tunnel, herdenkt de Poolse generaal Wladyslaw Sikorski, premier en bevelhebber van de Poolse troepen in ballingschap, die op 4 juli 1943 op een mysterieuze wijze in zee bij Gibraltar crashte. De tekst op de plaquette luidt: [i]"IN EARLY JULY 1943, GENERAL WLADYSLAW SIKORSKI PRIME MINISTER AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE POLISH FORCES IN EXILE STOPPED AT GIBRALTAR ON HIS WAY FROM CAIRO TO LONDON. ON THE NIGHT OF THE 4 JULY 1943, A BRITISH BOMBER WITH GENERAL SIKORSKI ON BOARD CRASHED INTO THE SEA SHORTLY AFTER TAKE-OFF, THE CAUSE OF THIS MYSTERIOUS ACCIDENT HAS NEVER BEEN ASCERTAINED; A FACT WHICH HAS GIVEN RISE TO MANY SPECULATIONS, DOUBTS AND RUMOURS. AT THE END OF THIS TUNNEL, DOUGLAS F. MARTIN, A RADIO-OPERATOR WITH SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE, HAD HIS TRANSMITTING STATION, ROUGHLY FOUR HUNDRED METRES FROM THE PLANE. HE WAS THE ONLY WITNESS WHO ACTUALLY SAW THE CRASH."[/i] De plaquettes zijn in de "Great Siege Tunnels" aangebracht. De ingang van de tunnel is aan het einde van Willis's Road.