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As Poland's president begins a state visit to Britain as the leader of one of the 10 new members of the European Union, BBC News Online asks an old Polish soldier what his life has been like in his adopted homeland of Britain and what the future holds.
"I consider myself a Pole. I'm a loyal British subject, but I'm not English," says Mieczyslaw Jarkowski.
The 88-year-old former soldier has spent almost two-thirds of his life in England, having fought against Germany during World War II.
In 1946 he was 30 when he arrived in Britain as part of the Polish 2nd Corps under British command.
He had survived capture by the Gestapo and time as a prisoner of war, eventually being freed by US forces in May 1945.
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"I consider myself a Pole. I'm a loyal British subject, but I'm not English," says Mieczyslaw Jarkowski.
The 88-year-old former soldier has spent almost two-thirds of his life in England, having fought against Germany during World War II.
In 1946 he was 30 when he arrived in Britain as part of the Polish 2nd Corps under British command.
He had survived capture by the Gestapo and time as a prisoner of war, eventually being freed by US forces in May 1945.
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