Early Life
His father, Jan Felix Bujak, studying as a linguist in Poland entered captivity with The German Army on the outbreak of war in September 1939. Forced to initially work with The Todt Organisation and subsequently with The Wermacht in Italy, he escaped and joined The Polish Army serving with 3rd Carpathian Division, 2nd Corps. He fought at Monte Cassino and was awarded the Krzyz Welecznych (Cross of Valour). His mother, Phyliss Bujak, came from a farming and Worsted manufacturing family in Norfolk and became an Honorary Freeman of The City of London for her charity work aged 82, in 2012. After entering The Army at the age of 16 he was persuaded to become a teacher and attended The University of East Anglia 1979-1982 reading History. He trained for his teacher’s certificate at Keswick Hall in Norfolk.
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