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Polish Army Officers
1939-1945

 

 

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Fabrycy, Kazimierz	17.03.1888 Odessa - 18.07.1958 London (UK)	Brig.Gen. (15.08.1924); Maj.Gen. (01.01.1939)	11.07.1939- GOC-in-C Carpathian Army 1939-1942 Cdr Independent Carpathian Riffle Brigade 1942-1945 with the Polish Army in the East

 

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Hryneczko, Wladyslaw	16.12.1908 Lwow - 01.07.2003 Duns, Scotland	Maj.	09.1939 reserve officer in a cavalry regiment; captured, but escaped to London; 05.1940 fought with Polish 3rd Grenadier Division in France, was captured, but escaped again; 06.1944-05.1945 fought as a Major with the 1st Polish Armoured Division in NW Europe;     remained in post-war UK and set up a successful electrical business

 

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Klein, F	-	Col.	1939 Cdr Carpathian National Defence Brigade
Kotowicz, J	-	Col.	1939 Cdr 3rd Mountain Brigade
Krzyzanowski, Boleslaw M.	-	Col.	1939 GOC 24th Division

 
 

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Maczek, Stanisław Władysław see: Maczekmuseum	31.03.1892 Szczerzec near Lwów - 11.12.1994 Edinburgh (Scotland, UK)	Col. (1938); Maj.Gen. (1942?); Gen. (1993) Order of the White Eagle (Pol.) (1994) Order Virtuti Militari 3rd, 4th & 5th class (Pol.) Order Polonia Restituta 1st & 3rd class (Pol.) Croix de Guerre (Pol.) Croix d’or du Mérite avec glaive (Pol.) Commandeur de la Légion d’Honneur (Fr.) Croix de Guerre avec palmes (Fr.) Commander of the Order of the Bath (UK) Distinguished Service Order (UK) Orde van Oranje-Nassau (Neth.) Grand Officier de l’Ordre de la Couronne avec palmes (Belg.) Croix de Guerre avec palmes (Belg.)	10.1938-10.1939 Cdr 10th Motorized Cavalry Brigade; 05-06.1940 Cdr 10th Armored Cavalry Brigade (France); 1940-02.1942 Cdr 10th Cavalry Brigade (UK); 02.1942-1945 GOC 1st Polish Armoured Division (NW Europe); 05.1945- GOC-in-C I Polish Corps (Scotland); Published: Od powody do czołga (1961)

 

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Polniaszek, F	-	Col.	1939 Cdr Lvov National Defence Brigade

  

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Sosabowski, Stanisław Franciszek see: Sosabowski.com	08.05.1892 Stanisławow - 25.09.1967 Hillingdon Hospital Middlesex	Col. (03.1939); Maj.Gen. (15.06.1944) Independence Cross Cross of Valour Order of Polognia Restituta Class V Golden Cross of Merit with Swords Virtuti Militari Cross Class V CBE (16.12.1943) Officer's Medal of the Active Combatants Association Academic Laurels from The Polish Academy of Science Freeman of the Municipality of Heteren The Commander's Cross with Star- posthumously Order of Polonia Restituta	03.1939-10.1939 CO 21st Infantry Regiment "Warszawski" (Children of Warsaw); 01.1940-04.1940 deputy GOC 1st Infantry Division (France);  04.1940-06.1940 deputy GOC 4th Rifle Division (France); 00.06.1940-04.10.1941 Cdr (Polish) Canadian Officers Cadre Brigade, 08.1940 renamed: 4th (Polish) Cadre Rifle Brigade (UK); 04.10.1941-27.12.1944 Cdr 1st Polish Parachute Brigade, England 27.12.1944-1947 Inspector of Salvage and Disposal of the Polish Ministry of Defence 1947 demobilized Published: Najkrotsza droga (1956; = Freely I served (1960)); Droga wiodla ugorem (1967)
Stawarz, Aleksander	-	Col.	1939 Cdr 2nd Mountain Brigade
Szylling, Antoni	31.08.1884 - 17.06.1971	Brig.Gen.	1939 Cdr Cracovia Army

 
 

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Wir-Konas, Alojzy	1894 - 1940	Col.; Maj.Gen.	1939 Cdr 38th Reserve Infantry Division 1939-1940 Prisoner of War, Russia 1940 Executed by the NKVD

 

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