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Piatkowski, Henryk Tadeusz

Date of birth:
July 11th, 1902 (Brzezinka, Poland)
Date of death:
April 1st, 1969 (Penley, Wales, United Kingdom)
Buried on:
Graves Polish War Veterans South Ealing Cemetery
Nationality:
Polish (1918-1939, IInd Republic)

Biography

Brigadier General Henryk Piatkowski served in the Polish Soviet War, Polish Ukranian War and the Second World War.

1 June 1919: First Lieutenant
1 June 1921: Second Lieutenant
1 January 1930: Captain
19 March 1937: Lieutenant Colonel
7 September 1944: Colonel
1 January 1964: Brigadier General

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Rank:
Kapitan (Captain)
Awarded on:
August 2nd, 1931
Medal Niepodleglosci
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Pulkownik (Colonel)
Unit:
HQ, 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division, Polish II Corps, Polish Armed Forces in the West
Awarded on:
May 5th, 1945
Order Virtuti Militari Gold Cross
Zloty Krzyz Zaslugi

Sources

  • - Virtuti militari
    - Henryk Piotr Kosk: Generalicja polska. T. 2: M-Ż. Pruszków: Oficyna Wydawnicza Ajaks, 2001, s. 81. ISBN 83-87103-81-0.

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