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Brzoza, Cyryl

Date of birth:
June 22nd, 1897 (Mosciska, Austro-Hungarian Empire)
Date of death:
1940 (Tver, Soviet Union)
Buried on:
Polish War Cemetery Mednoye
Nationality:
Polish (1918-1939, IInd Republic)

Biography

Cyryl Brzoza was a corporal in the Polish police force who was captured by the Red Army in September 1939. He was executed by the NKVD in 1940. Brzoza was posthumously promoted to ensign.

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Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Awarded on:
November 9th, 1931
Medal Niepodleglosci
Krzyz na Slaskiej Wstedze Walecznosci i Zaslugi I Klasy
Brazowy Krzyz Zaslugi
Gwiazda Gornoslaska
Medal 10-lecia Odzyskania Niepodleglosci
Medal Za Dlugoletnia Sluzbe 10 years

Sources

  • - Miednoje. Księga Cmentarna Polskiego Cmentarza Wojennego (2005), p. 74

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