TracesOfWar needs your help! Every euro, pound or dollar you contribute greatly supports the continuation of this website. Go to stiwot.nl and donate!

Meissner, Tadeusz Wiktor

Date of birth:
August 4th, 1902 (Warsaw, Russian Empire)
Date of death:
August 19th, 1966 (Gdynia, Poland)
Nationality:
Polish

Biography

Tadeusz Meissner, a veteran of the Silesian Uprising, was captain of several cargo ships during the Second World War. One ship he commanded was struck by a torpedo.

Do you have more information about this person? Inform us!

Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Awarded on:
June 6th, 1931
Krzyz Niepodleglosci z Mieczami
Awarded on:
November 9th, 1931
Srebrny Krzyz Zaslugi
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
SS Warszawa, Polish Merchant Navy, Polish Armed Forces in the West
For service when the ship was torpedoed
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Gwiazda Gornoslaska
Krzyz na Slaskiej Wstedze Walecznosci i Zaslugi I Klasy

Sources

Photo