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Sucharski, Henryk

    Date of birth:
    November 12th, 1898 (Gręboszów, Austro-Hungary)
    Date of death:
    August 30th, 1946 (Napels, Italy)
    Buried on:
    Symbolic Polish War Cemetery Westerplatte & Grave Sucharski
    Nationality:
    Polish (1918-1939, IInd Republic)

    Biography

    Rank: Brigadier general. Commander of Westerplatte in 1939.

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    Period:
    Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
    Awarded on:
    1921
    Krzyz Walecznych
    Period:
    Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
    Awarded on:
    1921

    Second KW received as bar
    Krzyz Walecznych
    Period:
    Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
    Awarded on:
    1922
    Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    General Brygadi (Brigadier)
    Awarded on:
    1946

    Posthumously awarded
    Order Virtuti Militari Commander
    Krzyz Zaslugi in Gold
    Medal 10-lecia Odzyskania Niepodleglosci

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