Gutowski, Michal Mieczysław Wojciech

Date of birth:: September 14th, 1910 (Maciszewice)
Date of death:: August 23rd, 2006 (Warsaw, Poland)
Buried on:: Cmentarz Wojskowy
Plot: A18. Row: 7. Grave: 29.
Nationality:: Polish

Biography

Promotions:
15 August 1930: 2nd Lieutenant
1 January 1932: 1st Lieutenant
19 March 1939: Rotmistrz
1944: Major
1 January 1946: Lieutenant Colonel
1986: Colonel
1999: Brigadier General

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Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: General Brygadi (Brigadier)
Awarded on:: 2005

Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Rotmistrz (Captain)
Unit:: 17 Pułk Ułanów Wielkopolskich im. "Króla Bolesława Chrobrego", Brygada Kawalerii "Wielkopolska", Armia Poznan

For services during the Battle of Bzura, in which he commanded a squadron that recaptured the Walewice position.

Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny

Chevalier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Major
Unit:: 2nd Polish Armored Regiment, 1st Polish Armoured Division, Polish Armed Forces in the West

Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Major
Unit:: 2nd Polish Armored Regiment, 1st Polish Armoured Division, Polish Armed Forces in the West

With palm

Legion of Merit - Legionnaire (LoM)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Major
Unit:: 2nd Polish Armored Regiment, 1st Polish Armoured Division, Polish Armed Forces in the West

Krzyz Walecznych

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Krzyz Walecznych

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Major
Unit:: 2nd Polish Armored Regiment, 1st Polish Armoured Division, Polish Armed Forces in the West

For merit in the Battle of Falaise.