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Slowikowski, Mieczyslaw Zygfryd "Rygor"

Date of birth:
February 25th, 1896 (Jazgarzewo)
Date of death:
July 29th, 1989 (London, United Kingdom)
Service number:
12924 (British)
Nationality:
Polish (1918-1939, IInd Republic)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major
Unit:
Africa Agency, Special Operations Executive (SOE), British Government
Awarded on:
February 8th, 1943
Awarded for:
Operation Torch
Citation (general):
"For his invaluable contributions to the Allied North African campaign."
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Recommendation:
"Major Mieczyslaw Zygfryd Slowikowski supplied consistently intelligence information in connection to a certain recent major operation which proved of inestimable value to the War Office and contributed in no small way to the success of the operation."
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In July 1941, Slowikowski was transferred to Algiers, where he set up and ran one of the war's most successful intelligence operations, providing the vast bulk of the intelligence for Operation Torch.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

With swords
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Major
Unit:
Africa Agency, Special Operations Executive (SOE), British Government
Awarded on:
1943
Awarded for:
Operation Torch

Presented by General Devers on 28 March 1944.
Legion of Merit - Officer (LoM - O)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General Brygadi (Brigadier)
Unit:
Africa Agency, Special Operations Executive (SOE), British Government
Awarded on:
November 11th, 2009

Posthumously received
Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski z Gwiazda
Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Unit:
36 Pułk Piechoty Legii Akademickiej, Wojska Lądowe
Awarded on:
1921

Second KW received as first Bar
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

Fifth KW received as fourth buckle
Krzyz Walecznych
Krzyz Zaslugi in Silver
Medal 10-lecia Odzyskania Niepodleglosci
Krzyz Niepodleglosci

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