born: December 4, 1896 in Września, Wielkopolska, Poland
died: September 17, 1969 in Washington DC, USA
parents: father Józef, mother Magdalena nee Jakubowska
wife: Wanda nee Żakowska
medals: Polish: Silver Virtuti Militari Cross (no. 10448), Cross of Valour (for fights for Polish independence, 1918-21), Golden Cross of Merit (year 1932), Independence Cross (year 1938)
Fates before joining Anders Army :
After graduating from high school in Gniezno, at the beginning of World War I, he was drafted into the Army of the German Empire and sent to the Western Front. Then a participant in the Greater Poland Uprising (Powstanie Wielkopolskie). In January 1919, he was seriously wounded during the storming of the station in Inowrocław. He required a long rehabilitation.
At the end of 1919. he was assigned to the Commander-in-Chief’s Bodyguard Company. In 1920, during the war with the Bolsheviks, he commanded a company of the 65th Infantry Regiment. Then he served professionally in successive infantry regiments of the Polish Army. On January 27, 1930, he was promoted to major. A graduate of the Military Academy in Warsaw (course in 1932-34).
On November 1, 1934, he was transferred to the 21st Mountain Infantry Division in Bielsko as the Chief of Staff. In October 1935, he was transferred to the 9th Legions Infantry Regiment as a battalion commander.
In 1939, he served in the General Command Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs in Warsaw as the head of the Department of Studies.
After the September Campaign of 1939, he made his way through Hungary to France, where he became an officer for Lieutenant General Kazimierz Sosnkowski. In 1940, after the defeat of France, he became the head of the Base of the Polish underground Union of Armed Struggle (Związek Walki Zbrojnej) in Cairo.
Military history:
In 1942, he returned to the line service and took command of one of the battalions of the 3rd Carpathian Rifle Division (?) of Polish 2 Corps. On February 1, 1944, he became the deputy commander of the 1st Carpathian Rifle Brigade of the 3rd DSK of the 2nd Corps.
On May 12, 1944, during the Battle of Monte Cassino, he took command of the brigade after the wounded colonel Walenty Peszek. He then commanded the Brigade in further battles, e.g. on the Musone and Chienti rivers until August 14, 1944. On the order of the Commander-in-Chief, General Sosnkowski, he was then sent to London to the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief. Eventually, he took the position of deputy commander of the 4th Infantry Division of the 1st Polish Corps in Scotland and took care of its training. In 1947 he was demobilized from the Polish Army.
Post-War:
In 1947 he emigrated to the United States. In the years 1948-1963 he was employed in the Geographical Service of the United States Army as a contract employee. For the next two years he was employed by the Intelligence Agency of the US Department of Defense. At the age of 70, he was retired. Until his death, he was a member of the Circle of Polish Generals and Colonels of former senior commanders, centered around General Anders. Editor of Gen. Sosnkowski’s “Historical Materials” (London 1966) and studies on the history of Poland during World War II. He died in Washington in 1969.
