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Majewski, Tadeusz Adam Feliks

    Date of birth:
    August 26th, 1899 (Lwow, Austro-Hungarian Empire)
    Date of death:
    June 20th, 1969 (Toronto, Canada)
    Buried on:
    Powazki Cemetery Warsaw
    Plot: 170. Row: 5. Grave: 12.
    Nationality:
    Polish (1918-1939, IInd Republic)

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    Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny

    Period:
    Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
    Awarded on:
    1920
    Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny

    Ordine della Corona d'Italia - Ufficiale

    Awarded on:
    1936
    Ordine della Corona d'Italia - Ufficiale

    Kungliga Svärdsorden - Knight 1st Degree

    Awarded on:
    1936
    Kungliga Svärdsorden - Knight 1st Degree

    Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)

    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Podpulkownik (Lieutenant-colonel)
    Awarded on:
    1940

    With palm
    Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)

    Distinguished Service Order (DSO)

    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Pulkownik (Colonel)
    Unit:
    HQ, 10th Polish Armoured Cavalry Brigade, 1st Polish Armoured Division, Polish Armed Forces in the West
    Awarded on:
    September 30th, 1944
    "Colonel MAJEWSKI, Tadeusz, C.O. 19th POLISH armd. Cav. Bde, throughout the action between CAEN and FALAISE, from Aug 7th to Aug 21st 1944, commanded his Bde with utmost ability and courage, especially in the final action on Aug 18 - 19th, which resulted in closing the pocket by joining hands with AMERICAN troops in the area of TRUN - CHAMBOIS, and the 48 hrs that followed, when his action greatly contributed to frustrate the enemy attempts to breakthrough the ring."
    Distinguished Service Order (DSO)

    Bronzen Leeuw (BL)

    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Pulkownik (Colonel)
    Unit:
    HQ, 10th Polish Armoured Cavalry Brigade, 1st Polish Armoured Division, Polish Armed Forces in the West
    Awarded on:
    April 3rd, 1946
    Bronzen Leeuw (BL)

    Royal Decree no.63

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

    Rank:
    Pulkownik (Colonel)
    Unit:
    HQ, 10th Polish Armoured Cavalry Brigade, 1st Polish Armoured Division, Polish Armed Forces in the West
    Chevalier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur

    Commandeur in de Orde van Leopold II

    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Pulkownik (Colonel)
    Unit:
    HQ, 10th Polish Armoured Cavalry Brigade, 1st Polish Armoured Division, Polish Armed Forces in the West

    With palm
    Commandeur in de Orde van Leopold II

    Croix de Guerre 1940

    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Pulkownik (Colonel)
    Unit:
    HQ, 10th Polish Armoured Cavalry Brigade, 1st Polish Armoured Division, Polish Armed Forces in the West

    With palm
    Croix de Guerre 1940

    Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Pulkownik (Colonel)
    Unit:
    HQ, 10th Polish Armoured Cavalry Brigade, 1st Polish Armoured Division, Polish Armed Forces in the West

    For merit 1944-1945
    Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

    Order Virtuti Militari Gold Cross

    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Pulkownik (Colonel)
    Unit:
    HQ, 10th Polish Armoured Cavalry Brigade, 1st Polish Armoured Division, Polish Armed Forces in the West
    For merit 1944-1945
    Order Virtuti Militari Gold Cross

    Krzyz Zaslugi in Gold

    Krzyz Zaslugi in Gold

    Medal Niepodleglosci

    Medal Niepodleglosci

    Krzyz Walecznych

    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Krzyz Walecznych

    Krzyz Walecznych

    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Krzyz Walecznych

    Krzyz Walecznych

    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Pulkownik (Colonel)
    Unit:
    HQ, 10th Polish Armoured Cavalry Brigade, 1st Polish Armoured Division, Polish Armed Forces in the West
    For meri 1944-1945
    Krzyz Walecznych

    Medal Pamiatkowy za Wojne 1918-1921

    Period:
    Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
    Medal Pamiatkowy za Wojne 1918-1921

    Medal 10-lecia Odzyskania Niepodleglosci

    Medal 10-lecia Odzyskania Niepodleglosci

    Medal Zwyciestwa

    Period:
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Medal Zwyciestwa

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