Skapski, Konstanty Zdzislaw

Date of birth:: January 21st, 1894 (Kalisz, Poland)
Date of death:: October 6th, 1971 (Warsaw, Poland)
Buried on:: Cemetery Brodno
Nationality:: Polish

Biography

Brigadier General Konstanty Skapski served in the First World War, Polish Soviet War, Polish Ukranian War and the Second World War.

29 April 1915: NCO
1 June 1915: Standard-bearer
1 February 1916: First Lieutenant
25 September 1917: Second Lieutenant
12 June 1918: Captain
31 March 1924: Major
29 January 1932: Lieutenant Colonel
19 March 1938: Colonel
1 January 1964: Brigadier General

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Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny

Period:: Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Awarded on:: 1922

No. 5009

Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny

Krzyz Walecznych

Period:: Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Awarded on:: 1922

Medaille Interalliée de la Victoire 1914–1918

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:: 1925

Medal Niepodleglosci

Period:: Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Awarded on:: December 23rd, 1933

Zloty Krzyz Zaslugi

Awarded on:: March 18th, 1933

Krzyz Monte Cassino

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Pulkownik (Colonel)
Unit:: HQ, Polish II Corps, Polish Armed Forces in the West
Awarded on:: 1944

No. 13

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Pulkownik (Colonel)
Unit:: HQ, Polish II Corps, Polish Armed Forces in the West
Awarded on:: June 1945

"Colonel Skąpski has been Chief Engineer of 2 Polish Corps since its formation in 1942. Initially he was responsible for organising and training the Polish Engineers and later it was his duty to lead them into action. It is largely through his personal inspiration, devotion to duty and co-operation with the Engineer Staffs of Allied forces that the Polish Engineers have been able to play their part in the Italian Campaign with such success".