Czernicki, Xawery Stanislaw
- Date of birth:
- October 16th, 1882 (Giedejki, Russian Empire)
- Date of death:
- April 1940 (Katyn, Soviet Union)
- Buried on:
- Polish War Cemetery Katyn
- Nationality:
- Polish
Biography
Vice admiral Xawery Czernicki was executed by the NKVD in April or May 1940.
1905: Second lieutenant (Russian army)
1907: First lieutenant
1910: Sub captain
1913: Captain
1917: Lieutenant colonel
1922: Commander (Polish army)
1 January 1929: Captain at sea
19 March 1939: Counter admiral
5 October 2007 Vice admiral (posthumously)
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Officier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
- Rank:
- Komandor
- Awarded on:
- 1931
Order Odrodzenia Polski Oficerski
- Rank:
- Komandor
- Awarded on:
- November 9th, 1932
Kungliga Svärdsorden - Commander
- Rank:
- Komandor
- Awarded on:
- 1935
- Period:
- Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
- Rank:
- Podpulkownik (Lieutenant-colonel)
Sources
- - Katyń. Księga Cmentarna Polskiego Cmentarza Wojennego (2010)
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