Kopanski, Stanislaw
- Date of birth:
- May 19th, 1895 (St. Petersburg, Russia)
- Date of death:
- March 23rd, 1976 (London, United Kingdom)
- Nationality:
- Polish
Biography
Stanislaw Kopanski was a veteran from the First World War and a Polish commander during the Second World War. He was appointed Chief of Staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Armed Forces in the West on 21 July 1943.
1 june 1919: Captain
1 December 1924: Major
14 December 1931: Lieutenant Colonel
19 March 1939: Colonel
3 May 1940: Brigadier General
23 October 1944: Major General
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Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
- Period:
- Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
- Awarded on:
- 1922
- Period:
- Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
- Awarded on:
- March 16th, 1933
- Awarded on:
- March 18th, 1933
Order Virtuti Militari Gold Cross
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General Brygadi (Brigadier)
- Unit:
- Polish Independent Carpathian Rifle Brigade, Polish Armed Forces in the West
- Awarded on:
- 1942
Ordine di Malta - cavalieri di onore e devozione
- Awarded on:
- 1974
- Awarded on:
- March 19th, 1976
Posthumously awarded
Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB, Military Division)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General Dywizji (Major General)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General Dywizji (Major General)
Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- General Dywizji (Major General)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Sources
- - Kawalerowie Virtuti Militari 1792–1945 (1997)
- M.P. 1933 nr 64 poz. 82
- Communication on awarding the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Dziennik Personalny 1922.02.18 R.3 Nr2 - Wielkopolska Biblioteka Cyfrowa
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