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Niepokoczycki, Franciszek

Date of birth:
October 27th, 1900 (Zhytomyr, Russian Empire)
Date of death:
June 11th, 1974 (Warsaw, Poland)
Nationality:
Polish

Biography

Colonel. AK commander. Prisoner of war in January 1945. Political prisoner from 1946 to 1956.

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Period:
Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Awarded on:
1921
Krzyz Walecznych
Awarded on:
1928
Srebrny Krzyz Zaslugi
Awarded on:
1931
Krzyz Niepodleglosci
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Pulkownik (Colonel)
Awarded on:
1944
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Pulkownik (Colonel)
Awarded on:
August 15th, 2008

Posthumously awarded
Order Orla Bialego (1992)

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