Rawicz-Szczerbo, Antoni

Date of birth:: January 18th, 1902 (Horbowicze, Russian Empire)
Date of death:: 2002
Nationality:: Polish

Biography

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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Podpulkownik (Lieutenant-colonel)
Unit:: HQ, 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade, Polish Armed Forces in the West
Awarded on:: 1947

"Lieutenant Colonel Rawicz commanded a Battalion of the Parachute Brigade for one year during 1943/44 and was later recalled to the Brigade to take over command. He has worked untiringly to train his Brigade and has displayed much patience and tact during the late uncertain period of the Polish Forces. Since arrival in Germany the exemplary influence and wise leadership, Lieutenant Colonel Rawicz has at all tomes co-operated whole heartedly with British Units and Commanders with whom he has come into contact and has been most helpful to myself and all members of the British Liaison Mission with his Brigade".

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Army Commendation Medal (ARCOM)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: General Brygadi (Brigadier)
Unit:: HQ, 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade, Polish Armed Forces in the West
Awarded on:: 1997
Awarded for:: Operation Market Garden

For his exemplary professionalism and initiative in reconstituting his brigade after Market Garden and later helping the US Army Museum to provide a record of Allied airborne operations during the war

Awarded by the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staf