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Brochwicz-Lewinski, Janusz "Gryf"
Brochwicz-Lewinski, Janusz "Gryf"
Date of birth:
September 17th, 1920 (Wołkowysk, Poland)
Date of death:
January 5th, 2017 (Warsaw, Poland)
Buried on:
Cmentarz Wojskowy
Plot: FIV. Grave: 19.
Nationality:
Polish
Biography
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Znak za Rany i Kontuzje
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Batalion "Parasol"
,
Armia Krajowa
Awarded on:
1944
Brochwicz-Lewinski was severely wounded during fighting for the Protestant cemetery in the Wola district on 8 August 1944.
2 stars
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Batalion "Parasol"
,
Armia Krajowa
Awarded on:
1946
Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
2006
Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski z Gwiazda
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General Brygadi (Brigadier)
Awarded on:
2015
Kustosz Pamięci Narodowej
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
General Brygadi (Brigadier)
Awarded on:
2016
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Batalion "Parasol"
,
Armia Krajowa
No. 11491
Krzyz Walecznych
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Batalion "Parasol"
,
Armia Krajowa
Order Odrodzenia Polski Oficerski
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
1939-1945 Star
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Medal Wojska za Wojne 1939-1945
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Krzyz Partyzancki
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Krzyz Kampanii Wrzesniowej 1939
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Medal Pro Memoria
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Medal Za Zasługi dla Obronnosci Kraju - Złoty
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Warszawski Krzyż Powstańczy
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Kawalerowie Orderu Wojennego Virtuti Militari – Powstanie Warszawskie (1997), blz. 24
- Dz. Pers. NW i MON Nr 1 z 18 kwietnia 1946 r.
-
M.P. 2006 nr 73 poz. 730
-
M.P. 2016 poz. 21
-
2016 - Instytut Pamięci Narodowej
-
Powstańcze Biogramy - Janusz Brochwicz-Lewiński
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