Gorazdowski, Tadeusz

Date of birth:: April 3rd, 1907 (Mariupol, Russian Empire)
Date of death:: November 25th, 1968 (Charlottetown, Canada)
Nationality:: Polish

Biography

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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: O.R.P. Blyskawica, Marynarka Wojenna, Wojsko Polskie
Awarded on:: 1940

For breaking out of the Baltic to join the Royal Navy in 1939.

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Lieutenant Commander
Unit:: O.R.P. Krakowiak, Polish Navy, Polish Armed Forces in the West
Awarded on:: March 11th, 1943

Admiralty Fleet Order *1032. (H. & A. 910/42.—11.3.1943.)

Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Lieutenant Commander
Unit:: O.R.P. Piorun, Polish Navy, Polish Armed Forces in the West
Awarded on:: October 5th, 1944

For leadership and skill shown as senior officer of a force of British and Polish ships in a successful action with enemy minesweepers on 14 July 1944.

Admiralty Fleet Order 5253.—Honours and Awards—Polish Navy (H. & A. 758/44, H. & A. 756/44, H. & A. 757/44. 5 Oct. 1944)

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Mentioned in Dispatches

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:: O.R.P. Piorun, Polish Navy, Polish Armed Forces in the West
Awarded on:: October 5th, 1944

For merit in an operation against German destroyers in the English Channel on 8 June 1944.

Admiralty Fleet Order 5253, H. & A. 758/44, H. & A. 756/44, H. & A. 757/44