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Ratajski, Cyryl "Górski"

Date of birth:
March 3rd, 1875 (Zalesie Wielkie)
Date of death:
October 19th, 1942 (Warsaw, Poland)
Buried on:
Graves Polish Veteran Graves
Nationality:
Polish

Biography

Senior official in the Polish Underground State. Died of a natural cause.

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Awarded on:
May 2nd, 1923
Order Odrodzenia Polski Komandorski
Awarded on:
September 28th, 1929
Order Odrodzenia Polski Wielki
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 12th, 1954

Posthumously awarded
Krzyż/medal Niepodległości Polskie Podziemne
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1995
"In recognition of great historical merits for the independence and glory of the Republic of Poland."

Posthumously awarded
Order Orla Bialego (1992)
Commandeur de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Medal 10-lecia Odzyskania Niepodleglosci

Sources

  • Photo: Public domain
  • - Stanisław Łoza (red.): Czy wiesz kto to jest?. Wyd. II popr. Warszawa: Główna Księgarnia Wojskowa, 1938, s. 614. - Gazeta Lwowska. 1929, nr 226 - Jagiellonian Digital Library
    - Zbigniew Puchalski, Tadeusz Wawrzyński, Krzyż i Medal Niepodległości, Warszawa: Bellona, 1994, s. 63–64, ISBN 83-11-08344-4, OCLC 830099329.