Peszek, Walenty

Date of birth:: February 11th, 1897 (Białobrzegi)
Date of death:: January 15th, 1979 (Paignton, United Kingdom)
Nationality:: Polish

Biography

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Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Srebrny

Period:: Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921)
Awarded on:: February 16th, 1921

Zloty Krzyz Zaslugi z Mieczami

Awarded on:: March 18th, 1933

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Pulkownik (Colonel)
Unit:: HQ, Polish Independent Brigade Group, Polish Armed Forces in the West
Awarded on:: December 12th, 1941

"TOBRUK - Period April - October 1941

2nd in Command of the Polish Independent Brigade Group. His great experience of Infantry matter enabled him to make an invaluable contribution to the planning of the Defence Line at *** and to the strengthening of the defences of *** in Tobruk. Colonel Peszek is constantly in the first line devising the work of developing the defences of the Western Sector."