17. hulánský pluk [1939-1939]

Command the assembly of the regiment:[/heading]

regimental commander – 24.08.1939-16.09.1939 cavalry colonel Ignacy Kowalczewski ¹⁾
16.09.1939-23.09.1939 lieutenant colonel of cavalry Wiktor Feliks Arnold-Russocki ²⁾
23.09.1939-29.09.1939 cavalry colonel Ignacy Kowalczewski ¹⁾
. the deputy commander of the regiment – 24.08.1939 (06.09.1939)-16.09.1939 lieutenant colonel of cavalry Wiktor Feliks Arnold-Russocki ²⁾
16.09.1939-23.09.1939 ???
23.09.1939-29.09.1939 1939 lieutenant colonel of cavalry Wiktor Feliks Arnold-Russocki ²⁾
II. the deputy commander of the regiment (the landlord) – 24.08.1939-DD.09.1939 major cavalry Józef Skrzypkowski ³⁾
aide to the commander of the regiment – 24.08.1939-29.09.1939 centurion Adam Feliks Wisniewski ⁴⁾
ordonanční officer – 24.08.1939-16.09.1939 lieutenant cavalry in reserve Wojciech Chełkowski ⁵⁾
16.09.1939-29.09.1939 ???
intelligence officer – 24.08.1939-DD.09.1939 lieutenant cavalry in reserve Franciszek Przyłuski ⁶⁾
arms and the gas officer – 24.08.1939-DD.09.1939 lieutenant cavalry in reserve Władysław Skoraczewski (Skoroszewski?) ⁷⁾
economic eskadrona – 24.08.1939-DD.08.1939 lieutenant cavalry in reserve mgr Marian Węclewicz ⁸⁾
DD.08.1939-DD.09.1939 centurion in reserve Józef Wichliński-
Mielżyński ⁹⁾
physician – 24.08.1939-DD.09.1939 lieutenant doctor honey. January Wilhelm Werner ⁶⁾
veterinarian – 24.08.1939-DD.09.1939 lieutenant doctor vet. Bohdan Piotrowski ¹⁰⁾
kaplan – 24.08.1939-DD.09.1939 the captain in reserve priest Seweryn Garjantasiewicz ⁶⁾
martial train - 24.08.1939-19.09.1939 sergeant (starszy wachmistrz) Józef Krzymiński ¹¹⁾
heavy regimental train – 24.08.1939-DD.09.1939 centurion in reserve Józef Wichliński-Mielżyński ⁹⁾
1. eskadrona – 24.08.1939-10.09.1939 centurion Michał mr mieczysław Wojciech Gutowski ¹²⁾
10.09.1939-DD.09.1939 lieutenant of cavalry Kazimierz Karwowski ¹³⁾
2. eskadrona – 24.08.1939-09.09.1939 centurion Czesław Danielczyk ¹⁴⁾
09.09.1939-23.09.1939 - lieutenant of cavalry in reserve Adam Constants Józef .. ¹⁵⁾
3. eskadrona – 24.08.1939-10.09.1939 centurion Stanislaw Czerniawski ¹⁶⁾
10.09.1939-16.09.1939 lieutenant of cavalry Henryk Marcin Bałachowicz ¹⁷⁾
16.09.1939-23.09.1939 lieutenant cavalry in reserve Benedykt Żółtowski ¹⁸⁾
4. eskadrona – 24.08.1939-29.09.1939 centurion Czesław Marian Juściński ¹⁹⁾
machine gun eskadrona – 24.08.1939-20.09.1939 centurion Piotr Laskowski ²⁰⁾
machine-gun platoon 23.09.1939-29.09.1939 centurion Wacław II Jankowski ²¹⁾
anti-tank squad – 24.08.1939-29.09.1939 second lieutenant of cavalry Władysław Tryliński ²²⁾
communication squad – 24.08.1939-29.09.1939 lieutenant of cavalry Juliusz Constants Sielecki ²³⁾
cycling eskadrona – 24.08.1939-23(?).09.1939 centurion Janusz Lucjan Chrzanowski ²⁴⁾
zákopnické and gas team – ?
marching eskadrona – DD.08.1939-09.09.1939 lieutenant cavalry in reserve Józef Maria Maciej Sczaniecki <sup>25)

1)</sup> After the formation of the Riding the operating groups of Abraham (16.09.1939) was appointed commander of the Velkopolské cavalry brigade. After the transformation of the group to a Merged riding brigade again took command of the regiment. After the surrender of Warsaw from 29.09.1939 in German captivity. After the liberation of the pow camp went to 2. the Polish corps to Italy, where he was from 10.01.1946 to DD.11.1946 the commander of the 4. armoured regiment "Skorpion". After moving to the Uk and demobilisation in 1947 he lived in London and after deterioration in his health in the Polish centre for pensioners in Pernhos. He died 19.12.1976. For the fight in September 1939 he was awarded the Gold cross Order of Virtuti Militari (no. 00170).
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²⁾ From coming into the entry area was a commander of the squadrons, which carried out field fortification work and was subordinated directly to the commander of the brigade. It operated independently until 06.09.1939, when she joined the regiment near the village of Golina. 16.09.1939 was appointed commander of the regiment, and after its reorganization in Warsaw 23.09.1939 again became deputy commander of the regiment. From 29.09.1939 in German captivity. After the liberation from captivity (29.04.1945) remained in the West, where he served in the Polish exile army. After demobilisation in 1947, the year he lived in the Uk, where 26.05.1956 in London died. A war of 1918-1920 was as a lieutenant 10. hulánského regiment awarded the Silver cross to Order of Virtuti Militari.
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³⁾ 16.09.1939 as II. the deputy commander of the regiment led the vanguard of the regiment through the Kampinoský forest. Głowacki him in the assembly of the regiment after the reorganization (23.09.1939) does not. From DD.09.1939 in the German captivity. A war of 1918-1920 was as a lieutenant 23. hulánského regiment awarded the Silver cross to Order of Virtuti Militari.
⁴⁾ From 29.09.1939 in German captivity.
⁵⁾ Głowacki reported it as ordonančního officer after the reorganization of the regiment (23.09.1939). Internet source no. 1 states that he was in the course of the fighting injured and from 16.09.1939 was placed on the cart with the wounded chariot of the column, which the Germans destroyed. Bauer and Polak reported that he was injured 16.09.1939 in the fight with 12. infantry regiment (the31. infantry division) about the gamekeepers ' lodge called Dembowskie. The injured rescued the citizens of a nearby village. At the end of 1939, he was secretly taken to his family, where he was treated until the end of January 1940. Then through Slovakia and Hungary got into France, where he entered the 10. armored cavalry brigade. After the defeat of France and the evacuation to Great Britain, with regard to the deterioration of health, leading among other driver training tanks in the Polish 1. armored division. After the war he returned to Poland, where he was imprisoned. After his release from prison he worked in the ministry of health, but was under constant surveillance by the State security bureau (Urząd Bezpieczeństwa). He died in Warsaw in 1983 year.
⁶⁾ is Not listed in the list of losses even in the list of prisoners.
⁷⁾ In the Polish sources appear both versions of the surname. 19.09.1939 wounded in the fight near the village of Sieraków. From DD.09.1939 in the German captivity. In the inventory of captured listed as Skoroszewski.
⁹⁾ From the DD.09.1939 in the German captivity. He died 31.05.1943 in the prison camp OF. IID Greifswald. In the list of prisoners listed as Józef Mielżyński-Wichliński.
¹⁰⁾ On 16.09.1939 badly injured in the fight with 12. infantry regiment (the31. infantry division) in hájenky Dembowskie. It is not listed in the list of losses even in the list of prisoners.
¹¹⁾ Fell 19.09.1939 in the fight near the village of Sieraków with units 1. lightweight division.
¹²⁾ Polish olympian in equestrian in the olympic games 1936 in Berlin. Injured 10.09.1939 in a battle near the village of Walewice with detachments 26. infantry regiment (the30. infantry division). He was taken to the hospital in the Robe from where he was evacuated before the advancing enemy. Around 16.09.1939 joined Sloučenému regiment pomerania region cavalry brigade, which got in the space Kurowa on the eastern bank of the river Vistula, and then with the remnants of the dissolved regiment to the south into the area of Lublin, where 19.09.1939 end your fighting journey. He returned to his native county and immediately became involved in resistance activities. In mid-December 1939, he was arrested and sentenced to death. However, the German commander, also an olympian in equestrian at the 1936, from prison release. In march 1940 via Slovakia and Hungary got into France, where he served in the 10. armored cavalry brigade, later also in Great Britain and after landing in Normandy as the commander of the 2. eskadrony and later deputy commander of the 10. the regiment of riflemen in the Polish 1. armored division. After demobilisation in 1947, the year through Great Britain to Canada, where he was the coach of the equestrian sport. In 2000 he returned to Poland. He died in Warsaw 23.08.2006. In 1944 promoted to the rank of major, 01.01.1946 to the rank of lieutenant colonel, in 1986 was when visiting Poland promoted to the rank of colonel, and in 1999 he was the Polish president Aleksandr Kwaśniewskim promoted to the rank of brigadier general. For fighting in the war of 1939-1945 was awarded with Golden and Silver cross Order of Virtuti Militari.
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¹³⁾ To 10.09.1939 was an officer in the disposal of the commander of the regiment (oficer to zleceń).
¹⁴⁾ 09.09.1939 injured in the struggle with the detachments of 26. infantry regiment (the30. infantry division) about the village Saturday. From DD.09.1939 in the German captivity.
¹⁵⁾ To 09.09.1939 was a commander as well. platoon. From DD.09.1939 in the German captivity. For the fight in September 1939 he was awarded the Silver cross to Order of Virtuti Militari.
¹⁶⁾ 10.09.1939, fell in battle with units of 20. infantry regiment (the10. infantry division) near the village of Piotrowice.
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¹⁷⁾ In some sources listed as Bułak-Bałachowicz. To 10.09.1939 was a commander as well. platoon. 16.09.1939 injured in the fight with 12. infantry regiment (the31. infantry division) in hájenky Dembowskie. In the list of captured is not listed. It is listed in the list of decorated Silver cross the Order of Virtuti Militari even if Anders it does not mention in the list proposed for this honor.
¹⁸⁾ To 16.09.1939 was the commander of the II. the platoon's machine-gun eskadrony regiment. Eskadronu led 19.09.1939 in the battle of Sieraków and forced his way with the regiment to Warsaw. 25.09.1939 was badly injured in the artillery shelling. To 15.03.1940 was treated in the hospital and he was released as 82% of the war an invalid. After the war he worked in agriculture. He died 03.07.1982 in the village of Kamieniec. For the fight in September 1939 he was awarded the Silver cross to Order of Virtuti Militari.
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¹⁹⁾ From 29.09.1939 in German captivity. 25.01.1945 was a camp Oflag IIC Woldenberg infantry marching evacuated. On the night of 29. on 30.01.1945 the evacuation convoy slept in the village Deetz (today the Polish village Dziedzice). There 30.01.1945 died, when in the fight the German guards with the front of the tank column of the Red army was a tank grenade hit the building with the prisoners. Died there around the 20th of captured Polish officers.
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²⁰⁾ was Injured in the fighting in the Kampinoském forest. On the night of the 19th. on 20.09.1939 lost the direction of retreat on Warsaw. In the list of captured is not listed.
²¹⁾ The reorganization of the regiment was the commander of machine-gun eskadrony 7. regiment of fusiliers. From 29.09.1939 in German captivity.
²²⁾ From 28.09.1939 in German captivity.
²³⁾ From 29.09.1939 to 30.01.1945 in German captivity. He returned to Poland and from DD.07.1945 to 15.04.1946 served in the Polish people's army, where he was promoted to the rank of captain. Left the army at his own request. 24.09.1973 he was appointed a major in the reserve. He died 17.09.1983 in Warsaw. 10.04.1964 was for the fight in September 1939 awarded the Silver cross to Order of Virtuti Militari (no DK 2251).
²⁴⁾ From the DD.09.1939 in the German captivity.
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²⁵⁾ Fell 10.09.1939 in the struggle with the detachments of 26. infantry regiment (the30. infantry division) in the village of Walewice.
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Sources: http://www.stankiewicze.com/index.php?kat=34
http://www.straty.pl/index.php/szukaj-w-bazie

Abraham, Roman: Wspomnienia wojenne znad Warty i Bzury, MON, Warszawa 1969
Bauer, Peter-Polak, Bogusław: The "Poznań" 1939, Krajowa Porta Wydawnicza, Poznań 1987
Głowacki, mr ludwik: Obrona Warszawy i Modlina on tle kampanii wrześniowej, MON 1969, Wydanie III.
Fish, Ryszard, Stepan, Kamil: Rocznik Oficerski 1939, Księgarnia Akademicka Fundacji Czynu Niepodległościowego, Kraków 2006