Stanisław Wycech
Appearance
Stanisław Wycech | |
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Born | Sadoleś, Congress Poland | June 27, 1902
Died | January 12, 2008 Warsaw, Poland | (aged 105)
Allegiance | Poland |
Service | Polish Military Organisation |
Years of service | February 1917 – November 1920 |
Battles / wars | World War I Polish Soviet War World War II |
Stanisław Wycech (June 27, 1902 – January 12, 2008) was, at age 105, the last Polish veteran of the First World War. At the time of his death, he was, at age 105, the youngest living veteran of the war. Wycech was underage when he enlisted in the Polish Military Organisation in 1917 aged only 15 and participated in the disarming of German troops on November 10, 1918. He did not participate in the Greater Poland Uprising due to contracting typhoid, but was also a veteran of the Polish-Soviet War. He fought during World War II and he took part in the Warsaw Uprising. He resided in Warsaw until his death at age 105.
See also
References
- Obituary
- "Last Polish WWI veteran, 105, remembers his teenage soldiering", Agence France Presse
- Serwis Informacyjny Urzędu Miasta i Gminy w Radzyminie (in Polish)
- Kombatant (in Polish)
- Wieści Podwarszawskie (in Polish)
- Gazeta.ie (in Polish)
- 2007 Serwis Informacyjny Urzędu Miasta i Gminy w Radzyminie (in Polish)