Tadeusz Klimecki
Tadeusz Klimecki (born November 23 1895 in Tarnow, died July 4 1943, Gibraltar, together with General Wladyslaw Sikorski) - Lieutenant of the Imperial and Royal Army, Brigadier General of the Polish Army, Chief of Polish General Staff.
Early life and service in the Imperial and Royal Army
He graduated from the gimnasium in Jaslo. He studied law in Krakow and worked in patriotic organizations. In 1914 he joined the Eastern Legion, and at its dissolution drafted into the Austrian army and sent to the Italian front. At the end of World War I he served as company commander.
Service in the Polish Army
Since November 1918 served in the Polish Army. During the period November 1918 - October 1925 he was a company and batallion commander in the 16th Infantry Regiment 16, Tarnow. During the war with the Bolsheviks he commanded the regiment (31.VII-4.VIII.1920).
Since October 1925 – October 1927 student of the Highest Military School in Warsaw. October 1927 – 1930 Chief of Staff of the 12th Infantry Division in Tarnopol. 1930 – 1934 - professor of tactics at the Highest Military School.
Between January 1934 - 1936 - Deputy Commander of the 18 Infantry Regiment in Skierniewice. 1936 - 1938 Commander of the Podhalańskich Riflemen Regiment in Przemysl. 1938 - September 1939 Head of the course at the Highest Military School. In September 1939, appointed to the Division III of the General Staff as a Chief of the Department of Operations.
After the September campaign he moved to France.
December 1939 – June 1940 Head of Division III, Polish General Staff in France. July 1940 – July 1943 Chief of the General Staff of the Supreme Commander in London.
He died in a plane crash on July 4 1943, in Gibraltar, together with the Polish Prime-Minister and Commander-in-Chief General Władysław Sikorski and hist staff.
Tadeusz Klimecki was buried in the cemetery of Polish airmen in Newark, the Lincoln, England.
Promotions
- Captain - since June 1, 1919
- Major - since July 1, 1925
- Lieutenant Colonel - since January 1, 1931
- Colonel - since March 19, 1938
- Brigadier - since February 6, 1941
Orders and decorations
- Silver Cross of the Order of Military Valor
- Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Poland Reborn
- Cross of Valor
References
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- T. Kryska Karski S. Żurakowski, Generałowie Polski Niepodległej, Editions Spotkania, Warszawa 1991.
- H. P Kosk, Generalicja polska, t. 1, Oficyna Wydawnicza "Ajaks", Pruszków 1998.
External links
- Tadeusz Klimecki (Polish Wikipedia)
- Template:Pl icon General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces
- Chiefs of Polish General Staff
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