{"id":634,"date":"2023-12-24T01:33:36","date_gmt":"2023-12-24T00:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maczek.wirtualnemuzeum.org\/biogram\/zdzislaw-lubicz-szydlowski\/"},"modified":"2023-12-29T07:49:36","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T06:49:36","slug":"zdzislaw-lubicz-szydlowski","status":"publish","type":"biogram","link":"https:\/\/maczek.wirtualnemuzeum.org\/en\/bios\/zdzislaw-lubicz-szydlowski\/","title":{"rendered":"Zdzis\u0142aw Lubicz-Szyd\u0142owski"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Born:<\/strong> September 21st, 1900<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Died: <\/strong>October 5th, 1973<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burial: <\/strong>Toronto, Ontario<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family:<\/strong> Krzysztof Lubicz-Szyd\u0142owski (son)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medals: <\/strong>Silver Cross of the Order of Virtuti Militari No. 10517  (for the campaign in the West 1944\/1945), Cross of Valor (five times: twice before 1932, for the second, third and fourth time during the 1944\/1945 campaign), Army Medal (for the 1939\u20131945 war), Gold Cross of Merit (May 25, 1939), Independence Medal (November 9, 1933), Officer’s Cross of the Order of Leopold with Palms (Belgium), Croix de Guerre with palms (Belgium), Order of Distinguished Service (UK), Order of Orange-Nassau with Swords (Netherlands, 1949)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fates before joining 1st<\/sup> Polish Armored Division:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the First World War, he was an active scout in the Polish Military Organization (PL: Polska Organizacja Wojskowa). He participated in the defense of Lviv during the Polish-Ukrainian War in 1918 and again in 1920 during the Polish-Bolshevik War. In 1924, he was assigned to the Central Military School of Gymnastics and Sports in Pozna\u0144, where he served as an adjutant, orderly officer, instructor, lecturer, commander of a non-commissioned officer company, and a laboratory manager. In 1928, he was promoted to the rank of infantry captain with seniority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the war broke out in 1939, Zdzis\u0142aw served as an officer of the 12th Infantry Division during the September Campaign. As Poland fell, he made his way west to join the Polish Army in France. He took part in the French Campaign in the rank of major, commanding the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Greater Poland Grenadier Regiment. In 1941, he was apprehended by the Germans but eventually regained his freedom and fought with the French Resistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Military service in 1st<\/sup> Armored Division:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When France fell, Zdzis\u0142aw became an officer of the Polish Armed Forces in Britain. By 1943, Zdzis\u0142aw held the rank of lieutenant colonel and commanded the 1st Battalion of the 1st Independent Parachute Brigade, overseeing the Cadet Parachute School in Scotland. From 1943 to 1945, Lt. Col. Lubicz-Szyd\u0142owski commanded the 9th Flanders Rifle Battalion, a unit under the Polish First Armored Division. He supervised the Battalion\u2019s actions on the French coast and participated in the liberation of the city of Axel, Netherlands in 1944. He ended the war as the colonel of his unit. In recognition of his efforts to liberate Axel, Zdzis\u0142aw was honored with honorary citizenship in Axel, and Szyd\u0142owski Square (Szydlowskiplein) was erected in his honor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After War:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1949, he immigrated to Toronto, Ontario in Canada, where he died in 1973.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

author : Robert Stanczyk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

source : archives of Orli\u0144ski Museum, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zdzislaw Mateusz Lubicz-Szyd\u0142owski’s Certificate of Registration; source: Zdzislaw Mateusz Lubicz-Szyd\u0142owski Collection, Orlinski Museum, Ontario, Canada<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Zdzislaw Mateusz Lubicz-Szyd\u0142owski’s Certificate of Registration; source:  Zdzislaw Mateusz Lubicz-Szyd\u0142owski Collection, Orlinski Museum, Ontario, Canada<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Zdzislaw Mateusz Lubicz-Szyd\u0142owski’s First Amoured Division Patch ; source: Zdzislaw Mateusz Lubicz-Szyd\u0142owski Collection, Orlinski Museum, Ontario, Canada<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Order of Leopold, ca. 1945-1947;  source:  Zdzislaw Mateusz Lubicz-Szyd\u0142owski Collection, Orlinski Museum, Ontario, Canada<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Croix de Guerre – ca. 1945-1947;  source:  Zdzislaw Mateusz Lubicz-Szyd\u0142owski Collection, Orlinski Museum, Ontario, Canada<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Order of Orange-Nassau with Swords (Netherlands), ca. 1945-1947;  source:  Zdzislaw Mateusz Lubicz-Szyd\u0142owski Collection, Orlinski Museum, Ontario, Canada<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":620,"template":"","kraj":[46],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maczek.wirtualnemuzeum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biogram\/634"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maczek.wirtualnemuzeum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biogram"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maczek.wirtualnemuzeum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/biogram"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maczek.wirtualnemuzeum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maczek.wirtualnemuzeum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kraj","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maczek.wirtualnemuzeum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kraj?post=634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}