{"id":794,"date":"2023-12-27T15:23:18","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T14:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maczek.wirtualnemuzeum.org\/biogram\/michal-gutowski\/"},"modified":"2023-12-29T07:48:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T06:48:34","slug":"michal-gutowski","status":"publish","type":"biogram","link":"https:\/\/maczek.wirtualnemuzeum.org\/en\/bios\/michal-gutowski\/","title":{"rendered":"Micha\u0142 Gutowski"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Born:<\/strong> September 14th, 1910, Maciszewice (?), Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Died: <\/strong>August 23rd, 2006, Warsaw, Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burial: <\/strong>Pow\u0105zki Military Cemetery \u2013 plot A18, row 7, grave 29<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Medals:<\/strong> Polish: Silver Cross Virtuti Militari War Medal, Cross of Valor, Commander’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta;  French: Chevalier de l’ Ordre National de la Legion d’Honneur, Croix de Guerre (1939-1945); British: 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal 1939-1945, War Medal 1939-1945; American: Legion of Merit \u2013 Legionnaire<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Micha\u0142 Mieczys\u0142aw Wojciech Gutowski was a Brigadier General in the Polish Army and a skilled equestrian. He participated in two events at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Gutowski dedicated his career to the Polish Army, serving as a professional officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He took part in the September Campaign during World War II. Following Poland’s defeat, he joined the Polish Armed Forces in Western Europe, initially in France and later in Britain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

He fought alongside General Stanis\u0142aw Maczek in the 1st Armoured Division, notably in the Battle of Falaise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Post-war, he immigrated to Canada, where he contributed as a military instructor for the Canadian forces. Subsequently, he established an equestrian club and provided training for Canadian equestrian riders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout his life, Gutowski received numerous prestigious state and military honors, He was laid to rest at the Pow\u0105zki Military Cemetery in Warsaw, Poland.<\/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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1 Armored Division Banner, 1941-1945; source: Michal Gutowski collection, SPK 20 Toronto, Ontario, Canada<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Michal Gutowski \u2013 1 Armored Division Uniform, 1941-1945, source: Michal Gutowski collection, SPK 20 Toronto, Ontario, Canada<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Michal Gutowski \u2013 1 Armored Division Uniform, 1941-1945; source: Michal Gutowski collection, SPK 20 Toronto, Ontario, Canada<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":793,"template":"","kraj":[46],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maczek.wirtualnemuzeum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/biogram\/794"}],"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\/793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maczek.wirtualnemuzeum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kraj","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maczek.wirtualnemuzeum.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kraj?post=794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}