Władysław Wiecierzyński

Władysław Wiecierzyński (April 15, 1894 – February 22, 1983) was a Polish colonel who was a commander of the Polish Armed Forces and was a knight of the Virtuti Militari.

Biography Wiecierzyński was the son of Józef who was a shoemaker and Bronisława née Norbert. In the years 1901–1910 he attended primary school and the Private Seven-year School of Economics in Suwałki . In October 1911 he joined the Imperial Russian Army, but was released to the reserve the following year on health grounds. In 1913 he was re-called up to the Russian army and in 1914 he was sent to an officer course in St. Petersburg. In 1915, after graduating from school, he was appointed ensign and was assigned to the 141st Moghis Infantry Regiment fighting in the Russian 36th Infantry Division of the North-Western Front. In 1916 he was promoted to second lieutenant and in the next year, to the rank of lieutenant.

In 1917, after demobilization, he returned to Suwałki and joined the Polish Military Organization. As part of the underground activities, he took part in the disarmament of German patrols in the Suwałki region. In January 1919 he broke through the cordon of German troops to Zambrów and joined the 1st Suwałki Rifle Regiment, later renamed the . In the regiment, he took command of a machine gun company and fought at Lida, where he was wounded. He was wounded for the second time in August 1920 near Modlin.

On June 1, 1921, as a captain, he continued to serve in the 41st Infantry Regiment. On May 3, 1922, he was verified with the rank of major with seniority on June 1, 1919, and the 518th position in the corps of infantry officers, and his parent unit was still the 41st infantry regiment. On July 22, 1922, he was approved as a battalion commander in the 41st infantry regiment. In 1923 he was the commander of the 3rd battalion of the 41st Infantry Regiment. In 1924, he was on a temporary position, on a course for junior infantry officers in Chełmno, remaining a full-time officer in the 41st Infantry Regiment.

On March 11, 1926, his transfer to the Border Protection Corps to the position of the commander of the . On January 23, 1928, he was promoted to senior lieutenant colonel on January 1, 1928, and ranked 69th in the corps of infantry officers. In the summer of 1929 he was transferred to the position of the commander of the .

On January 28, 1931, it was announced that he was transferred from the KOP to the in Krotoszyn to the position of deputy regiment commander. In November 1935 he took command of the 55th Poznań Infantry Regiment in Leszno. On March 19, 1939, he was promoted to colonel in the corps of infantry officers. He died on February 22, 1983, in Leszno . He was buried in Leszno at the parish cemetery at Kąkolewska Street.

Colonel Władysław Wiecierzyński was commemorated in Leszno with a plaque on the house where he lived. On January 24, 1991, by resolution No. XI / 52/91, one of the streets in Leszno was named “Płk. Władysław Wiecierzyński ”.

Family On January 27, 1923, Wiecierzyński married Jadwiga Monika Mackiewicz, daughter of Wiktor and Bogumiła, born on December 24, 1901, in Suwałki. His wife graduated from the SGH Warsaw School of Economics. On August 18, 1939, she and her sons were evacuated to the vicinity of Lviv. During the war, she was imprisoned in the Ravensbrück concentration camp. Władysław and Jadwiga had two sons: Władysław (born on April 8, 1924) and Ryszard (born on September 17, 1928). Both sons were prisoners of the Stutthof and Ravensbrück concentration camps.