Czesław Petelenz, photo 1924, Public domain
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Czesław Petelenz

ID: OS-007517-P/150344

Czesław Petelenz

First name:

Czesław

Last Name:

Petelenz

Date of birth:

01-06-1879

Place of birth:

Sulistrowa

Date of death:

1949

Place od death:

Brighton

Profession:

military / soldier

Grade:

komandor

Honours and awards:

Krzyż Niepodległości, Krzyż Oficerski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski, Krzyż Walecznych, Order Narodowy Legii Honorowej

Biography:

Czesław Petelenz (1879-1949), Polish military officer, naval officer of the rank of commander. Also a publicist and sailing activist. One of the founders of the Polish Navy. His name was inscribed on a commemorative plaque at the headquarters of the Naval Command in 2010. In 195 he was appointed president of the Polish Sailing Association. During World War II, he went west to Great Britain, where he died in 1949. He was decorated with the Cross of Independence, the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, the Cross of Valour and the National Order of the Legion of Honour.

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Czesław Petelenz, photo 1924, Public domain

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