Monte Cassino cross

[richardcz]

Good men, we will remember them.

[andrzejku98]

Hello Everyone,

A few more Faces of Recipients of the Monte Cassino Cross, that I found on the internet :



Strzelec Antoni Matuszak MCC 17323



Kapral Feliks Malus MCC 8397



St. Strzelec Jozef Cichy MCC 3496 (Post War Photograph)



Plutowny (Lance Sergeant) Leopold Jung MCC 5638



Kapral Czeslaw Jakubik MCC 38344 (Post War photgraph)



Sierzant pchor. Wladyslaw Drobniak MCC 4001



St Strz Walenty Jedrzejczak MCC 27712 (ID Photo)



Plutowny Stanislaw Trzcionka MCC 13018



Strzelec Kazimierz Babik MCC 47324 (ID Photograph)



Strz Stanislaw Janicki MCC 18745

That's all for now

Best wishes

Andrzej

[A.J. Zawadzki]

Andrzej, thanks for devoting the time to find and post these photos for us . The third photo down of St. Strzelec Jozef Cichy shows some interesting deviations from the norm with decoration placement and the collar point insignia.

Regards,
Tony

[andrzejku98]

Hello Everyone,

A few more Faces of Recipients of the Monte Cassino Cross gleaned from the Internet:



St Wachm Szczepan Dziewit MCC 47519 (ID Photograph)



St. Saper Jozef Ropek MCC 10925 (1943 photograph whilst in Iraq)



St Sierzant Boleslaw Kostecki MCC 47718



Kapral later Plutowny (Lance Sergeant) Antoni Swiecicki MCC 32324



Kapral Lucjan Aksnowicz MCC 17819



Kpr.pch. (later Porucznik) Zdzislaw Starostecki MCC 29538 (a post war photograph when he met General Anders on a visit to USA in 1954) already listed in post 257 whilst a Podporucznik with 4PPanc.

Best wishes

Andrzej

[artee1986]

Hi Andrzej,

Could you be so kind to share the information regarding these guys:

Edward Bogdan,
Gunczerenko Grzegorz,
Tawkin Nikodem,
Eremeew Simon

Thank you.

Br,
Artem

[andrzejku98]

Hello Artem,

Many thanks for your post, I was only able to find one of the four listed and then under a different spelling, here is what I found when awarded the MCC his details were as follows :

Rank: Strzelec (Rifleman)

Surname: TAWKIM (M instead of N)

Christian name: NIKODEM

Date of Birth: 1918

Army Number : (also found on His ID Tags) : 1918-49-III

Monte Cassino Cross Numbered : 18408

Unit: 16BS (16th Rifle Battalion, 5KDP)

I have also checked the index of soviet repression and have gone through the book listing Polish soldiers killed during the Italian Campaign with no luck.

I hope that the above information helps you.

Best wishes

Andrzej

[artee1986]

Hello Artem,

Many thanks for your post, I was only able to find one of the four listed and then under a different spelling, here is what I found when awarded the MCC

Thanks Andrzej! Hm... I guess the problem is in writing/spelling of these names. I'll try to check it.

Br,
Artem

[artee1986]

Thanks Andrzej! Hm... I guess the problem is in writing/spelling of these names. I'll try to check it.

Br,
Artem

By the way could you please check Eremeew (last name) Simon (first name) again? He was born in 1911. Possible variants of his last name: Jeremeew, Yaremeew.

Br,
Artem

[andrzejku98]

Hello again Artem,

There was only one Simon listed born in 1911 and that was Sierz.pch. Simon Ehrlich-Freisner, 1911-6-III, MCC 26583, 5KSanit.

But once more I have found the Needle in a Hay Stack!

Rank: Plutowny

Surname: JOREMIEJEW

Christian Name: SZYMON

Date of Birth: 1911

Army Number : (also found on His ID Tags) L 1911-54-III

Unit: 18 BS (18th Rifle Battalion, 5KDP)

MCC Numbered : 19494

I have put my bill in the post

Best wishes

Andrzej

[andrzejku98]

Hello again Artem,

There was only one Simon listed born in 1911 and that was Sierz.pch. Simon Ehrlich-Freisner, 1911-6-III, MCC 26583, 5KSanit.

But once more I have found the Needle in a Hay Stack!

Rank: Plutowny

Surname: JOREMIEJEW

Christian Name: SZYMON

Date of Birth: 1911

Army Number : (also found on His ID Tags) L 1911-54-III

Unit: 18 BS (18th Rifle Battalion, 5KDP)

MCC Numbered : 19494

I have put my bill in the post

Best wishes

Andrzej