Profile of the late Major Marian Słowiński:
He was born on May 8, 1919, in Inowrocław. He completed elementary and lower secondary school in that city. From 1934 to 1937, he attended Military School No. 1 in Konin. Until the beginning of September 1939, he served in the 8th Training Company of the 67th Infantry Regiment in Brodnica.
In mid-September 1939, he was sent to Rzeszów, where he served as an instructor in the 167th Reserve Infantry Regiment. From there, he evacuated to Hungary. Until April 4, 1940, he stayed in the Hungarian internment camp in Érsekújvár, from where he escaped to France.
There, he was assigned to the Polish Army. He completed anti-tank training and, under French command, took part in the fighting near Verdun. He then reached Great Britain aboard a Polish warship. Until 1944, he was stationed in Liverpool, Crawford and Dundee, serving in the 65th Tank Battalion, which was incorporated into the 1st Armored Regiment of General Stanisław Maczek’s 1st Armored Division. He took part in the Normandy landings and the fighting along the Chambois–Falaise line, as well as the liberation of Belgium and the Netherlands, including Breda. He ended his combat trail in Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
He then stayed in Hanover until 1947, returning to Poland that year. From 1959, he worked at the Canadian Embassy in Warsaw—first as a driver, and later as head of the administrative department. He retired in 1984. He was active in many veterans’ associations, including the Warsaw branch of former soldiers of General Stanisław Maczek’s 1st Armored Division.
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