Kazimierz Raszewski

Kazimierz Raszewski (29 February 1864 – 14 January 1941) was a lieutenant general of the Polish Army.

Kazimierz Raszewski
Kazimierz Raszewski
Born(1864-02-29)29 February 1864
Jasień, Kingdom of Prussia
Died14 January 1941(1941-01-14) (aged 76)
Poznań, occupied Poland
Buried
Górczyn Cemetery, Poznań
Allegiance Kingdom of Prussia (1885–1918)
 Second Polish Republic (1918–1925)
Service/branch Imperial German Army
Armia Wielkopolska
Polish Army
Years of service1885–1925
Rank Lieutenant General
Battles/warsFirst World War
Greater Poland uprising
Polish–Soviet War
AwardsIron Cross Virtuti Militari Order of Polonia Restituta Cross of Valour (Poland) Cross of Merit (Poland) Krzyż na Śląskiej Wstędze Waleczności i Zasługi War Medal 1918-1921 Decade of Independence Regained Order of St. Sava Legion of Honour Order of Merit (Chile)
Spouse(s)
Olga Luchs
(m. 1892)
ChildrenLambert (born 1893)
Izabela (1894–1917)

Early life

Raszewski was born 29 February 1864 in a small village called Jasień near Poznań (Czempiń Municipal), in the Province of Posen in the Kingdom of Prussia. Kazimierz was the second son of a szlachta (Polish landed gentry) Ignacy Raszewski and Józefa Koczorowska. An ancestor, Kazimierz Turno, was a general of the Army of the Duchy of Warsaw.[1]

In 1827, he started attending the Real School in Poznań. He later moved to the Saint Mary Magdalene School. In 1884, he finished school in Bolesławiec.[2]

Military career

He started his military career in 1885 by joining the 2. Schlesische Husaren-Regiment Nr. 6 in Prudnik.[2] The commander of the Regiment in Prudnik was lieutenant Rosenberg, a friend of Raszewski's father with whom he served in the Husaren-Regiment Nr. 1 in Milicz. Due to Raszewski's Polish descent, he was being mocked by other soldiers. After many years, in his autobiography, he stated that he wouldn't become an officer without the support he received from Rosenberg while in Prudnik.[1]

After graduating from military school in Nysa in 1887, he came back to Prudnik as a second lieutenant and became the commander of the platoon. In 1892, he married Olga Luchs. The couple had a son Lambert (born 1893) and a daughter Izabela (1894–1917).[2]

In 1894, he was moved to 1. Schlesische Husaren-Regiment Nr. 4 in Oława. In 1913, he joined the Husaren-Regiment Nr. 16 in Schleswig. During World War I, he served on Western and Eastern Front.[2]

In 1918, he joined the Armia Wielkopolska to fight in the Greater Poland uprising. He later participated in the Polish–Soviet War.[3]

Promotions

Honours and awards

References

  1. Kazimierz, Raszewski (1938), Wspomnienia z własnych przeżyć do końca roku 1920 (Raszewski Kazimierz), J. Liczbiński, Poznań, retrieved 2020-08-18
  2. http://www.ipsb.nina.gov.pl:8080/a/biografia/kazimierz-raszewski
  3. O kawalerii polskiej XX wieku p. 56
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