Rank as of 08.05.1945: Senior Gunner
Assignment as of 08.05.1945: 3rd squadron - 1st Armored Regiment - 1st Armored Division
born. 01.02.1924. in Cieszyn
Full name: Stoszek
Service number: 48573, 1924/569/I
Son of Franciszek and Zuzanna (née Stoszek). In 1938 he graduated from public school in Cieszyn. In that year he takes a job at a crystal factory in Cieszyn. From 07.11.1939. to 08.12.1940. he was in forced labor in Rutzenhagen, Germany. After escaping and returning home, he began working at the Cieszyn power plant as a yard worker. At that time he lived in Kalembice. On 17.12.1942. he was taken from the plant and deported to France where he was drafted into the German army, into the heavy artillery. After the Allied invasion of France, he was taken prisoner by the English on 01.10.1944. and after being transported to England, he joined the PSZ as a volunteer, in which he served from 11.10.1944. to 05.08.1947. He completed the Tank Driver Course at the Armored Training Center, which lasted from 09.11.1944. to 13.12.1944. assigned to the 3rd squadron of the 1st Armored Regiment of the 1st Armored Division, from December 1944 he took part in battles in the Netherlands and Germany, as a turret gunner and mechanic-tank driver. He was wounded on 21.04.1945. during the fighting for Aschendorf-Papenburg as a result of a panzerfaust hit on the turret rotation mechanism of a Sherman tank. After a six-month stay in the hospital, he returned to the unit and did occupation duty in Germany. He was stationed in Linder. Demobilized on 05.08.1947. After returning to Poland in 1947, from 05.01.1948. until his retirement, he worked at the Cieszyn Power Plant, part of the Bielsko-Biała Combined Heat and Power Plant Complex, initially as a manual worker and later as a boiler machinist. He lived in Cieszyn. He died on 17.04.2011. and was buried in the municipal cemetery in Cieszyn.
Decorations: Army Medal, 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, War Medal.
