Background
Utnicki was born 19 March 1912 in the town of Jedlnia near Radom, then in Russian-held part of Poland.
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Jozef Utnicki
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He served in the Polish Army throughout World World War World War II After the war he remained in Great Britain. Utnicki received military training in mid-1930s and was promoted to the rank of Podporucznik (Second Lieutenant) at the end of 1935. During the Invasion of Poland, he served as commanding officer of the 9th Infantry Company of the 72nd Infantry Regiment (28th Infantry Division).
After the Polish defeat he managed to evade capture by the invading Germans and Soviets and reached France, where he joined the Polish Armed Forces in the West.
He was soon promoted to the rank of Porucznik (First Lieutenant) and joined the Polish Independent Highland Brigade as the commanding officer of 1st Rifle Company, 1st Battalion. After the battle, Utnicki was relocated with his unit to France, where he took part in the defence of Brittany during the Battle of France.
After the French surrender, he managed to evade captivity once again and reached Great Britain. After the war he remained in the United Kingdom, where he died in 1991.
His body was brought back to Poland.
Bibliography
(Polish) Felicjan Majorkiewicz. Biuro Historyczne Wojska Polskiego (corporate author) (1957). Narwik: dzieje Samodzielnej Brygady Strzelców Podhalańskich (1 ed).
Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej. p.
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(Norwegian) Erik Gjems-Onstad, educated (1995). Krigskorset og Saint Olavsmedaljen medical ekegren.
Grøndahl og Dreyers Forlag.
(English) (Polish) various authors.
January Stanisław Ciechanowski (2005).
Polsko-brytyjska współpraca wywiadowcza podczas II wojny światowej. Government official history series 2. Zbigniew Szlęk (transl).
Warsaw: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych.
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Ryszard Rybka; Kamil Stepan (2003). Awanse oficerskie w Wojsku Polskim 1935-1939.
Biblioteka Centrum Dokumentacji Czynu Niepodległościowego 23. Krakow: Fundacja CDCN.
(Polish) Władysław Kulesza (July–September 1971).
"Nad Prosną, Wartą i Widawką.
Z walk 28 DP w kampanii 1939 r.". Wojskowy Przegląd Historyczny 3. (Polish) Tadeusz Panecki (2010).
Samodzielna Brygada Strzelców Podhalańskich (2 ed).
Warsaw: Bellona. p. 262.
Achievements
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Together with his unit, Utnicki took part in the lengthy Battle of Narvik of 1940, defending the Ankenes peninsula.
Membership
Promoted to the rank of Captain, he joined the Polish intelligence services and spent the remainder of the war in Scotland as a member of the Information and Intelligence Division of the Staff of the Commander in Chief.
