22nd Carpathian Uhlan Regiment
22nd Carpathian Uhlan Regiment (
Polish Army in the Second Polish Republic. Formed in November 1920, it fought in the 1939 Invasion of Poland. The regiment was garrisoned in the town of Brody (current Ukraine), and belonged to Kresowa Cavalry Brigade
.
The history of the unit dates back to the late summer of 1920, when in the village of Nowosielce-Gniewosz near
Przemysl
, and on November 8–14, 1920, it was merged with the 209th Carpathian Uhlan Regiment, taking on the new name, the 22nd Carpathian Uhlan Regiment.
In October 1921, regimental headquarters were moved to
Hrubieszow, to be moved to Radymno after three years. Finally, in June 1924, the regiment settled in Brody
, where it remained until 1939.
During the 1939
Bilgoraj
.
Commandants
- Major Romuald Niemojewski (1920 - 1921)
- Colonel Wladyslaw Fibich (1921 - 1926)
- Colonel Jerzy Grobicki (XII 1926 - XII 1929),
- Colonel Stanislaw Rostworowski (XII 1929 - VII 1935),
- Colonel Eugeniusz Jozef Jasiewicz (4 VII 1935 - 1937),
- Colonel Wladyslaw Plonka (1937 - 1939).
Symbols
The regimental flag was handed to it on October 23 in
Lucjan Zeligowski, and the flag featured among others the Polish Eagle, and the coats of arms of the cities of Lwow and Lublin
.
The badge, approved in 1925 by Minister of Military Affairs
Wladyslaw Sikorski
, was in the shape of the cross, with a red shield and white eagle in the middle.
The regiment had its
zurawiejka
.
Sources
- Henryk Smaczny: Księga kawalerii polskiej 1914-1947: rodowody, barwa, broń. Warszawa: TESCO, 1989
- Tadeusz Suchorowski, Zarys historii wojennej 20-go Pułku Ułanów imienia Króla Jana III Sobieskiego, Warszawa 1929