The following information was transcribed from photographs of the memorial plaques located at Westerplatte, Gdańsk, Poland, commemorating the Polish soldiers who fought there.
The battle between the Nazis and the Poles there, which began
on 1 September 1939 and ended on 7 September 1939, was the first battle in WWII.
The garrison of 182 soldiers and 27 civilian reservists managed to hold off
bombardment by a Nazi battleship, air attacks by 60 dive bombers, and invasion
by 3,500 Nazi ground troops for seven days. The Poles lost 15–20 dead and 53
wounded while the Nazis lost 200-300 dead and wounded. The following men fought bravely and many
survived only to die later during WWII.
Transcribed by Josh Greenlee and edited by Debbie Greenlee.
Dates are shown using the European format.
Surname, Given Name |
Date of Birth - Date of Death |
Aniołek, Eugeniusz |
1915 - 1941 |
Bacharz, Wacław |
1915 - 1988 |
Bałtowski, Stanisław |
1915 - 1988 |
Baran, Władysław |
1906 - 1976 |
Barański, Piotr |
1915 - 1971 |
Bartocha, Stanisław |
1915 - 1990 |
Bartoszek, Franciszek |
1908 - 1993 |
Bartulewicz, Alfons |
1916 - 1984 |
Białous, Wiktor |
1916 - |
Bieniasz, Józef |
1908 - 1967 |
Blukis, Michał |
1904 - 1972 |
Borowiec, Piotr |
1915 - 1994 |
Brzozowski, Jan |
1915 - 1941 |
Buder, Piotr |
1907 - 1957 |
Cholewa, Mieczysław |
1915 - 1975 |
Chrul, Henryk |
1918 - 1989 |
Chrzan, Władysław |
1915 - 1986 |
Chrzczanowicz, Jan |
1916 - |
Cichowski, Franciszek |
1914 - |
Ciepłucha, Wacław |
1915 - |
Ciereszko, Wiktor |
1916 - 1988 |
Cieśliński, Jan |
1915 - |
Czaj, Jan |
1901- unknown |
Czajko, Aleksander |
1916 - unknown |
Czywil, Jan |
1915 - 7.9.1939 |
Dąbrowski, Franciszek |
1904 - 1962 |
Deik, Władysław |
1901 - 1986 |
Derlatka, Jan |
1915 - 1986 |
Dobies, Marian |
1914 - 1987 |
Dominiak, Franciszek |
1914 - 1999 |
Domon, Władysław |
1917 - 1984 |
Dopierało, Zygmunt |
1920 - 1986 |
Drobek, Bronisław |
1915 - 1998 |
Dróżdz, Władysław |
1915 - 1946 |
Dudzic, Ignacy |
1915 - 1996 |
Dulęba, Józef |
1915 - 1979 |
Duzik, Ryszard |
1921 - 1985 |
Duzik, Stefan |
1899 - 1955 |
Dworakowski, Julian |
1917 - 1998 |
Dzierżgowski, Czesław |
1916 - |
Falkowski, Mieczysław |
1915 - 1996 |
Fiedorczuk, Antoni |
1916 - |
Filipkowski, Czesław |
1916 - 1998 |
Gajda, Stefan |
1915 - 1991 |
Garbacianek. Kazimierz |
no information |
Gawlicki, Michał |
1898 - 1977 |
Gębura, Jan |
1915 - 2.9.1939 |
Głowacki, Feliks |
1915 - 1998 |
Gołab, Antoni |
1914 - 1986 |
Gonsawski, Michał |
1914 - 1968 |
Goryl, Władysław |
1910 - |
Grabowski, Eugeniusz |
1914 - |
Grodecki, Stefan |
1903 - 1968 |
Grudzien, Józef |
1915 - 1981 |
Grudziński, Bronisław |
1911 - 1992 |
Gryczman, Jan |
1898 - 1985 |
Hajduszkiewicz, Jan |
1915 - 1988 |
Hajkowicz, Jan |
1917 - |
Horbacz, Bolesław |
1912 - 1984 |
Hryhorowicz, Władysław |
1917 - 1995 |
Jakubiak, Władysław |
1916 - 2.9.1939 |
Janik, Józef |
1915 - 1971 |
Jankowicz, Józef |
1914 - 1988 |
Januszewski, Alojzy |
1905 - 1942 |
Jazy, Jan |
1896-1945 |
Jażdż, Eugeniusz |
1914 - 1978 |
Jezierski, Konstanty |
unknown - 2.9.1939 |
Jezierski, Stefan |
1914 - 1939 |
Kaczanowski, Jan |
1914 - |
Kałuszki, Stanisław |
1915 - 1972 |
Kita, Józef |
1915 - 2.9.1939 |
Kłys, Wincenty |
1916 - 1960 |
Kochan, Bronisław |
1916 - 1990 |
Kolasa, Stanisław |
1915 - 1980 |
Kołton, Czesław |
1915 - 1983 |
Konkel, Franciszek |
1917 - 1940 |
Korko, Bronisław |
1917 - 1968 |
Korus, Jan |
1915 - 1951 |
Kowalczyk, Andrzej |
1914 - 1.9.1939 |
Kowalik, Aleksy |
1915 - |
Kozak, Zygmunt |
1916 - 1980 |
Kregielski, Zdzisław |
1912 - 1987 |
Krućko, Aleksander |
no information |
Krzak, Mieczysław |
1915 - 2.9.1939 |
Krzeszewski, Jan |
1895 - 1940 |
Kubicki, Zenon |
1915 - 1945 |
Kucemba, Roman |
1915 - 1985 |
Kulczyński, Stefan |
1915 - 1982 |
Kurczyk, Jan |
1915 - 1993 |
Kutera, Józef |
1915 - 1965 |
Łakomiec, Władysław |
1915 - 1962 |
Łankiewicz, Antoni |
1917 - 20.3.2006 |
Łata, Michał |
1915 - 1995 |
Ławrynowicz, Aleks |
no information |
Lelej, Jan |
1917 - |
Lis, Franciszek |
1915 - 1983 |
Łojek, Franciszek |
1915 - 1997 |
Łomako, Józef |
1916 - 1993 |
Łopatniuk, Józef |
1907 - 1969 |
Loranty, Leon |
1915 - 1945 |
Łuczyński, Edward |
1913 - 1971 |
Maca, Józef |
1914 - 1994 |
Magdziarz, Franciszek |
1904 - 1984 |
Majcher, Jan |
1915 - 1950 |
Malak, Józef |
1906 - 1998 |
Mazurkiewicz, Leon |
1915 - 1944 |
Michalik, Józef |
1915 - 1987 |
Michałowski, Kazimierz |
1916 - 1994 |
Michniewicz, Bronisław |
1916 - |
Misztalski, Stefan |
1914 - 1984 |
Najsarek, Wojciech |
1900 - 2.9.1939 |
Naskręt, Jan |
1914 - 1980 |
Nerć, Stefan |
1914 - 1980 |
Nidziński, Bolesław |
1915 - 1995 |
Niekrewicz, Edward |
1917 - 1988 |
Nowak, Jan |
1915 - 1996 |
Nowicki, Jozef |
1916 - no information |
Nowik, Piotr |
1912 - 1988 |
Okraszewski, Władysław |
1916 - 2.9.1939 |
Ortian, Aleksander |
1915 - 1994 |
Ozorowski, Antoni |
1916 - 1986 |
Pajak, Leon |
1909 - 1990 |
Parwicki, Jan |
1917 - 1950 |
Paszkowski, Józef |
1914 - 1995 |
Pełka, Józef |
1899 - 1951 |
Perucki, Bronisław |
1915 - 2.9.1939 |
Petzelt, Adolf |
1906 - 2.9.1939 |
Pietrzak, Józef |
1915 - 1945 |
Piotrowski, Leonard |
1897 - 1987 |
Piróg, Antoni |
1915 - 2.9.1939 |
Plewak, Michał |
1901 - 1982 |
Pociecha, Marian |
1915 - |
Pokrzywka, Stanisław |
1915 - 1999 |
Połeć, Jan |
1915 - 1943 |
Porada, Jan |
1915 - |
Pożarecki, Józef |
1916 - 1991 |
Prutis, Emilian |
1917 - |
Pryczek, Michał |
1915 - 1998 |
Rasiński, Kazimierz |
1902 - 1939 |
Rejmer, Julian |
1915 - 1990 |
Repelowicz, Jan |
1890 - 1940 |
Rokicki, Edward |
1914 - 1989 |
Romasz, Jan |
1917 - 1996 |
Romatowski, Józef |
1916 - 1985 |
Rybak, Bolesław |
1915 - 1989 |
Rygielski, Bernard |
1910 - 1984 |
Sadowski, Alfons |
1913 - 1980 |
Salwirak, Stanisław |
1915 - 1999 |
Sieczko, Michał |
1916 - no information |
Skowron, Ignacy |
1915 - |
Skwira, Stanisław |
1915 - |
Słaby, Mieczysław |
1905 - 1948 |
Słowiaczek, Jan |
1914 - 1985 |
Śniegulski, Jan |
1914 - 1982 |
Sobol, Władysław |
1904 - 1963 |
Soja, Franciszek |
1915 - 1969 |
Spiżarny, Józef |
1916 - 1988 |
Spławski, Edmund |
1910 - |
Stecewicz, Bronisław |
1916 - 1987 |
Sternak, Marian |
1916 - 1993 |
Stopiński, Władysław |
1915 - |
Stradomski, Jan |
1909 - 1970 |
Sucharski, Henryk |
1898 - 1946 |
Sudnik, Piotr |
1916 - no information |
Swirkowicz, Antoni |
no information |
Szamlewski, Edmund |
1917 - 1982 |
Szapiel, Antoni |
1915 - 1957 |
Szewczuk, Edward |
1892 - 1964 |
Szwedowski, Karol |
1889 - 1941 |
Szymanowicz, Józef |
1916 - no information |
Toporowicz, Franciszek |
1901 - 1964 |
Tracewski, Zenon |
1917 - |
Trela, Antoni |
1915 - 1992 |
Trela, Stanisław |
1917 - 1994 |
Tuczynski, Kazimierz |
1891 - 1978 |
Tusk, Jan |
1911 - 1985 |
Uss, Bronisław |
no information - 1.9.1939 |
Wiatr, Teodor |
1915 - 1973 |
Więckowicz, Bolesław |
1915 - 1969 |
Wilbik, Bronisław |
1915 - 1984 |
Włodarski, Wojciech |
1915 - 1995 |
Wojniusz, Józef |
1915 - 1991 |
Wójtewicz, Franciszek |
1915 - 1986 |
Wojtowicz, Jan |
1915 - 1991 |
Wolas, Franciszek |
1916 - 1989 |
Wróbel, Mieczysław |
1909 - 1985 |
Wrzaszcz, Antoni |
1915 - 1999 |
Wysocki, Julian |
1916 - 1974 |
Zając, Bronisław |
1915 - 1992 |
Zając, Stanisław |
1915 - 1994 |
Zameryka, Franciszek |
1915 - 1988 |
Zarębski, Ignacy |
1909 - 1967 |
Zatorski, Ignacy |
1916 - 1.9.1939 |
Zdanuczyk, Stanisław |
1917 - 1982 |
Zdeb, Jan |
1915 - 1999 |
Zdunkiewicz, Donat |
1903 - 1959 |
Zięba, Zygmunt |
1914 - 2.9.1939 |
Zielinski, Jan |
1915 - 1967 |
Zimny, Stefan |
1915 - 1992 |
Ziomek, Jan |
1898 - 1978 |
Zmitrowicz, Jan |
1916 - no information |
Zołnik, Franciszek |
1916 - |
Zwierzchowski, Stanisław |
1915 - 1992 |
Zych, Stanisław |
1914 - 1997 |
Żuk, Bronisław |
1917 - 1994 |
Żurawski, Konstanty |
1916 - 1999 |
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Transcription and English translation © 2008 Deborah Greenlee; no claim made to original records; used at this web site by express permission; all other rights reserved.