Jerzy Świrski
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Commemorative plaque for Jerzy Świrski at the Polish Navy Cemetery in Gdynia
Jerzy Świrski (5 April 1882, Kalisz — 12 June 1959, London) was a Polish vice admiral and officer in the Russian Navy and Polish Navy.
He served in the Black Sea Fleet until the end of World War I. In 1918 he joined the Ukrainian Navy. Rear-admiral of the Navy of Ukrainian State.
In 1919 he joined the Polish Navy. From 1925 to 1947 he was Director of the Polish Navy in the Polish Ministry of Military Affairs (after 1939, in the Polish Government in Exile). After World War II he remained in the United Kingdom.
Honours and awards
- Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta; previously Commander's Cross and Officer's Cross
- Gold Cross of Merit
- Order of the Cross of Liberty (Finland)
- Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (France); previously Commander and Knight
- Order of St. Vladimir (Russian Empire)
- Order of St. Anna (Russian Empire)
- Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian Empire)
- Order of the Sword (Sweden)
- Order of the Bath (United Kingdom)
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