Lieutenant Colonel Ludwik Domon was born in 1899 in Ociesowki, Kielce County, Poland.

 

After the end of World War I when Poland regained independence in 1918, he was admitted to the Polish Army. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in the economic department on 1 October 1920. In 1924 he served in the Headquarters of District No. IX, while remaining an officer of the District Economic Department No. 10. In November 1924, he was transferred to the infantry officer’s corps in the rank of Lieutenant, with simultaneous incarnation into the 4th Legion Infantry Regiment in Kielce. He completed the 9th Normal Course at the Military School from 2 November 1928 to 1 September 1930 and was promoted to the rank of Captain of the Infantry. In 1932 he was transferred to the 25th Infantry Division in Kalisz. In January 1934 he was transferred to the 72nd Infantry Regiment in Radom.

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In 1939 as a Polish Army officer, he fought in the September Campaign, was captured by the Russians and ended up in Soviet captivity near Lwow. From 1940 he was imprisoned in the NKVD prison camp in Griazowiec. By virtue of the Sikorski-Majski Agreement of 30 July 1941, he regained his freedom, after which he joined the formed Polish Army in the USSR under General Wladyslaw Anders.

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From 8 April to 30 October 1942, in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, he was the commander of the 18th Infantry Regiment Later, he served as the Chief of Staff of the 6th Lwow Infantry Division. Together with the Polish 2nd Corps of the Polish Armed Forces in the West, he served through the Middle East, as commander of the 18th Lwow Rifle Battalion. He took part in the Italian Campaign and participated in the battle of Monte Cassino, where he was seriously wounded.

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From 25 August to 15 October 1944, he held the position of Deputy Commander of the 6th Lwow Infantry Brigade. Then from December 1944 he was a lecturer and head of the Department of Infantry Tactics at the Higher School of War in Peebles, Scotland.

 

Orders and decorations:

• Silver Cross of the Order of Virtuti Militari

• Knight's Cross of the Order of the Rebirth of Poland

• Gold Cross of Merit

• Medal of Independence

• Monte Cassino Cross

• Badge for Wounds and Injuries

• Army Medal

• 1939 Defence Medal

• 1939-1945 War Medal

 

After the war he emigrated to Argentina and returned to Poland in the late 50s. He married the widow of General Janusz Orapell and lived in Katowice. Both he and his wife died in 1977 and are buried in a local cemetery.

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His younger brother Władysław fought in defense of Westerplatte, and was also awarded the Order of Virtuti Militari.

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Sources: Translated from several Polish Facebook posts

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