7th Lublin Uhlan Regiment

7th Lublin Uhlan Regiment
Badge of the regiment
ActiveOctober 1918 – 2 October 1939
December 1940 – 29 September 1944
24 December 1944 – 2 September 1949
Country Poland
BranchMasovian Cavalry Brigade (1939)
Home Army (1940-1944)
3rd Carpathian Rifle Division (1944-1947)
TypeUhlan
RoleCavalry
Garrison/HQMińsk Mazowiecki (1918-1939)
Galatina (January 1945-October 1945)
Grottammare (October 1945-1946)
EngagementsPolish-Ukrainian War
Polish-Soviet War

World War II

7th Lublin Uhlan Regiment of General Kazimierz Sosnkowski (Polish: 7 Pułk Ułanów Lubelskich im. gen. Kazimierza Sosnkowskiego, 7 puł) was a cavalry unit of the Polish Army in the Second Polish Republic and in the Polish Armed Forces in the West. Until 1939, it was garrisoned in Mińsk Mazowiecki. The day of the regiment was on March 23, the anniversary of the decoration of its flag with the Virtuti Militari.

Mazowiecka BK w 1938

The regiment was named after General Kazimierz Sosnkowski, who accepted the name on March 4, 1920. For 17 years it was unofficial, until November 21, 1937, when Ministry of Military Affairs officially accepted the full name: 7th Regiment of Lublin Uhlans of General Kazimierz Sosnkowski.

General Kazimierz Sosnkowski