The Romuald Rescue

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• Captain Romuald Nalecz-Tyminski DSC
• Commander of the Polish Navy Warship ORP SLAZAK.
• The Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) is “awarded in recognition of an act or acts of exemplary gallantry during active operations against en enemy at sea”.
• Polish Hero saved 85 Canadians at Dieppe. “…..with guns blazing, he led rescue with his destroyer ORP SLAZAK….”
• A skilled and accomplished seaman, Nalecz-Tyminski worked his way up the ranks during his life on the seas, commanding numerous warships on dramatic danger-filled missions. “Nobody did more than he did to get the Canadians out”, said Joe Ryan, a veteran of the Royal Regiment of Canada who fought at Dieppe, France.
• Ryan said he can still remember watching the destroyer heading straight towards the beach firing all of its guns at the enemy, before turning abruptly, churning up mud and rocks from beneath the water and rescuing the Canadians as they evacuated the landing beaches as the raid had failed to achieve its objectives.
• For his role in the rescue Nalecz-Tyminski was awarded Britain’s Distinguished Service Cross.