Wilhelm Meisel (Silesian Uprisings veteran)
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Wilhelm Meisel was the last veteran of the Silesian Uprisings
, He joined up to the Polish Army in 1919 at the age of 15 and served during the Silesian Uprisings from 1919 until it ended in 1921. He died in 2009 at the age of 105, at death he was the last surviving veteran of that conflict.
Silesian Uprisings
The Silesian Uprisings were a series of three armed uprisings of the Poles and Polish Silesians of Upper Silesia, from 1919–1921, against German rule; the resistance hoped to break away from Germany in order to join the Second Polish Republic, which had been established in the wake of World War I...
, He joined up to the Polish Army in 1919 at the age of 15 and served during the Silesian Uprisings from 1919 until it ended in 1921. He died in 2009 at the age of 105, at death he was the last surviving veteran of that conflict.
See also
- List of veterans of World War I who died in 2009–11
- List of last living war veterans