Born August 15, 1893 in the village of
Kamienna Stara near
Sokółka, Sulik began his military career in the Russian Army, as the part of Poland where he was born belonged to the
Russian Empire. In 1918, he became a member of Samoobrona Grodzienska, a Polish organization for
Grodnian self-defence; on January 22, 1919, he was named commandant of the Białystok Rifle Regiment of the
1st Lithuanian–Belarusian Division. Sulik fought in the
Polish-Soviet War, and took part in the
Żeligowski's Mutiny, which resulted in capturing
Wilno in September 1920. In the 1920s, Sulik served in the Polish Army and was frequently transferred between several infantry divisions. In the period September 1927 - February 1929, he was director of the Central School of the
Border Guard. Transferred to Regional Office of Military Preparation in
Toruń, he finally ended up in the
Border Protection Corps (KOP) units located along eastern border of the
Second Polish Republic. He served in the KOP in
Stolpce,
Baranowicze, and
Sarny from October 1937 (see
Sarny Fortified Area). After the Soviet invasion of Eastern Poland on September 17, 1939, Sulik commanded KOP units in several skirmishes with the advancing
Red Army troops. He did not give up his weapons after the
Battle of Kock, and joined the Polish resistance. In November 1939, he was nominated as deputy to
Janysz Galadyk, commandant of Wilno district of the
Service for Poland's Victory. On April 13, 1941, Sulik was arrested and subsequently tortured by the
NKVD, but he was released just a few months later, under the
Sikorski-Mayski Agreement. Sulik joined the
Polish Armed Forces in the East, specifically to
Anders' Army. Sulik, promoted to general in 1944, was commandant of the
5th Eastern Borderlands Infantry Division during the
Italian Campaign of 1943 to 1945. On July 23, 1944, he was awarded the
Virtuti Militari; he received the
Polonia Restituta posthumously. After the war, Sulik remained in the West, settling in London, where he died on January 14, 1954. He was buried at
Brompton Cemetery, and on September 12, 1993, his and his wife's ashes were moved to his native village of
Kamienna Stara. ==Promotions==