Jerzy Kirchmayer

In 1918, he joined the light brigade of the III Polish Corps, which was being organized in Ukraine.

On December 29, 1918, he began serving in the 7th Field Artillery Regiment and took part in the Polish-Soviet War.

[2] From 15 October to 15 December 1930 he took a Trial Course at the Higher Military School for Officers and then was called up as candidate for the normal course 1930–1932.

During the Invasion of Poland, he was deputy head of the 3rd Department of the "Pomorze" Army Staff, and was seriously wounded in the Kampinos Forest.

During the German occupation, in the ranks of the Union of Armed Struggle (later renamed the Home Army), he was the chief of staff of the Warsaw Voivodeship District and an officer of the 3rd Department of the Main Command.

After completing a special mission, he was sent to the General Staff Academy, where he was the director of science and then a lecturer.

On May 13, 1950 he was arrested by officers of the Ministry of Public Security on false charges, a year later he was sentenced to life imprisonment.

He was an active member of the Union of Participants in Armed Struggle, where he was vice-president of the Main Board, and then joined the Society of Fighters for Freedom and Democracy as a member of the Supreme Council and Main Board, and chairman of the Decorations Commission.