Mieczysław Norwid-Neugebauer (1884-1954); graduate of the Faculty of Mechanics at the Lwów Polytechnic. In the years 1914-1917, an officer in the Polish Legions, commander of the 6th infantry regiment of the Legions, and temporarily of the 3rd Brigade of the Legions. A participant in the First World War and the Polish-Soviet War of 1920. Since regaining independence in November 1918, he served in various command posts in the Polish Army, including as Second Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army and Chief Quartermaster. In December 1925, he was appointed First Deputy Chief of Army Administration. He was Army Inspector in Lwów, Toruń and Warsaw. In the years 1930-32, he held the post of Minister of Public Works in the cabinets of Walery Sławek and Aleksander Prystor. On 3rd September 1939, he was appointed Head of the Polish Military Mission in London. He held the post of Head of the Military Mission until January 1940. In the years 1942-1947, he was Chief of Administration of the Polish Armed Forces. He was decorated with, among others, the Order of Virtuti Militari and the Cross of Valour nine times. He died in Toronto and was buried at Pine Hill Cemetery in Scarborough, Ontario.