Antoni Szylling (1884-1971), Major-General of the Polish Army. He took an active part in the secret militant organisations "Proletariat" and the PPS militia. Conscripted into the Russian army in the Russian hinterland, where he stayed for 2 years. Between 1909 and 1912, he completed the Industrial and Agricultural Courses at the Higher School of Agriculture in Warsaw. On 27 January 1919, he was accepted into the Polish Army and commanded the 44th Infantry Regiment in the Polish-Bolshevik War. On 1 January 1926, he was renamed from reserve officer to professional officer, with the rank of colonel, and transferred to the 23rd Infantry Division in Katowice as commander of the divisional infantry. Meanwhile, from 3 January to 24 June 1927, he was a student of the Third Course of the Centre for Higher Military Studies in Warsaw. On 25 May 1937, he was appointed general to work under the General Inspector of the Armed Forces. In the September campaign, he commanded the "Kraków" Army, which, although surrounded several times, reached as far as the Lublin region. At Tomaszów, the Polish units fought their last battle. Gen. Szylling was taken prisoner by the Germans and stayed in POW camp VII A Murnau until 30 April 1945. Liberated by the Americans - he went first to France, then to Great Britain and Canada. He was decorated, among others, twice with the Order of Virtuti Militari (gold and silver cross) and three times with the Cross of Valour. He died in Montreal and was buried in a cemetery in Saint-Sauveur, Quebec.