Michał Tadeusz Karaszewicz-Tokarzewski (1893-1964), Major-General of the Polish Armed Forces. He studied law in Lwów, and later medicine at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. From 1914, he served in the Polish Legions. In 1919, he became famous for his action to liberate Lvov. He also fought during the Polish-Soviet War. Between 1922 and 1924, he pursued higher military studies in France. He took part in the September campaign as commander of the "Pomerania" Army, and then of the Operational Group within the "Poznań" Army. Having broken through to Warsaw, he was appointed commander of the "Warsaw" Army. After the Germans entered the capital, he set up a military conspiracy organisation called the Polish Victory Service, and contributed to the creation of the Polish Underground State. In 1940, he left for Lvov to take command of the eastern area of Poland under Soviet occupation. Arrested by the NKVD and imprisoned, he was sentenced to five years in prison and transported to a gulag near Arkhangelsk. In 1943, he joined the forming Polish Army under General Anders. Promoted to major general, he became deputy commander of the Polish Army in the East. After demobilisation, he remained in exile and settled in London, where he was promoted to Lieutenant General in 1964. He was a member of the National Council, an advisory body to the President of the Republic of Poland, a freemason, a theosophist and a clergyman of the Liberal Catholic Church. He held the highest Polish and foreign military decorations, including the Order of the White Eagle, twice the Order of Virtuti Militari (2nd and 5th Class), Polonia Restituta (3rd and 4th Class), Cross of Independence with Swords, and the Cross of Valour five times. He died in 1964 in Casablanca (Morocco). He was buried in Brompton Cemetery, London. In 1992, the General's ashes, along with those of other commanders of the Polish Underground, were laid to rest at Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw.