Władysław Grzymała-Turzański (1905-1986), military officer, founder of the Władysław and Nella Turzański Foundation. As a 15-year-old boy, he took part in the 1920 war, fighting in the assault company of the 29th Kaniowski Rifle Regiment. Nineteen years later, after the Soviet army entered the territory of the Republic of Poland, he was sent to a gulag, which he left after two years of Gehenna, joining the Polish Army being formed in Russia. After leaving Russia, he took part in the Italian campaign with General Anders's army. Awarded the Cross of Valour for the Battle of Monte Cassino, he ended the war with the rank of artillery lieutenant. He arrived in Canada in 1948 with a group of several hundred soldiers. He was a co-founder of the Association of Polish Veterans in Canada and co-founder of the veterans' relief and loan fund. In 1988, with his wife Nela Turzańska, he established the Wladyslaw and Nela Turzanski Foundation.