- Edmund Knoll-Kownacki
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name=Edmund Knoll-Kownacki
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caption=Gen. Knoll-Kownacki in full uniform, 1930's
rank=Generał brygady
date_of_birth=birth date|1891|7|12|mf=y
placeofbirth=Pomiechówek nearPłońsk ,Congress Poland ,Russian Empire
date_of_death=death date and age|1953|9|2|1891|7|12|mf=y
placeofdeath=Wales ,United Kingdom
profession=agricultural engineer
serviceyears=1912
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laterwork=farmer
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Gen.bryg. Edmund Stanisław Knoll-Kownacki (1891 – 1953) was a Polish military officer and a high-ranking commander of thePolish Army .Youth
Son of Kazimierz and Maria von Eynatten. After his matura exam in 1908 in
Kaluga , he continued his education at the Department of Natural Sciences of theMoscow State University . After five semesters he was transferred to theMoscow Agricultural Institute . In the course of his studies he was subjected to compulsory military service for 12 months. He entered the army in September 1912 at the 19th Battery of Horse Artillery in Dubno, after which he passed his officers exam, earning the rank of reserve warrant officer.In May 1913 he received his diploma in agricultural engineering. He worked for a year as a veterinary inspector in the Central Agriculture Association in Warsaw. Meanwhile, he entered the Rifleman Squads, with the nickname "Kownacki". He graduated from the Rifleman Squad School in
Nowy Sącz in 1914.World War I
On
August 6 , 1914, at the beginning ofWorld War I , he became a commissioned troop commander in the 2nd Rifleman Battalion. From13 September he was a member of 1stUhlan Squadron of Władysława Beliny-Prażmowskiego. From October 1914 he organised and commanded a battery of cavalry (part of 1st artillery regiment), later upgraded to a wing. After the Oath crisis ofAugust 6 1917 he was interned in a camp atBeniaminów . Granted temporary leave in May 1918 to deal with family matters, he never returned to the camp. OnOctober 25 he was appointed to Polska Siła Zbrojna (Polish Military Force) and assigned to Headquarters of Artillery Inspector. In November he organized the 1st regiment of Legion's field artillery which he commanded on the eastern front.Polish-Bolshevik War
September 1 1919 – 1921.Interbellum
Graduated in December 1924 with a General Headquarters Officer diploma.
World War II
In the battle since 1939; became a prisoner of war and was in detention through 1945 (since
27 April 1942 inOflag VII-A Murnau ).After the war
Freed from imprisonment in 1945, lived in
France . After arriving in Great Britain and demobilizing, he settled on a small farm inWales .He died on
September 2 ,1953 and was buried at the Beaumaris cemetery inLlangefni , Wales. He was married to Janina Chramiec, and had a daughter, Maria Barbara.Promotions
* Warrant officer –
September 15 1913
* Lieutenant –May 15 1915
* Capitan –November 1 1916
* Major –October 13 1918
* Colonel –June 1 1919
* Brigadier-general –January 15 1927
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