Patron

Brigadier General Karol Jan Ziemski

• Born on May 27, 1895, in Nasutów, in the building of the current elementary school, to the family of administrator Józef Ziemski and Adela née Płós
• 1906 - 1914 studied at the St. Staszic Gymnasium in Lublin
• May 1915 - conscripted into the Russian army, where he completed officer school in Kyiv
• Participated in battles on the Romanian front
• January 1918 - served in the I Polish Corps of Gen. J. Dowbór-Muśnicki, and after its dissolution in June 1918, he returned to Poland
• October 1918 - studied at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the Warsaw University of Technology
• November 1918 - 1920 volunteered for the Polish Army; co-organized the Academic Legion, participated in battles against the Bolsheviks
• July 1, 1923 - promoted to the rank of Major of Infantry
• 1930 - began studies at the Higher War School in Warsaw
• 1932 - received the academic title of Staff Officer (doctorate) of the General Staff of the Polish Army
• 1932 - appointed quartermaster of the 36th Academic Legion Regiment
• 1938 - appointed commander of the 36th Infantry Regiment of the Academic Legion
• September 1, 1939 - commanded the 36th Regiment in the defense of Modlin, was wounded
• From September 29, 1939 - after the capitulation of Modlin, in German captivity
• October 1939 - released from the POW camp in Działdowo (according to the capitulation agreement)
• February 1940 - commander of military units of the Polish Freedom Association, then in the Home Army
• 1942 - chief of the Infantry Training Department of the Home Army Headquarters
• August 1, 1944 - during the Warsaw Uprising, commander of the defense of the Old Town
• October 2, 1944 - after the capitulation of the uprising, in German captivity
• May 1945 - after regaining freedom, he was the commander of the Polish Liaison Mission in the British occupation zone of Germany
• June 1947 - after demobilization, he remained in London
• 1946 - was among the founders of the Home Army Circle and was the chairman of the Home Army Cross Order Commission
• 1963 - appointed to the National Council in exile
• 1964 - appointed by Gen. W. Anders to the rank of Brigadier General
• January 17, 1974 - died in London, where he was buried in Kensington Cemetery

Awarded twice with the Order of Virtuti Militari and three times with the Cross of Valor.

Memorial plaques dedicated to Gen. K. Ziemski are located in the Dominican Church in the Old Town of Warsaw and in the parish church in Nasutów.