Adam Remigiusz Grocholski
| Adam Remigiusz Grocholski | |
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| Born |
3 September 1888 Strzyżawka |
| Died | 17 March 1965 (aged 76) Cannes, France |
| Buried at | Laski near Warsaw, Poland |
| Allegiance | Poland |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Battles/wars | Polish–Soviet War, Warsaw Uprising |
Adam Remigiusz Grocholski noms de guerre "Brochwicz", "Doktor", "Inżynier", "Miś", "Waligóra", and pseudonym Żukowski (3 September 1888 – 17 March 1965) was a Lieutenant Colonel (Podpułkownik) of the Polish Army. He retired from active service in 1934.
Adam Remigiusz Grocholski was born on 3 September 1888 in Strzyżawka, the Ukrainian district of Winnica (Vinnytsia), to Tadeusz Grocholski, a landowner, and Zofia Grocholska, née Zamoyska. He completed his secondary education in Odessa and went on to read History and Law at Saint Petersburg University. After completing his studies, he was treated for tuberculosis in Zakopane and Davos.
In July 1915, Adam Remigiusz, as a plenipotentiary of the Red Cross, was co-opted as an Officer of Special Missions under the auspices of the Governor of the Caucasus. In March 1917, he organised and directed the Association of the Polish Military in Russia (Związek Wojskowych Polaków w Rosji) in Batumi – Tbilisi. In December 1917, he was selected as Section Leader of the Third Polish Corps in the East (III Korpus Polski na Wschodzie).
Adam Remigiusz Grocholski was momentarily arrested in Warsaw, in January 1919, for his fortuitous participation in the attempted coup perpetrated by General Marian Januszajtis-Żegota. In March that same year, he served in the Regular Polish Army as Commander of a Heavy Machine-Gun Squadron within the 12th Cavalry Regiment (12 Pułk Ułanów). Later, in October, he completed a course at the Higher Military Academy (Wyższa Szkoła Wojenna) working there briefly as a translator and, in December, was appointed aide-de-camp in the 15th Infantry Brigade. In July 1920, he was co-opted as Chief of Staff in the 6th Army, taking an active part in the Polish–Soviet War. In September 1920, he was appointed Chief of Staff within General Władysław Jędrzejewski's Unit.
In March 1921, with the outbreak of the Third Silesian Uprising, Adam Remigiusz Grocholski was selected to be Head of the Third Operational Section - within the HQ of Polish Uprising Forces (Dowództwo Obrony Plebiscytu) - whose aim was to ascertain Polish rights in the Upper Silesian Plebiscite. He issued, inter alia, Operational Directive # 1 to commence an uprising against German paramilitary units. He adopted at the time the nom de guerre of "Brochwicz". From November 1921, he served as Chief Inspector of the Eastern Border in the Wołyń Voivodeship and, from 1923, worked temporarily for the Polish Military Science Institute (Wojskowy Instytut Naukowo-Wydawniczy) as well as for the Higher Military Academy (Wyzsza Szkola Wojenna) as a translator. Adam Remigiusz then went on to follow courses at the Central Riding School (Centralna Szkoła Jazdy) in Grudziądz as well as at the Higher Military Academy in Warsaw. In October 1925, he was appointed Officer of the Third Bureau within the Polish War Council (Ścisła Rada Wojenna) and, from August 1926, became aide-de-camp of Józef Piłsudski's Minister of War. In 1932, he was promoted to Squadron Leader and, later, to Deputy Commander of the First Cavalry Rifle Regiment (1. Pułk Strzelców Konnych). On 31 August 1934, Adam Remigiusz Grocholski retired from active military service. From then on, he devoted his time to writing and painting.
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