Nikodem Sulik

Nikodem Sulik-Sarnowski
Nickname(s)	"Jodko", "Jod", "Karol", "Sarnowski"
Born	(1893-08-15)August 15, 1893 Kamienna Stara, Sokółka
Died	January 14, 1954(1954-01-14) (aged 60) London, England
Burial	Brompton Cemetery, London, England (until September 12, 1993, when ashes were scattered at Kamienna Stara)
Allegiance	Russian Empire Poland
Service/branch	Russian Imperial Army Polish Army Polish resistance Anders' Army
Years of service	1918-1945
Rank	Generał brygady (Polish)
Battles/wars	Polish-Soviet War Żeligowski's Mutiny World War II Italian Campaign
Awards	Gold Cross of the Virtuti Militari Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (posthumous) Cross of Independence with Swords Cross of Valour - four times Gold Cross of Merit with Swords Gold Cross of Merit Monte Cassino Commemorative Cross Home Army Cross (posthumous)

Nikodem Sulik-Sarnowski, who used the noms de guerre "Jodko", "Jod", "Karol", and "Sarnowski" (August 15, 1893 - January 14, 1954), was an officer of the Russian Imperial Army, and Generał brygady of the Polish Army.

Born August 15, 1893 in the village of Kamienna Stara near Sokółka, Sulik began his military career in the Russian Army, as the part of Poland where he was born belonged to the Russian Empire. In 1918, he became a member of Samoobrona Grodzienska, a Polish organization for Grodnian self-defence; on January 22, 1919, he was named commandant of the Białystok Rifle Regiment of the 1st Lithuanian–Belarusian Division. Sulik fought in the Polish-Soviet War, and took part in the Żeligowski's Mutiny, which resulted in capturing Wilno in September 1920.

In the 1920s, Sulik served in the Polish Army and was frequently transferred between several infantry divisions. In the period September 1927 - February 1929, he was director of the Central School of the Border Guard. Transferred to Regional Office of Military Preparation in Toruń, he finally ended up in the Border Protection Corps (KOP) units located along eastern border of the Second Polish Republic. He served in the KOP in Stolpce, Baranowicze, and Sarny from October 1937 (see Sarny Fortified Area).

After the Soviet invasion of Eastern Poland on September 17, 1939, Sulik commanded KOP units in several skirmishes with the advancing Red Army troops. He did not give up his weapons after the Battle of Kock, and joined the Polish resistance. In November 1939, he was nominated as deputy to Janysz Galadyk, commandant of Wilno district of the Service for Poland's Victory. On April 13, 1941, Sulik was arrested by the NKVD, but he was released just a few months later, under the Sikorski-Mayski Agreement.

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