Post by Bonobo on Oct 1, 2017 17:20:22 GMT 1
There were many Lwow Eaglets
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lw%C3%B3w_Eaglets
but the best known representatives are:
Antoni (Antoś) Petrykiewicz (1905 – December 28, 1918) – was one of the youngest Polish defenders of Lwów (now Lviv), over which in late 1918 a Polish-Ukrainian conflict ensued.
He was a pupil in the second class at Lwów Gymnasium (middle school). When he was only thirteen years old, he joined General Roman Abraham's unit, which defended Lwów's district of Persenkowka.
Petrykiewicz was severely wounded and transported to the hospital. He did not recover and died on December 28. Afterwards, Marshall Józef Piłsudski posthumously awarded him the Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari, and Petrykiewicz is the youngest person to have received this prestigious order.
The boy was buried on the Cemetery of the Defenders of Lwów (commonly known as "Cmentarz Orląt" or Cemetery of Eaglets).
Jerzy (Jurek) Bitschan (November 29, 1904 – November 21, 1918) was one of the youngest Polish defenders of Lwów, over which in late 1918 a Polish-Ukrainian conflict ensued.
Bitschan was only 14 years old, when on November 21, 1918, he died from Ukrainian shells, exploding on the Łyczakowski Cemetery. Between November 20 and November 21, 1918, he guarded the Cemetery, fighting the Ukrainians. His mother, Aleksandra Zagorska, creator of Ochotnicza Legia Kobiet, also participated in the conflict, but in a different location. Bitschan was buried on the Cemetery of Defenders of Lwów; after his death, several poems dedicated to him were written.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lw%C3%B3w_Eaglets
but the best known representatives are:
Antoni (Antoś) Petrykiewicz (1905 – December 28, 1918) – was one of the youngest Polish defenders of Lwów (now Lviv), over which in late 1918 a Polish-Ukrainian conflict ensued.
He was a pupil in the second class at Lwów Gymnasium (middle school). When he was only thirteen years old, he joined General Roman Abraham's unit, which defended Lwów's district of Persenkowka.
Petrykiewicz was severely wounded and transported to the hospital. He did not recover and died on December 28. Afterwards, Marshall Józef Piłsudski posthumously awarded him the Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari, and Petrykiewicz is the youngest person to have received this prestigious order.
The boy was buried on the Cemetery of the Defenders of Lwów (commonly known as "Cmentarz Orląt" or Cemetery of Eaglets).
Jerzy (Jurek) Bitschan (November 29, 1904 – November 21, 1918) was one of the youngest Polish defenders of Lwów, over which in late 1918 a Polish-Ukrainian conflict ensued.
Bitschan was only 14 years old, when on November 21, 1918, he died from Ukrainian shells, exploding on the Łyczakowski Cemetery. Between November 20 and November 21, 1918, he guarded the Cemetery, fighting the Ukrainians. His mother, Aleksandra Zagorska, creator of Ochotnicza Legia Kobiet, also participated in the conflict, but in a different location. Bitschan was buried on the Cemetery of Defenders of Lwów; after his death, several poems dedicated to him were written.