Julian Filipowicz

Julian Filipowicz (13 September 1895 – 14 August 1945) was a major general of the Polish Armed Forces and a commander of the Home Army in the Kraków-Silesia Area. He was also a commander of the Service for Poland's Victory in the Kraków area and inspector of the main headquarters of the Union of Armed Struggle and Home Army.

Biography Filipowicz was born on 13 September 1895 in Lemberg, in the family of Antoni and Justyna Derpowska. He was the brother of and , lieutenant colonels of artillery; in 1940 both would be victims of the Katyn massacre.

In 1913, he graduated from a real school in Lemberg, then a student of the local polytechnic. On 23 July 1917, after the Oath crisis, In the years 1928–1930 he was a student of the Wyższa Szkoła Wojenna in Warsaw. On 1 November 1930, after completing the course and obtaining a certified officer diploma, he was appointed commander of the 7th Lublin Uhlan Regiment in Mińsk Mazowiecki. A group of lancers from the 7th Regiment of Lublin Lancers in front of the manor where they are quartered. In the foreground, Colonel Julian Filipowicz. (1933) In June 1939, he was entrusted with the command of the Wołyńska Cavalry Brigade in Równe. He led the brigade during the September Campaign, passing the combat route from Mokra through Warsaw to the Battle of Tomaszów Lubelski. At the request of the Minister of National Defense, President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda, by a decision of 11 July 2019, appointed him posthumously to the rank of Major General.

Awards Virtuti Militari, Gold Cross Virtuti Militari, Silver Cross Order of Polonia Restituta, Officer's Cross (11 November 1937) Order of Polonia Restituta, Knight's Cross Cross of Valour Cross of Merit Commemorative Medal for the War of 1918–1921 Medal of the Decade of Regained Independence