After the end of Second World War Żeligowski declared he would return to Poland, but he suddenly died on 9 July 1947 in London. His body was brought back to Poland, and Żeligowski was buried in the Powązki Military Cemetery in Warsaw. Honours and awards Commander's Cross of the Virtuti Militari, also awarded the Silver Cross Grand Cross of the Polonia Restituta Cross of Independence with Swords (25 February 1932) Cross of Valour - four times Cross of Merit of the Army of Central Lithuania Commemorative Medal of the War of 1918-1921 Medal "Decade of the Restoration of Independence" (Poland) Order of St. George IV class (Russian Empire) Order of St. Vladimir with Swords class IV (Russian Empire) Order of St. Anna, class II and III (Russian Empire) Order of St. Stanislaus, II class (Russian Empire) Commander's Cross of the Legion of Honour (France) Croix de Guerre (France) Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature Honorary citizen of Warsaw Published works Lucjan Żeligowski, Wojna w roku 1920: Wspomnienia I Rozwazania, Warszawa: Wydawn. Ministerstwa * Obrony Narodowej, 1990. Lucjan Żeligowski, O ideę słowiańską. London: F. Mildner & Sons, 1941. Lucjan Żeligowski, Zapomniane prawdy. London: F. Mildner & Sons, 1941. See also Central Lithuania Legion of Honour List of Legion of Honour recipients by name (Z) Legion of Honour Museum References Further reading English Polish 1865 births 1947 deaths People from Ashmyany People from Oshmyansky Uyezd Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government politicians Members of the Sejm of the Second Polish Republic (1935–1938) Members of the Sejm of the Second Polish Republic (1938–1939) Polish generals Counter-revolutionaries Russian military leaders Military personnel of the Russian Empire Blue Army (Poland) personnel People of the Russian Civil War Polish people of the Polish–Ukrainian War Polish people of the Polish–Soviet War Republic of Central Lithuania Polish independence activists Polish anti-communists Polish people of World War II Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur Commanders of the Virtuti Militari Grand Crosses of the Order of Polonia Restituta Recipients of the Cross of Independence with Swords Recipients of the Cross of Valour (Poland) Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 2nd class Recipients of the Croix de Guerre (France) Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature Burials at Powązki Military Cemetery