officer of the "6th Infantry Division" of the Polish Army in the Soviet Union (Anders Army) in August 1941. From March 1943 until 1944 he served as the second-in-command of the Polish Army in the East. In 1944 he became a commander of the 3rd Polish Corps which was formed in Egypt. After World War II After the war he stayed in exile in England and settled in London. From 1954 on he was the General Inspector of the Armed Forces of the Polish forces in exile. He died on 22 May 1964 in Casablanca, Morocco. In September 1992 the urn with his ashes was transferred from Brompton Cemetery in London to Poland and buried at the Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw. In 2006, General Tokarzewski's medals and battledress came up for public auction. Two Canadians, who were aware of the unfortunate history of Poland during World War II, were successful in their bid and brought the items to Canada. The two then donated the entire collection to "Poland and the Polish people" during a ceremony at the Polish Combatants' Association, Branch#20, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The collection was displayed at the Branch #20 museum until March, 2007, when it was shipped to Warsaw to be displayed in the Warsaw Military Museum in that city. Awards Commander of the Virtuti Militari Order Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta Krzyż Niepodległości (Cross of Independence), with Swords Krzyż Walecznych (Cross of Valour), 4 times Złoty Krzyż Zasługi z Mieczami (Gold Cross of Merit with Swords), twice Order of the White Eagle (posthumously in 1964 by the Polish authorities in exile) See also Armia Krajowa 2nd Polish Corps References 1893 births 1964 deaths Writers from Lviv People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Clan of Trąby Polish Socialist Party politicians Polish generals Polish Military Organisation members Polish Theosophists Polish legionnaires (World War I) Polish people of the Polish–Ukrainian War Polish people of the Polish–Soviet War People of the Polish May Coup (pro-Piłsudski side) Polish military personnel of World War II Polish resistance members of World War II Polish people detained by the NKVD Commanders of the Virtuti Militari Recipients of the Cross of Independence with Swords Commanders of the Order of Polonia Restituta Recipients of the Cross of Valour (Poland) Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland) Burials at Brompton Cemetery Burials at Powązki Cemetery Polish emigrants to the United Kingdom