Major Jan Kański
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Lieutenant-Colonel Romuald Dowbor
24th Polish Uhlan Regiment

Born on 10 November 1898 in Ternopilska, Ukraine, Jan Witold Kański took command of the 24th Polish Uhlan Regiment in November 1942. During the Battle of Falaise, he was badly wounded by artillery fire and died shortly thereafter on 27 August 1944. Within days he was succeeded by Major Romuald Jerzy Dowbor who was born on 11 February 1905 and joined the Polish Army at an early age. He had been taken prisoner by the Soviets in September 1939 but escaped and eventually reached France via Hungary and the Balkans. He then joined the reconstituted 24th Polish Uhlan Regiment in 1940 and became a squadron commander with the 10th Mountain Rifle Regiment after the evacuation to the United Kingdom

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