Franciszek Edward Pfeiffer, nom-de-guerre Radwan (born January 21 1895 in Łódź, died June 13, 1964 in London

London

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 - was a Polish military commander, Brigadier General

Brigadier General

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 of the Polish Army, commander of the Region I Śródmieście

Warszawa-Sródmiescie

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 of the Home Army during the Warsaw Uprising

Warsaw Uprising

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, cavalier of the Order of Virtuti Militari

Edward Pfeiffer was born in 1895 in a middle class family in Łódź. He also attended high school there and between 1910-1912 he helped to found the Polish Scouting Association and a secret school organization "Collegial Self-Help" whose purpose was education in the Polish language

Polish language

Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...

 (partly banned or restricted in Tsarist Russia) and the study of Polish history

History of Poland

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. The group also distributed books which had been banned by the Tsarist censors.

Honours and awards

• Gold Cross of the Order of Virtuti Militari, previously awarded the Silver Cross
• Cross of Independence
  Cross of Independence
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• Cross of Valour - four times
• Gold Cross of Merit with Swords
• Order of Lāčplēsis
  Order of Lacplesis
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  , 3rd class (Latvia)