Jan Romocki codename: Bonawentura (17 April 1925 – 18 August 1944) was a Polish

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(

podharcmistrz Ranks in Polish Scouting are common to the majority of Scouting organisations in Poland, including the two most popular organisations. However, the exact system used is usually left to the discretion of individual groups. Some groups may only gra ...

), Second Lieutenant of AK-

Szare Szeregi "Gray Ranks" ( pl, Szare Szeregi) was a codename for the underground paramilitary Polish Scouting Association (') during World War II. The wartime organisation was created on 27 September 1939, actively resisted and fought German occupation in ...

, poet and younger brother of fellow resistance figure Andrzej "Morro" Romocki. Romocki was born in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is official ...

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and died in a hospital at 23 Miodowa Street in Warsaw during the

Warsaw Uprising The Warsaw Uprising ( pl, powstanie warszawskie; german: Warschauer Aufstand) was a major World War II operation by the Polish underground resistance to liberate Warsaw from German occupation. It occurred in the summer of 1944, and it was led ...

, after it was bombed by the

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Awards

* Cross of Valour (''Krzyż Walecznych'') - 4 August 1944 *Silver Cross of the

Virtuti Militari The War Order of Virtuti Militari (Latin: ''"For Military Virtue"'', pl, Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari) is Poland's highest military decoration for heroism and courage in the face of the enemy at war. It was created in 1792 by Polish King Stan ...

, Class V - 21 August 1944 *

Home Army Cross The Cross of the Home Army ( pl, Krzyż Armii Krajowej) is a Polish military decoration that was introduced by General Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski on 1 August 1966 to commemorate the efforts of the soldiers of the Polish Secret State between 1939 and ...

(''Krzyż Armii Krajowej'') - 16 July 1985

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Jan Romocki (1925-1944), pseudonim: 'Bonawentura'
(Polish) Warsaw Uprising insurgents Polish resistance members of World War II Polish Scouts and Guides Polish Army officers Recipients of the Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari Recipients of the Cross of Valour (Poland) Recipients of the Armia Krajowa Cross Resistance members killed by Nazi Germany 1925 births 1944 deaths 20th-century Polish poets Polish civilians killed in World War II {{Scout-bio-stub