Photograph of the 2nd Uhlan Regiment of the Polish Legions. Gradysk [Hradysk, Ukraine]. 4 VI 1916.

Photograph of the 2nd Uhlan Regiment of the Polish Legions. Gradysk [Hradysk, Ukraine]. 4 VI 1916.

Photograph, size 11.8 x 9 cm.

Photograph described on the reverse: "Hradysk 4 June 1916".

From the collection after St. Bujwida.

The 2nd Uhlan Regiment of the Polish Legions - a cavalry unit of the Polish Legions.
The first Polish cavalry units were formed in the Horse Troops of Lviv and Krakow's "Sokol" in the Austrian partition. Two horse units, the 2nd and 3rd cavalry squadrons of the Legions, were formed in Cracow. On October 1, 1914, the squadrons set out for Hungary, becoming tactically part of the 2nd Brigade of the Polish Legions. The manifesto of the two emperors, German and Austrian, on November 5, 1916, initiated a crisis in the ranks of the Legions. The lancer regiment refused to swear allegiance to the emperor and was disbanded on February 18, 1918. After the fall of Austria, it was reborn in Krakow on November 2, 1918 as the 2nd Lancer Regiment of the Polish Army. [after wikipedia.pl].

Stanislaw Bujwid (1895-1951) - lieutenant of reserve cavalry of the Polish Army, engineer, decorated with the Cross of Independence and the Cross of Valour. During World War I he fought in the ranks of the 1st and 2nd Cavalry Regiments of the Polish Legions. In 1917 he completed a cavalry officer course in Ostroleka. He took an active part in the capture of Przemysl, Janow and Lviv, where he distinguished himself with valor and was appointed second lieutenant by Gen. Roja. After the dissolution of the Officers' Legion, he was assigned to the operational group of Maj. Gen. J. Lesniewski. By the new commander of the group, Lt. Gen. Jędrzejewski, he was appointed his personal adjutant. He took part in the Polish-Bolshevik war. He died on May 30, 1951.