Evgeny Stanislavovich Bowfal ( February 20, 1886 - January 23, 1972 ) - Russian officer, hero of the First World War, participant in the White Movement .
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From the nobles. The son of an officer.
He graduated from the Vladimir Kiev Cadet Corps (1903) and Mikhailovsky Artillery School (1905), from where he was released as second lieutenant to the 19th Artillery Brigade . He was promoted to lieutenant on August 29, 1908 , to staff captains on August 31, 1912. He graduated from the Officers gymnastic and fencing school .
On April 28, 1914 he was transferred to the 4th Rifle Artillery Division, with which he entered the First World War . February 29, 1916 transferred to the 4th Rifle Artillery Brigade . He was promoted to captain on March 19, 1916 " for differences in matters against the enemy ." By order of the army and navy of March 4, 1917, Captain Bowful was granted the St. George's Arms
 | Because in a battle on May 25, 1916 near Gorazdzha, taking a platoon position and choosing an observation point near the enemy’s trenches and on the line of our chains, courageously corrected the platoon’s shooting under the actual gun and artillery fire of the enemy, and thus contributed to the cemetery’s occupation of the cemetery s.z. villages. In the future, he facilitated the rapid movement to open positions in pursuit of the enemy, as well as in the capture of Lutsk. |  |
and awarded the Order of St. George 4th degree
| For the fact that in the battle of June 6, 1916 near metro Kiselin, commanding a battery and occupying an observation post in front of rifle chains , under rifle, machine-gun and artillery fire of the enemy, he resolutely stopped the onslaught of superior enemy forces by battery fire and for several hours repelled persistent attempts Germans cross the river. Stokhod, which made it possible for his infantry to take a new position and settle on it. | |
On April 27, 1917, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel , with seniority from January 18, 1917 and with the appointment of the 4th Rifle Artillery Brigade as battery commander.
In the Civil War he participated in the White movement in the south of Russia . In March 1919 - in the Separate Odessa Rifle Brigade of the Volunteer Army . Since May 28, 1919, Colonel Bowfal was appointed commander of the 7th artillery brigade of the All-Union Military League . Participated in the Breda campaign . On March 2, 1920, he was appointed commander of the 4th Rifle Artillery Brigade, into which the 7th Artillery Brigade was renamed. In the Russian army before the evacuation of Crimea . On December 18, 1920 - in the management of the 5th artillery division in Gallipoli .
In exile in Yugoslavia. During the Second World War he served in the Russian Corps . After the war he moved to the USA. He was chairman of the Iron Riflemen. He died in 1972 in New York . He was married, had a daughter.
Rewards
- Order of St. Stanislav , 2nd art. with swords (VP 11.02.1915)
- Order of St. Vladimir 4th art. with swords and bow (VP 21.05.1915)
- Order of St. Anne , 2nd art. with swords (VP 5.10.1916)
- St. George's Arms (PAF 03/03/1917)
- Order of St. George 4th Art. (PAF 03.03.1917)
Sources
- The highest orders of the War Department to No. 1228 // Scout . - SPb. ( PG. ), 1914 .-- S. 177 .
- Russian Disabled , No. 114. The official department. - May 17, 1917 - S. 1.
- Russian Disabled, No. 116. Official Division. - May 19, 1917 - S. 2.
- Russian Disabled, No. 140. Official department. - June 17, 1917 - S. 3.
- Volkov S.V., Strelyanov (Kalabukhov) P.N. Chins of the Russian Corps: Biographical reference book in photographs. - M., 2009.
- Klepov M. Yu. Officers - St. George Knights of the First World War. - M .: "Past", 2015.