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- Major Edward Crozier Creasy (1888–1936) was commander and senior liaison officer of the Inter Allied Detachment during the Upper Silesia plebiscite. In May 1921, he was ambushed and, facing a Polish firing squad, said: "The Union Jack, though invisible, is round me. You will hit the British flag if you do. You dare not do it". The Polish execution officers put their weapons down and refused to carry out the execution order. According to Creasy's obituary in The Times, his liaison work between the Allied Forces Headquarters and General von Hoefer, and the subsequent withdrawal of von Hoefer's troops against the Polish forces of Wojciech Korfanty without further incident, was "due to the tact and personality of Major Creasy in carrying out the instructions of the Allied Command". He was awarded the Upper-Silesian Eagle for his bravery. (en)
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- Major Edward Crozier Creasy (1888–1936) was commander and senior liaison officer of the Inter Allied Detachment during the Upper Silesia plebiscite. In May 1921, he was ambushed and, facing a Polish firing squad, said: "The Union Jack, though invisible, is round me. You will hit the British flag if you do. You dare not do it". The Polish execution officers put their weapons down and refused to carry out the execution order. (en)
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