page_title: Gray Ranks
section_title: Ranks by age
hierarchical_section_title: Gray Ranks / Ranks by age
caption_attribution_description: English: Kotwica - emblem of the Polish Secret State and Armia Krajowa painted by Jan Bytnar "Rudy" the Pilot Memorial on Unii Lubelskiej Square in Warsaw. Polski: Kotwica - znak Polski Walczącej namalowany przez Jana Bytnara ps. "Rudy" na pomniku Lotnika na placu Unii Lubelskiej w Warszawie. Znak namalowany na wysokości ok. 5 metrów, przy pomocy "wiecznego pióra" skonstruowanego przez "Rudego". W głębi widoczna Aleja Szucha z kamienicą Bromkego na ulicy Bagatela 14.
context_page_description: "Gray Ranks" 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 Warsaw until 18 January 1945, and contributed to the resistance operations of the Polish Underground State. Some of its members were among the Home Army's best-trained troops.
  Though formally independent, the Gray Ranks worked closely with the Government Delegation for Poland and Home Army Headquarters. The Gray Ranks had their own headquarters known under the cryptonym Pasieka staffed by the Chief Scout of Gray Ranks plus three to five deputies in the rank of Harcmistrz.
context_section_description: As of 1 May 1944, the Gray Ranks numbered 8,359 members. Initially only older scouts (Senior Scouts, Senior Guides, Rovers and Rangers), aged 17 and up, were admitted. Soon, however, younger children were admitted, and in 1942 a new structure was adopted, based largely on the prewar structure of the Polish Scouting Association.
caption: The Kotwica sign, painted by Gray Ranks on pedestal of the 1932 Warsaw Aviators' Monument
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