General der Artillerie Wilhelm Ulex (1880-1959)

[Glenn2438]

Hi Bill,

General der Artillerie Wilhelm Ulex:

Born 15 July 1880 at Bremerhaven; entered Field Artillery Regiment 24 as a Fahnenjunker on the 2 September 1899 and commissioned as a Leutnant on the 16 Feb 1901 (Patent of 1 Feb 1900), promoted Oberleutnant on 18 October 1909 and to Hauptmann on 18 December 1913. Retained after the war in the Reichsheer as an Hauptmann in Artillery Regiment 2 and promoted to Major on the 1 October 1922, Oberstleutnant on 1 April 1928, Oberst on 1 Feb 1931, Generalmajor on 1 Oct 1933, Generalleutnant on 1 Aug 1935 and General der Artillerie on 1 Oct 1936. He was the commander of the 2nd Artillery Regiment from 1 Oct 1931 to 30 Sep 1933, Artillery Leader VI at Münster from 1 Oct 1933-1 Oct 1934, Infantry Leader II at Schwerin from 1 Aug 1935 - 30 Sep 1935, commander of the 12th Division at Schwerin from 1 Oct 1935-6 Oct 1936, commander of the XI Corps from 6 Oct 1936-22 Mar 1939. Retired on the 31 March 1939 and recalled for service as commander of the X Corps until 15 Oct 1939 and then as commander of Wehrkreis I from 2 June 1940 to 30 April 1941. His mobilsation appointment was terminated on the 31 December 1941 and he again went into retirement. He died on the 26 June 1959.

Regards
Glenn

[VJK]

Hi!

Here's another pic of Ulex.

Regards,

VJK

[Georges JEROME]

Helle Glenn,

I've the following info upon Gen der Inf W. ULEX

Kommandeur Grenzabschnitt Sud under Oberost in occupied Poland
from oct 39 until mai 40
(previously this command was Armee Abteilung A then Militarbezirk Krakau until Mil administration was replaced on oct 39 by Generalgouvernement Poland)

Georges

[Stauffenberg II]

Can anybody shed some light on Ulex life before 1931, please? As a later Corps Commander I think he must have had some General Staff positions before (Department Leader, Chief of Staff).

[USAF1986]

Hello! As of the 1 May 1926 Rangliste, then Major Ulex was commander of the IV. (Mounted) Battalion of the 6th (Prussian) Artillery Regiment.

Major: 01.10.1922 (5)

Best regards,
Shawn

[coops766]

hi this is my first post,
can any one help me with information concerning General der Artillerie Wilhelm Ulex 8. Armee, X. AK
in particluar between the year 1936-1938

[JPK]

Bonjour,
have a look at: Michael Miller's Axis Biographical Research, just at the top of this page
http://www.geocities.com/%7Eorion47/WEH ... r_U-V.html

regards
JPK

[coops766]

thank you JPK
great help

[Stauffenberg II]

Hi!

Here is some info already posted on this forum:
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... light=ulex

Glenn2438:

Born 15 July 1880 at Bremerhaven; entered Field Artillery Regiment 24 as a Fahnenjunker on the 2 September 1899 and commissioned as a Leutnant on the 16 Feb 1901 (Patent of 1 Feb 1900), promoted Oberleutnant on 18 October 1909 and to Hauptmann on 18 December 1913. Retained after the war in the Reichsheer as an Hauptmann in Artillery Regiment 2 and promoted to Major on the 1 October 1922, Oberstleutnant on 1 April 1928, Oberst on 1 Feb 1931, Generalmajor on 1 Oct 1933, Generalleutnant on 1 Aug 1935 and General der Artillerie on 1 Oct 1936. He was the commander of the 2nd Artillery Regiment from 1 Oct 1931 to 30 Sep 1933, Artillery Leader VI at Münster from 1 Oct 1933-1 Oct 1934, Infantry Leader II at Schwerin from 1 Aug 1935 - 30 Sep 1935, commander of the 12th Division at Schwerin from 1 Oct 1935-6 Oct 1936, commander of the XI Corps from 6 Oct 1936-22 Mar 1939. Retired on the 31 March 1939 and recalled for service as commander of the X Corps until 15 Oct 1939 and then as commander of Wehrkreis I from 2 June 1940 to 30 April 1941. His mobilsation appointment was terminated on the 31 December 1941 and he again went into retirement. He died on the 26 June 1959.

Kabisch, Die Führer des Reichsheeres (posted by Glenn2438)


Here is what I can add.

Gen. d. Art. Wilhelm Ulex
*15.07.1880 +26.06.1959

An artillery officer by profession Ulex became officer in the 2. Artillerie-Regiment of the pour le merite holder Kurt von Dewitz (who unfortunately died too young) after the Grand War. His first post war promotion to Major took place on 01.10.1922 (5). Later he became CO of the IV. (Reitende) Abteilung of the 6. Artillerie-Regiment, which should have been part of the 3. Kavallerie-Division before becoming CO of an Artillerie-Regiment and Artillerieführer. Already in 1936 he left his 12. Division, handled over command to Albrecht Schubert and became Kom. Gen. of the newly set up XI. Armeekorps (Hannover). His Chief of Staff was Georg von Apell until becoming Chief of Staff Gruppe 2 and replaced by Erwin Vierow. His last promotion to full general took place on 01.10.1936 a massive promotion date. His seniority number was (6) [1: Gen. d. Art. Dr.-Ing. Becker, 2: Gen. d. Inf. von Witzleben, 3: Gen. d. Kav. Freiherr von Weichs, 4: Gen. d. Kav. Freiherr Kreß von Kressenstein, 5: Gen. d. Kav. von Pogrell, 7: Gen. d. Art. von Reichenau]. IIRC he was thought to be a member of the Bekenntnisfront/Bekenntniskirche and hence an enemy of the NS-regime. He was consequently retired in 31.03.1939 but was already recalled on 26./27.08.1939 to led the X. Armeekorps, which was without Kom. Gen. after Gen. d. Kav. Knochenhauer died in 1939. Reading Krausnick: Hitlers Einsatzgruppen, one gets the info that he was part of the army officers (Blaskowitz, Küchler, Liebmann, Ulex) protesting against the brutal methods of Police/SS in Poland 1939. He became CO of the Grenzschutz Süd in Poland (which was created from Hammerstein´s Armeeabteilung A). This position was followed by Kom. Gen. im Wehrkreis I (Stv. Gen. Kdo. I. Armeekorps).

posted by VJK


His awards:
Königreich Preußen, Haus-Orden von Hohenzollern, Ritterkreuz mit Schwertern
Königreich Preußen, Eisernes Kreuz 1. und 2. Klasse
Verwundeten-Abzeichen (1914) in schwarz
Großherzogtum Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Militär-Verdienstkreuz 2. Klasse
Hansestadt Bremen, Hanseatenkreuz
Kaiserreich Österreich und Königreich Ungarn, Militär-Verdienstkreuz 3. Klasse mit Kriegsdekoration

Hence his Große Feldspange looked like the 1st pic above:

[coops766]

thanks
shaeffenburgII this is great
we have a photo of the general out No 1 Hopp strasse bergen truppenplatze where our small camp musuem is housed

once again thanks

[Stauffenberg II]

One question re Ulex:

Did Ulex attend the Kriegsakademie and if yes when. Was he general staff qualified?

Thanks
Jürgen

[Requin Marteau]

Bonjour,

https://forum.axishistory.com//viewtopi ... light=ulex
The medal between the Bremisches Hanseatenkreuz and Österreichisches MVK 3.Klasse mit KD is the Kolonialdenkmünze.

Crdl
Thierry

[Rudolf44]

Hello,

Does anyone have some infos about his assignments during WWI please ?

[Dieter Zinke]

Wilhelm Ulex
* 15.07.1880 Bremerhaven
† 26.06.1959 Bremen

02.09.1899 Fahnenjunker
22.07.1900 Fähnrich
16.02.1901 Leutnant mit Pat. vom 01.02.1900
18.10.1909 Oberleutnant
18.12.1913 Hauptmann
01.10.1922 Major
01.04.1928 Oberstleutnant
01.02.1931 Oberst
01.10.1933 Generalmajor (9)
01.08.1935 Generalleutnant
01.10.1936 General der Artillerie

Eltern: Senatspräsident Otto Ulex & Marie geb. Roscher

02.09.1899 Eintritt in das Holsteinische Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 24, Güstrow
00.00.190_ bei der Schutztruppe in Deutsch-Südwestafrika
01.10.1906 Adjutant der II. Abteilung des Holsteinischen Feldartillerie-Regiments Nr. 24
01.10.1910 kommandiert zum Militär-Reitinstitut Hannover
01.08.1914 Batterie-Chef im Holsteinischen Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 24
01.02.1917 Führer der III. Abteilung des Holsteinischen Feldartillerie-Regiments Nr. 24
18.07.1918 im Generalstab des Generalkommandos 66
01.10.1919 in einem Abteilungs-Stab des leichten Reichswehr-Artillerie-Regiments 9 der Reichswehr-Brigade 9, Schwerin, der Vorläufigen Reichswehr
01.01.1921 Chef der 4. Batterie des 2. (Preußischen) Artillerie-Regiments, Güstrow
01.11.1924 im Stab des Artillerieführers II, Stettin
01.01.1926 - 30.09.1928 Kommandeur der IV. (reitenden) Abteilung des 6. (Preußischen) Artillerie-Regiments, Verden an der Aller
01.11.1928 im Stab des 2. (Preußischen) Artillerie-Regiments, Schwerin
01.10.1931 Kommandeur des 2. (Preußischen) Artillerie-Regiments, Schwerin
01.10.1933 Artillerieführer VI, Münster
01.08.1935 Infanterieführer II, Schwerin
15.10.1935 Kommandeur der 12. Infanterie-Division, Schwerin
06.10.1936 Kommandierender General des XI. Armeekorps und Befehlshaber im Wehrkreis XI, Hannover
31.03.1939 Abschied mit dem Recht zum Tragen der Uniform des Artillerie-Regiments 12, Schwerin
01.04.1939 z.V. ObdH
26.08.1939 Kommandierender General des X. Armeekorps, Hamburg
15.10.1939 Befehlshaber des Grenzschutz-Abschnittskommando Süd, Krakau
29.12.1939 - 03.01.1940 zugleich mdstdGb als Oberbefehlshaber Ost (Oberost)
02.02.1940 spricht sich deutlich gegen die Maßnahmen der Sicherheitspolizei gegenüber der Zivilbevölkerung aus: “Die sich gerade in letzter Zeit anhäufenden Gewalttaten...zeigen einen ganz unbegreiflichen Mangel menschlichen und sittlichen Empfindens, so dass man geradezu von Vertierung sprechen kann.”
01.05.1940 Führer-Reserve
20.06.1940 Kommandierender General des Stellvertretenden Generalkommando I. Armeekorps und Befehlshaber im Wehrkreis I, Königsberg
30.04.1941 z.V. gestellt
01.05.1941 Führer-Reserve OKH/Wehrkreis I
31.12.1941 Mob.Bestimmung aufgehoben; Abschied mit dem Recht zum Tragen der Uniform des Artillerieregiments 12
16.05.1945 in Güstrow verhaftet (Mecklenburg) von Sowjets verhaftet und verschleppt
28.08.1949 aus dem Lager Nr. 69/Frankfurt an der Oder entlassen und westdeutschen Behörden übergeben

Seit 17.10.1906 verheiratet mit Meta geb. Hegeler

Südwest-Afrika Denkmünze für Kämpfer 1907
Ritterkreuz des Kgl. Preuß. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
Großherzoglich Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Militär-Verdienstkreuz II. Klasse
Bremer Hanseatenkreuz
k.u.k. Österr. Militär-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
Kgl. Preuss. Dienstauszeichnungskreuz
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
Spange zum EK I


Dieter Z.

[graveland]

Thank you, Dieter.