Help with German Army officer roles

[Tom from Cornwall]

Hi,

I've looked but can't seem to find out what these chaps would have done. Grateful for any advice.

Stomü= Stabsoffizier für Marschüberwachung (context is a Hptm. Kaumanns, bisher Stomü der [26 Pz] Division).

Standort-Offz. Cosenza

Regards

Tom

[Hohlladung]

Tom,

To give you a short answer, AFAIK:

Stomü
Controls all march movements and affects march procedure and discipline regarding distances, dispersal, camouflage, air defense, etc.
He is supported by Military Police.

Standort-Offz
A senior officer of a town or garrison and responsible authority of all troops and facilities regarding duty service, Military Police actions and cases of emergency.
He is also the link to civilian authorities.

Best regards

[Tom from Cornwall]

Thank you - I’m thinking that the British equivalents would be the Divisional APM and the Town Majors.

Regards

Tom

[mrwolfe1988]

Hey Tom, you've made a couple of posts in this section, is there a project in particular that you are translating?

[Tom from Cornwall]

Sorry, didn’t see your post. I’m slowly (very, very!) translating the war diary of 26 Pz Div for its operations in southern Italy at the moment. Mainly using it as a way to develop the ability to read German war diaries with greater ease.

Regards

Tom

[Tom from Cornwall]

I've got another abbreviation for a German divisional staff post that I'm not sure about.

"O 1".

Can anyone help with that. I originally thought something to do with Ordnance but in context I'm now thinking more likely to be something to do with "operations".

Any help gratefully received.

Tom

[Hohlladung]

Tom,

O 1= erster Ordonnanzoffizier.

https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_m ... %BCrzungen

Best regards
Armin

[Tom from Cornwall]

Tom,

O 1= erster Ordonnanzoffizier.

Armin,

Thanks. That's great, and thanks for the link. Just what I needed.

And Wiki also tells me:

An orderly officer is usually a junior officer (lieutenant to captain) who is assigned to a commander or commander as an assistant. His area of responsibility is comparable to that of an adjutant.

So essentially the equivalent of a British divisional commander's aide-de-camp (ADC).

Which makes total sense now.

Regards

Tom