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Request for information on some generals

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Post by Schloss Adler » 10 May 2012, 16:39

Hi,

Hopefully someone can assist me in filling in the blanks on these six general officers:

1. Generalmajor Ernst Wendland (date of retirement)
2. Generalmajor Hans Reichard (date of retirement)
3. Generalmajor ?, Müller (first name/date of retirement) Date of rank was 1.3.1935 (1)
4. Generalmajor Albert(?) Most (date of retirement/Date of death) Date of rank was 1.10.1938 (9)
5. Generalmajor Gustav Schwager (date of retirement)
6. Generalmajor von Remberg (first name/date of retirement)


Thanks in advance,

Doug

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Re: Request for information on some generals

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Post by Elwyn W » 11 May 2012, 03:13

Hi Doug,

Not that much to add but I have.....

- Generalmajor Ernst Wendland
- There is a Generalmajor Kurt Müller 29.04.1882 - 15.06.1942 who was Generalmajor 01.04.35
- Generalmajor Albert Most died in 1938 (sorry that's all I have)
- Kabisch has a Generalmajor Georg Schwager 20.02.1869 - 20.02.1959, verabschiedet 01.02.26

I have no trace of Reichard or v Remberg

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Re: Request for information on some generals

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Post by Dieter Zinke » 11 May 2012, 10:08

Hallo Doug,

I can only provide

Kurt Müller
* 29.04.1882 Ohlau/Schlesien (heute: Oława/Polen)
† 04.10.1942 Wiesbaden

30.03.1901 Fahnenjunker
18.10.1901 Fähnrich
18.08.1902 Leutnant (Pat. v. 19.08.1901)
11.05.1911 Oberleutnant
08.10.1914 Hauptmann
01.08.1924 Major
01.10.1929 Oberstleutnant
01.04.1932 Oberst
01.03.1935 Generalmajor
01.04.1937 Charakter als Generalleutnant
01.06.1941 Generalleutnant

Eltern: Wilhelm Müller & Klara geb. Sperr

30.03.1901 Eintritt in das Schlesische Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 6, Neiße
01.10.1903 kommandiert zur Vereinigten Artillerie- und Ingenieurschule, Charlottenburg
Adjutant des Pionier-Bataillons Nr. 6
00.00.1912 bei der 2. Ingenieur-Inspektion, kommandiert zur Fortifikation in Posen
1914/ 1918 Kompanie-Chef von Pionier-Kompanien,
Kommandeur des Pionier-Bataillons Nr. 6
01.10.1919 in der Inspektion der Pioniere (In 5) im RWM
01.10.1920 Chef der 1. Kompanie des 5. (württ.) Pionier-Bataillons, Ulm
01.10.1923 im RWM
01.04.1927 im Stab der Kommandantur von Ulm
01.02.1929 Kommandeur des 5. (württ.) Pionier-Bataillons, Ulm
01.10.1931 im Stab des Gruppenkommandos 2, Kassel
01.10.1934 bei der Inspektion der Westbefestigungen (InWest), Wiesbaden
30.04.1937 Abschied
15.10.1938 aktiviert; kommandiert zur Luftwaffe (L.In.17 und beim Befehlshaber der Luftverteidigungszone West)
15.03.1941 Kommandeur der 286. Sicherungs-Division
15.06.1942 Führerreserve

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Re: Request for information on some generals

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Post by Schloss Adler » 11 May 2012, 16:44

Thanks Elwyn and Dieter. Every little bit helps! I had a feeling it was Wendlandt but wasn't sure. Most of these guys were from the Reichsheer era.

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Generalmajor Albert Most

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Post by Stauffenberg II » 13 May 2012, 11:53

Generalmajor Albert Most:
GM 01.10.1938 (9)
20.07.1884 - 28.12.1938
Last Rank: Landwehrkommandeur Heilbronn

Ernst Wendland (20.07.1879-23.05.1935) is correctly written above, not Wendlandt. I have him Gen. Lt. Char. 01.11.1930. So this is the date of his retirement.

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Post by Schloss Adler » 14 May 2012, 14:44

Thanks Stauffenberg...It was tough trying to find anything on Most.

The only additional information I can add for Remberg is the date of rank for generalmajor which was 1.3.1924 (2) which is not much to go by.

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Generalmajor Albert Most

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Post by JakeV » 06 Jul 2014, 16:23

In case anyone is still interested, thanks to the Landesarchiv Baden–Württemberg I was able to compile a biographical sketch on Most:

Generalmajor Albert Most
* 20.07.1884 in Crailsheim
† 28.12.1938 in Heilbronn (abends plötzlich an Herzinfarkt)

03.11.1902 Fahnenjunker
24.04.1904 Leutnant
18.04.1913 Oberleutnant
24.12.1914 Hauptmann
01.03.1927 Major
01.05.1931 Oberstleutnant
01.04.1933 Oberst
01.10.1938 Generalmajor (9)

03.11.1902 Eintritt in das Infanterie-Regiment „Kaiser Wilhelm, König von Preußen“ (2. Württembergisches) Nr. 120, Weingarten (Württemberg)
03.11.1902 Fahnenjuker in die 2. Kompanie des Infanterie–Regiments 120
01.10.1911–30.09.1913 kommandiert zur Militärtechnische Akademie, Charlottenburg
00.00.19__ bei der Brigade–Ersatzbataillon 54
04.03.1915 im Infanterie–Regiment 68
18.05.1915 leicht verwundet
00.00.1915 bei der Ersatz–Bataillon des Infanterie–Regiments 127
14.12.1915 Kompanieführer im Ersatz–Infanterie–Regiment 52
11.05.1917 Führer des I. Bataillons des Infanterie–Regiments 478
00.00.191_ bei der Ersatzbataillon Füsilier–Regiment 122
00.00.1918/19 Kompanieführer im 1. Württembergisches Freiwilligen–Regiment, Teilnahme an der Niederschlagung der Spartakisten in Bayern (1919)
16.07.1919 Führer der 2. Kompanie des Jäger–Bataillons 13 der Reichswehr
01.01.1921 Chef des 2. Kompanie des Jäger–Bataillons 13 der Reichswehr
01.10.1927 im Infanterie–Regiment 13, Ludwigsburg
01.10.1928 im Stab des Infanterie–Regiments 13, Ludwigsburg
01.11.1930 Kommandeur des Ausbildungsbataillons 13
01.04.1933 Stadtkommandant von Stuttgart
06.10.1936 Kommandeur des Landwehrbezirks Heilbronn

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Re: Request for information on some generals

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Post by askropp » 04 Feb 2015, 22:15

I don't know of any "Remberg". There is Konstantin Rembe who retired as Char. GM in 1923, and the GM from 01.03.1924 (2) may have been Eduard Freiherr von Rotberg.
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Post by askropp » 29 Aug 2015, 14:55

In reference to the request above and my query from the less frequented "Imperial Germany" forum, I ask for info about the last assigments and retirement dates of the following officers:

Hans Mohs (1870-1940)
GM 01.01.1923
Char. GL ???
Heeresfriedenskommission
retired ???

Hugo von Sommerfeld und Falkenhayn (1868-1956)
GM 01.02.1927 (1)
last assignment ??? (was a Pionier officer)
retired ???

Hans Reichard (1872-1936)
GM 01.02.1931 (6)
last assignment ???
retired ???

Erich Soldan (1881-1944)
GM 01.10.1932 (9)
last assignment ???
retired ???
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Re: Request for information on some generals

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Post by abaus » 30 Aug 2015, 21:37

Here are two confirmed retirement dates taken from the Militärwochenblatt (MWB)

Sommerfeld 31.01.28 im St. d. Gru. Kdos. 2 (MWB 1928 Nr. 28, p. 1065)
Reichard 31.03.31 im St. d. Gru. Kdos. 1 (MWB 1931 Nr. 36, p. 1416)

Soldan's last assignment to be found in the 1932 Rangliste was "Leiter d. Beschaffungswesens b. Heereswaffenamt" The 1933 Rangliste shows him as having retired. As I have not yet completed my index of the MWB for 1932 and 1933, I can not offer his confirmed retirement date.

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Post by askropp » 30 Aug 2015, 23:41

Thank you very much! Mohs is not mentioned in the MWB? It is amazing how difficult it is to find info about the Friko generals!
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Re: Request for information on some generals

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Post by Stauffenberg II » 31 Aug 2015, 10:24

Dieter Zinke wrote:Hallo Doug,

I can only provide

Kurt Müller
* 29.04.1882 Ohlau/Schlesien (heute: Oława/Polen)
† 04.10.1942 Wiesbaden

15.10.1938 aktiviert; kommandiert zur Luftwaffe (L.In.17 und beim Befehlshaber der Luftverteidigungszone West)
15.03.1941 Kommandeur der 286. Sicherungs-Division

Dieter Z.
Hi,

I just saw this older post. In the NOV. 10, 1938 Stellenbesetzung (rank list) Müller is not listed. So if he was activated the 15.10.1938 activation date in Heer is not correct, or he was activated in Luftwaffe instead of Heer, otherwise he would have been listed in the Heer rank list.

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Re: Request for information on some generals

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Post by askropp » 01 Sep 2015, 00:37

Neither is Müller listed in the 1940, 1941 and 1942 DAL, and Hildebrand doesn't list him as a Luftwaffe officer. Unithistories.com lists him as GL z.V., although 15.10.1938 seems a bit early for z.V. officers.
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Re: Request for information on some generals

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Post by askropp » 03 Oct 2015, 14:29

Albert Most
01.10.1937 Char. Generalmajor (E)
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Re: Request for information on some generals

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Post by askropp » 09 Oct 2015, 21:12

In response to the request made by trbooks here, I will post some info on a number of Heer generals, based on the Stellenbesetzungen and Ranglisten / Dienstalterslisten.
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