General regiment

grandeagle · Post by **grandeagle** » 22 Aug 2005 11:16

Does anyone know about the 6 general officer which was bestowed with the rank of colonel-in-chief?Who are the generals and what are the regiments?

Gareth Collins · Post by **Gareth Collins** » 22 Aug 2005 14:14

There were more than 6...here's the one's I know of

General der Artillerie Richard von Berendt - Chef des Artillerie-Regiments 59
Generalfeldmarschall Werner von Blomberg - Chef des Infanterie-Regiments 73
Charakter als Generalfeldmarschall Eduard (Ritter von) Böhm-Ermolli - Chef des Infanterie-Regiments 28
General der Infanterie Franz Ritter von Epp - Chef des Infanterie-Regiments 61
Generaloberst Werner Freiherr von Fritsch - Chef des Artillerie-Regiments 12
Generalfeldmarschall August von Mackensen - Chef des Kavallerie-Regiments 5
Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt - Chef des Infanterie-Regiments 18
Generaloberst Hans von Seeckt - Chef des Infanterie-Regiments 67

Hopefully people could add.

grandeagle · Post by **grandeagle** » 22 Aug 2005 15:42

Thanks for the information

Runar · Post by **Runar** » 22 Aug 2005 20:27

General der Infanterie Curt Liebmann - Chef des Infanterie-Regiments 5

Best regards
Runar

Runar · Post by **Runar** » 22 Aug 2005 20:33

Generalfeldmarchall Ewald von Kleist - Chef des Kavallerie-Regiments 8

Regards
Runar

Dieter Zinke · Post by **Dieter Zinke** » 05 Sep 2005 11:15

Generaloberst Günther Rüdel
05.07.1940 Chef des Flak-Regiments 5
Rüdel wears red collar-tabs !!

Dieter Z.

Stauffenberg II · Post by **Stauffenberg II** » 06 Sep 2005 19:25

Hi!

I am currently working on an OKH-project and therefore included such a roster for persons listed honorarily:

Generally two ways could be taken into consideration to further include a retired person in the rank lists:
1. Chef eines Regiments
2. die Uniform eines Regiments tragen

These rights were given to 3-star-Generals up only, whether with patent or only with title. The most senior 3-star-general (full patent) which is not listed in either a pre 1933 Rangliste or the 03.01.1939 Stellenbesetzung was:

Gen. d. Art. Freiherr Kreß von Kressenstein (Friedrich)

Don´t ask me why.

Berendt was not Chief of a Regiment but was only entitled to wear uniform and to be listed further.

Here is the roster. I included all persons which I found listed in either a pre 1933 rank list or in the 03.01.1939 Stellenbesetzung:

Regards!

Stauffenberg II · Post by **Stauffenberg II** » 06 Sep 2005 19:26

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