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Oberleutnant Roman Schwichtenberg 6./SS-Polizei-Regiment 19

Hauptmann Hans Dräger Died: Sep 1941 Highest rank reached: Major (Posthumous) Chef 3./Pz.Rgt 4 II/Pz.Rgt 39 (Information obtained from Rossano)

Oberleutnant z.See Konrad Roszak Kdr 'R-56' Kdr 5.Räumsbootsflottille (July 1945) DKiG: 25 Aug 1943

Major Dr Bruno Ulrich Freyher Born: 20 May 1899 Highest rank reached: Oberstleutnant Inf.Rgt 4 Adjutant Inf.Rgt 374 Kdr I/Inf.Rgt 322 (later career unknown)

Kapitänleutnant Hans Alexy Born: 24 Feb 1919 Died: 07 Jun 2007 5.Minensuchsflottille Kdr 'R-63' Kdr 'M364' Flottillenchef 5.Räumbootsflottille DKiG: 29 Feb 1944

Kapitänleutnant Franz Kleemann Flottillenchef 5.Räumbootsflottille Flottillenchef 40.Minensuchflottille

Oberst Leopold von Sierakowski Kdr Erg.Btl Inf.Rgt 84 Kdr Gren.Rgt 757

Stabsfeldwebel Bernhard Marr Born: 22 Jul 1908 Highest rank reached: Major 3./Inf.Rgt 322 Kdr I/Gren.Rgt 757

March 1940 dated EK II citation

Latest one - unknown signature for the Btl-Kdr of II/Geb.Jäg.Rgt 144 and dated for June 1943. I know that there was a Franz List (RKT) listed as Btl-Kdr in March 1943 but this signature looks very different from what I would expect from that surname.

Would anyone happen to know who was Battalion Commander for I/Gren.Rgt 757 (338 Inf.Div) during the date shown - 06 Feb 1943? I know Major Bernhard Marr commanded it during the fighting in Southern France in 1944.

Oberst Gottfried Franz Max Arno Reinke Born: 01 Jan 1896 Died: 08 Nov 1981 Art.Rgt 75 I/Art.Rgt 74 Kdr I/Art.Rgt 'Grossdeutschland' Kdr Art.Rgt 'Grossdeutschland' DKiG: 29 Nov 1941 (Majority of information obtained from AHF)

Great photo showing that award. I don't have any photos of it in wear but I do have an entry dated 6th May 1945 in a Soldbuch for it although it is entered with a slightly different name linking it to the Minesweeper/U-Jagd Award - something I have seen a few times.

It is the same officer who has signed on the opposite page. Unfortunately it is a lowly Leutnant and only in temporary command of the Kompanie so unless he achieved something like a high award the chances of finding out any details about him is going to be remote I'm afraid.

(geb.) AOK 20 means 20.Gebirgs-Armee - See here... 20.Gebirgs-Armee Page 12 in the Wehrpass and Pages 4 & 17 in the Soldbuch will show what units he served in with the entries in the Wehrpass also showing the time frames he served in each one. He spent time in hospital with the condition of Mittelohrentzündung - inflammation of the middle ear (must of edited at the same time as Andreas was typing)

The first one looks like a driving licence entry. The second one shows that he is a motorcycle dispatch rider and the third shows 'Gewehrführer' which is a leader of a heavy MG team, hence his training on the MG-42 with Lafette.

He was awarded the KvK II KL mit Schwertern on 1st September 1943. Why he won it is anyone's guess unfortunately. It could of been for a piece of good leadership or a meritorious action behind the lines. It could even be a 'percentage' award in that the unit was to award a certain number and he was deemed worthy of being one of those chosen.

Example to a Pionier who would go on to serve with bridge building units until the war's end.

General der Kavallerie Eberhard von Mackensen Born: 24 Sept 1889 Died: 19 May 1969 Highest rank reached: Generaloberst Chef des Generalstab 14.Armee Chef des Generalstab 12.Armee Kdr III Panzerkorps Oberbefehlshaber 1.Panzerarmee Oberbefehlshaber 14.Armee RK: 27 Jul 1941 EL: 26 May 1942 Second son of GFM August von Mackensen

Many thanks for the effort Dave. I had actually mis-read the rank and originally thought it had said Oberst so I am not surprised that finding the identity of an Oberleutnant is proving tricky at best.

Kapitänleutnant Siegfried Wörmcke Kpt S-194 Kpt S-701 Fl-Chef 2.Schnellbootsschulflottille

Major Walter Brandt Born: 08 Nov 1911 Died: 12 May 1996 Pionier-Lehr-Btl 2./Pionier-Btl 23 Kdr Pz.Pionier-Btl 130 RK: 18 Jul 1944 DKiG: 14 Mar 1942

Oberstleutnant Fritz Wilhelm Karl Albrecht Born: 23 Dec 1905 Died: 29 Apr 1977 Highest rank reached: Oberst (Brigadegeneral in Bundeswehr) Chef 1./Artillerie-Regiment 13 Kdr I/Artillerie-Regiment 13 Kdr Artillerie-Regiment 13 Stab Höheren-Artillerie-Kommandeur 311 Kdr Panzerartillerie-Regiment 'Großdeutschland' Kdr Grenadier-Regiment 15 Führer Kampfgruppe Magdeburg RK: 19 Apr 1945 DKiG: 14 Jan 1942 Ehrenblattspange: 17 Feb 1944

Dated December 1942 as a Battalion Commander.

Many thanks Bernhard. As the former was an Oberleutnant that would certainly explain why I couldn't find him. And thanks for the latter one, I would say that the signature fits pretty well for Eben.