Heer Major General Stephen Bulowius

[Paul L Murphy]

One of the items in my collection is a rather battered German Cross in Silver which was awarded to Major General Stephen Bulowius in April 1945 when he was Inspector of Land Fortifications South West (Italy). Does anybody have a photo of him at any stage in his career since I would love to put a face to the name.

The details which I have about him so far follow, so needless to say if anybody knows more about him let me know : -

Promotions

Officer Aspirant Corporal 11 March 1914

Officer Aspirant Sergeant 22 April 1914

Officer Candidate 18 July 1914

Lieutenant 28 September 1914

Senior Lieutenant 1 September 1924

Captain 1 April 1929

Major 1 August 1935

Lt Colonel 1 April 1938

Colonel 1 April 1941

Major General 20 June 1944

Military Career up to the end of WWI

24 Nov 1913 ? 5 Oct 1916(?) Officer Aspirant in the 1st Pioneer Battalion.

1 Jul 1914 ? 2 Aug 1914 Detached to the War School in Danzig

9 Nov 1915 ? 13 Nov 1915 Detached to the Army Gas School in Berlin

Mar 1916 ? 12 Apr 1916 Detached to the Mortar Courses School in Unterl??

5 Oct 1916 ? 16 Dec 1916 Leader of the Pioneer Company ?Bulowius? with the 78th Reserve Division.

16 Dec 1916 ? 27 Aug 1917 1st Pioneer Battalion

27 Aug 1917 ? 13 Feb 1919 Adjutant of the 1st Pioneer Battalion

Military Career Between the Wars

Up to 13 Feb 1919 Adjutant of the 1st Pioneer Battalion.

13 Feb 1919 ? 1 Jul 1919 Director of the Department for War Files and Prison Affairs in Konigsberg.

1 Jul 1919 ? 1 Jan 1921 Court and Weapons Officer of the 1st Reischwehr Pioneer Battalion

1 Jan 1921 ? 1 Apr 1922 Platoon Leader in the 1st Pioneer Battalion

1 Apr 1922 ? 1 May 1923 Serving in the 1st Infantry Regiment

1 May 1923 ? 4 Aug 1923 Serving in the 1st Pioneer Battalion

4 Aug 1923 ? 1 Nov 1924 Adjutant of the 1st Pioneer Battalion

1 Nov 1924 ? 1 Sep 1925 Transferred to the 1st Artillery Regt and detached to the Pioneer?s School

1 Sep 1925 ? 1 Nov 1925 Detached to the 1st Pioneer Battalion

1 Nov 1925 ? 1 Apr 1928 Transferred back to the 1st Pioneer Battalion

1 Apr 1928 ? 1 Apr 1932 Chief of the Bridge Construction Column of the 1st Pioneer Battalion

5 Nov 1928 ? 18 Nov 1928 Attended a Gas Protection Course in Berlin

9 Mar 1931 ? 21 Mar 1931 Attended a Physical Training Course in Wunsdorf

1 Mar 1932 ? 1 Apr 1932 Detached to the Commander of Fortifications at Lutzen

1 Apr 1932 ? 1 Mar 1934 Pioneer Officer with the Commander of Fortifications at Lutzen

1 Mar 1934 ? 1 Oct 1934 Staff Officer of Pioneers on the staff of the 6th Division

1 Oct 1934 ? 15 Oct 1935 Staff Officer of Pioneers for Military District Command VI

15 Oct 1935 ? 1 Oct 1939 Expert in the Inspection of Pioneers and Fortresses in the Reichs War

Ministry (OKH from 4 Feb 1938)

WWII Military Career

1 Oct 1939 ? 7 Jun 1941 Fortress Pioneer Expert on the staff of the General of Pioneers and

Fortresses with the Commander in Chief of the Army

7 Jun 1941 ? 11 Jan 1942 Commander of the 413th Pioneer Regiment

11 Jan 1942 ? 10 May 1942 Fuhrer reserve OKH

10 May 1942 ? 24 Jan 1943 Fortress Pioneer Commander XVII (Southern Norway, Oslo)

24 Jan 1943 ? 6 Jun 1944 Fortress Pioneer Commander II (Greece, Salonika)

5 Nov 1943 ? 18 Dec 1943 Detached to the staff of Army Group B

6 Jun 1944 ? 19 Oct 1944 Detached to the staff of the Inspection of Land Fortifications South West

(Italy)

19 Oct 1944 ? 2 May 1945 Inspector of Land Fortifications South West (Italy)

2 May 1945 Captured by US forces

Post WWII Career

He was held in US captivity until 29th September 1947, when he was released. He died on 26 April 1979 in Westerland, Sylt.

Edited September 12, 2006 by Paul L Murphy

[Glenn J]

Paul,

a photograph of the General is to be found here. it is the same one in the Biblio Generals' series.

Regards

Glenn

http://www.geocities.com/~orion47/WEHRMACH...US_STEPHAN.html

[Paul L Murphy]

Many thanks for that.

Here is a photo of the award, I forgot to attach it to my original post.