(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
General der Infanterie Alfred Boehm-Tettelbach
Born: 28 Mar 1878 in Erstein, Alsace (Elsaß)
Died: 12 Jul 1962 in Berlin
Promotions:
Fähnrich (20 May 1897); Sekondeleutnant (27 Jan 1898); umbenannt Leutnant (01 Jan 1899); Oberleutnant (21 Jul 1908); Hauptmann (01 Oct 1913); Major (22 Mar 1918); Oberstleutnant (01 Dec 1923); Oberst (01 Apr 1927); Generalmajor (01 Nov 1930); Generalleutnant (01 Oct 1932); Generalleutnant z.V. (01 Nov 1938); Charakter als General der Infanterie z.V. (01 Sep 1940); General der Infanterie z.V. (01 Dec 1940)
Career:
Entered Army Service (01 Oct 1896)
Fahnenjunker in the 132nd Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1896-08 Dec 1903)
Detached to the Unteroffiziers-School in Bartenstein (01 Apr 1902-08 Dec 1903)
Transferred into the I. Sea-Battalion (08 Dec 1903-18 Jan 1904)
Transferred to the Naval-Infantry-Battalion of the Naval-Expeditionary-Corps in German South-West Africa (18 Jan 1904-11 Apr 1905)
Transferred back into the I. Sea-Battalion (11 Apr 1905-10 Sep 1908)
Transferred into the 92nd Infantry-Regiment (10 Sep 1908-22 Mar 1912)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1908-22 Mar 1914)
Detached to the Grand General Staff (22 Mar 1912-22 Mar 1914)
Transferred into the Grand General Staff (22 Mar 1914-30 May 1914)
Military Attaché at the Embassy in Belgrade (30 May 1914-17 Aug 1914)
Transferred into the Replacement Grand General Staff (17 Aug 1914-18 Sep 1914)
Transferred into the General-Staff of 8th Army (18 Sep 1914-29 Nov 1914)
With the Staff of the Field-Railway Chief East (29 Nov 1914-11 Jun 1915)
With the General-Staff of X. Reserve-Corps (11 Jun 1915-22 Jul 1915)
With the General-Staff of the 20th Infantry-Division (22 Jul 1915-19 Sep 1916)
With the Staff of the Chief of Railway Matters (19 Sep 1916)
With the Railway-Transport-Department South-East (19 Sep 1916-01 Feb 1917)
In the Central-Office of the Chief of the Field Railway Matters (01 Feb 1917-14 Sep 1917)
General-Staff-Officer of the Chief of the Field Railway Matters with the Army High Command 14 (14 Sep 1917-03 Feb 1918)
General-Staff-Officer with Special Duties of the Chief of the Field Railway Matters in Vienna (03 Feb 1918-21 Jan 1919)
With the Staff of the Chief of the Field Railway Matters (21 Jan 1919-03 Apr 1919)
Transferred back into the 92nd Infantry-Regiment (03 Apr 1919-17 Oct 1919)
Detached to the Staff of the 4th Reichswehr-Brigade and Member of the Line-Commission Dresden (17 Oct 1919-01 Oct 1920)
With the Staff of 3rd Division (01 Oct 1920-01 Jul 1921)
In the RWM (01 Jul 1921-01 Oct 1923)
Commander of the III. Battalion of the 10th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1923-01 Jun 1926)
With the Staff of the 4th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jun 1926-01 Nov 1928)
Commander of the 14th Infantry-Regiment (01 Nov 1928-01 Nov 1930)
Chief of the Defence-Office, RWM (01 Nov 1930-31 Jan 1933)
Retired from Army Service (31 Jan 1933)
Employed by the Army (01 Jun 1935); Placed to Disposal (Army) (01 Nov 1938
Instructor for War-History at the War Academy (01 Jun 1935-10 Sep 1939)
Commander of Rear Army Area 581 (Poland) (10 Sep 1939-10 Jan 1940)
Commander of Special-Purpose-High-Command XXXII, Lubin (10 Jan 1940-01 Mar 1940)
Commander of Special-Purpose High-Command XXXVII (West) (01 Mar 1940-25 May 1942)
At the same time, Commander of Troops of the Army in the Netherlands (01 Jul 1940-15 Mar 1941)
Commanding General of LXXXII. Army-Corps (25 May 1942-01 Nov 1942)
Placed to the Disposal of OKH (01 Nov 1942-28 Feb 1943)
Retired (28 Feb 1943)

Awards & Decorations
- Deutsches Kreuz in Silber: am 15.01.1943 als General der Infanterie z. V und Komm. Gen. des LXXXII Armeekorps
- Ritterkreuz des kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Kronen-Orden IV Klasse mit Schwertern
- Preuss. Rote Kreuz-Medaille III Klasse
- Kgl. Bayer. Militär-Verdienstorden IV Klasse mit Schwertern
- Ritterkreuz II Klasse des kgl. Sächs. Albrecht-Ordens mit Schwertern
- Ritterkreuz I Klasse des kgl. Württembg. Friedrich-Ordens mit Schwertern
- Ritterkreuz II Klasse des Grossherzoglich-Badischen Ordens vom Zähringer Löwen mit Schwertern
- Ritterkreuz II Klasse des Braunschweigischer Heinrich des Löwen-Orden
- Braunschweigisches Kriegsverdienstkreuz II Klasse
- Braunschweigisches Kriegsverdienstkreuz I Klasse
- Bewährungsabzeichen zum Braunschweigisches Kriegsverdienstkreuz II Klasse
- Grossherzoglich Oldenburgisches Friedrich August-Kreuz II Klasse
- Grossherzoglich Oldenburgisches Friedrich August-Kreuz I Klasse
- K.u.K. Österr. Orden der Eisernen Krone III Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- K.u.K. Österr. Militär-Verdienstkreuz III Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- Ehrenzeichen vom Roten Kreuz III Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- Türkischer Eiserner Halbmond
- Preuss. Dienstauszeichnungskreuz
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung I Klasse
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II Klasse mit Schwertern
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz I Klasse mit Schwertern


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