(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Werner Dürking
Born: 26 Jan 1896 in Fürstenberg, Weser
Died: 12 Sep 1944 in Humenné Hospital
Promotions:
Leutnant (18 Jun 1915); Oberleutnant (31 Jul 1925); Hauptmann (01 Sep 1930); Major (01 Dec 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1939); Oberst (01 Dec 1941); Generalmajor (01 Aug 1944); Generalleutnant (nachträglich) (01 Oct 1944)
Career:
Entered Army Service (31 Aug 1914)
War Volunteer in the 164th Infantry-Regiment (31 Aug 1914-28 Oct 1914)
Fahnenjunker in the 164th Infantry-Regiment (28 Oct 1914-20 Mar 1915)
In the Field with the 164th Infantry-Regiment (20 Mar 1915-27 Jan 1917)
Leader of the MG-Company of the 164th Infantry-Regiment (27 Jan 1917-28 Mar 1918)
MG-Officer with the Staff of the 164th Infantry-Regiment (28 Mar 1918-16 May 1919)
Transferred into the 19th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (16 May 1919-01 Jun 1920)
Transferred into the 14th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (01 Jun 1920-14 Jun 1920)
Transferred into the 20th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (14 Jun 1920-15 Sep 1920)
Transferred into the 18th Infantry-Regiment (15 Sep 1920-01 Oct 1927)
Detached to the Weapons-School-Course (01 Oct 1925-15 Feb 1926)
Detached to Infantry-School (01 Oct 1927-01 Oct 1929)
Transferred to the Staff of the 6th Division (01 Oct 1929-01 Oct 1931)
Company-Chief in the 1st Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1931-01 Oct 1934)
Company-Chief in Infantry-Regiment Crossen (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Company-Chief in the 29th Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Tactics-Instructor at the War School Hannover (06 Oct 1936-26 Aug 1939)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 471st Infantry-Regiment (26 Aug 1939-05 Oct 1940)
Commander of the 451st Infantry-Regiment (05 Oct 1940-20 Jul 1941)
Severely Wounded – in Hospital – then assigned to the 451st Infantry-Replacement-Battalion (20 Jul 1941-06 Nov 1941)
Führer-Reserve OKH – at the same time, Detached to OKH, Chief Of Army Armaments and Commander of Replacement Army, In 2 (06 Nov 1941-15 Jan 1942)
Detached to Preparatory-Command of the School for Officer-Aspirants of Infantry in Dresden (15 Jan 1942-01 Feb 1942)
Instruction-Group-Commander at the School for Officer-Aspirants of Infantry in Dresden (01 Feb 1942-10 Jun 1942)
Commander of School IV for Officer-Aspirants of Infantry in Ohrdruf (10 Jun 1942-29 Apr 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH (29 Apr 1944-03 Jul 1944)
At the same time, Detached to 11th Division-Leaders-Course in Hirschberg (01 May 1944-03 Jun 1944)
Detached to Army-Group North Ukraine for use as a Divisional Commander (03 Jul 1944-02 Sep 1944)
Delegated the Leadership of the 96th Grenadier-Division (02 Sep 1944-11 Sep 1944)
Severely Wounded at Sanok, Hospital (11 Sep 1944-12 Sep 1944)
Subsequently died of his wounds (12 Sep 1944)

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