(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Edmund Hoffmeister
Born: 04 Mar 1893 in Aschaffenburg
Died: 1947 in Camp Asbest, USSR (Reason for Death Unknown)
Promotions:
Leutnant (22 Mar 1914); Oberleutnant (01 Feb 1923); Rittmeister/Hauptmann (01 Mar 1928); Major (01 Sep 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Mar 1937); Oberst (01 Mar 1940); Generalmajor (01 Sep 1943); Generalleutnant (01 Mar 1944)
Career:
Entered Army Service (03 Aug 1912)
Fahnenjunker in the 30th Infantry-Regiment (03 Aug 1912-29 Aug 1914)
Assigned to the MG-Company of the 30th Infantry-Regiment (29 Aug 1914-00 Sep 1914)
Severely wounded, in Hospital (00 Sep 1914-16 Jul 1915)
Signals-Officer of the 86th Infantry-Brigade (16 Jul 1915-11 Sep 1915)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 30th Infantry-Regiment (11 Sep 1915-25 Aug 1916)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the General of Artillery of an Army-Group (25 Aug 1916-16 Sep 1916)
Leader of a MG-Company of an Army-Group (16 Sep 1916-05 Jan 1917)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the Replacement General-Command of XII. Army-Corps (05 Jan 1917-15 Jan 1917)
Temporary Adjutant of the 263rd Infantry-Division (15 Jan 1917-27 Feb 1917)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 30th Infantry-Regiment (27 Feb 1917-01 Dec 1918)
Leader of the MG-Company of the 30th Infantry-Regiment (01 Dec 1918-01 Mar 1919)
Regiments-Adjutant with Landesjägerkorps (01 Mar 1919-05 Sep 1919)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the Landesjägerkorps (05 Sep 1919-26 Apr 1920)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 32nd Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (26 Apr 1920-01 Jan 1921)
Adjutant of III. Battalion of the 12th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-01 Oct 1921)
Transferred into the 7th Mounted-Regiment & Detached to Subsidiary-Leadership-Training with the Staff of the 2nd Division (01 Oct 1921-01 Jul 1924)
Transferred to the Mortar-Company of the 5th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jul 1924-20 Sep 1924)
Transferred into the 10th Mounted-Regiment & Detached to the Command-Office Berlin, (2nd Adjutant of the Chief of the Troop Office, RWM) (20 Sep 1924-14 Sep 1926)
Transferred into the RWM (14 Sep 1926-07 Mar 1932)
Chief of the 3rd Company of the 19th Infantry-Regiment (07 Mar 1932-01 Oct 1934)
Commander of III. Battalion of Infantry-Regiment München (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Commander of III. Battalion of the 19th Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-21 Mar 1938)
To the Disposal of the Chief of the Army General Staff, Detached to the Reconnaissance-Flying-School Braunschweig (21 Mar 1938-27 Sep 1939)
Führer-Reserve OKH (27 Sep 1939-01 Oct 1939)
Commander of the 21st Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1939-10 Dec 1940)
Commander of the 206th Infantry-Regiment (10 Dec 1940-15 Nov 1941)
Commander of the 206th Mountain-Infantry-Regiment (15 Nov 1941-13 Jun 1942)
Führer-Reserve OKH (13 Jun 1942-01 Sep 1942)
Commander of the 61st Infantry-Regiment (01 Sep 1942-01 Jan 1943)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 7th Infantry-Division (20 Oct 1942-30 Oct 1942)
Taken ill - Führer-Reserve OKH (01 Jan 1943-01 Apr 1943)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 17th Infantry-Division (01 Apr 1943-01 Jul 1943)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 383rd Infantry-Division (01 Jul 1943-01 Sep 1943)
Commander of the 383rd Infantry-Division (01 Sep 1943-20 Jun 1944)
Delegated with the Leadership of XXXXI. Panzer-Corps (20 Jun 1944-01 Jul 1944)
Captured near Bobruysk, in Soviet Captivity (01 Jul 1944-1947)
Declared Dead (00 Mar 1951)

Awards & Decorations:
- Ritterkreuz: am 06.10.1943 als Generalmajor und Kommandeur der 383. Infanterie-Division
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 11.12.1941 als Oberst und Kommandeur des Gebirgs-Jäger-Regiment 206
- RK des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Spange zum EK II
- Spange zum EK I
- Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942”


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