(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Ernst Becht
Born: 24 May 1895 in Dieuze, Lorraine (Lothringen)
Died: 01 Sep 1959 in Idar-Oberstein
Diploma In Economics:
Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter (04 Jul 1913); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (22 Aug 1913); Fähnrich (10 Nov 1913); Leutnant (08 Aug 1914); Oberleutnant (18 Dec 1917); Hauptmann (01 Feb 1926); Major (01 Jul 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1937); Oberst (01 Jun 1939); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1942)
Career:
Entered Army Service (12 Mar 1913)
Fahnenjunker in the 3rd Railway-Regiment (12 May 1913-02 Aug 1914)
Detached to the War School Potsdam (08 Nov 1913-01 Aug 1914)
Transferred into the 19th Railway-Construction-Company (02 Aug 1914-26 Aug 1915)
Transferred into the 22nd Railway-Construction-Company (26 Aug 1915-24 Jan 1917)
At the same time, Detached as Auxiliary-Officer with the Railway-Delegate of the Field-Railway-Chief in the Carpathian-Corps (14 Sep 1916-05 Oct 1916)
At the same time, Detached to the Commander of Railway-Troops in the Carpathians (17 Oct 1916-24 Jan 1917)
Adjutant of the Staff-Officer of Railway-Troops 1 (24 Jan 1917-14 Apr 1917)
Member of the Staff of Commander of Railway-Troops 4 (14 Apr 1917-11 Jul 1917)
Transferred to the Bulgarian Operations-Direction, and at the same time, Detached to the Military-Railway-Direction 7 (11 Jul 1917-28 Mar 1918)
Transferred into the Line-Commander Brussels and Railway-Delegate of the Field-Railway-Chief with the General-Government Belgium (28 Mar 1918-18 Nov 1918)
Demobilisation-Officer with the Replacement-Battalion of the 3rd Railway-Regiment (18 Nov 1918-01 Feb 1919)
Adjutant of the Replacement-Battalion of the 3rd Railway-Regiment (01 Feb 1919-01 May 1919)
Adjutant of the Dissolving-Command of the 3rd Railway-Regiment (01 May 1919-20 May 1919)
Bureau-Officer with the Staff of the 2nd Railway-Brigade (20 May 1919-15 Sep 1919)
Detached to the Motor-Vehicle-Park Lüttwitz (Reichswehr-Group-Command 1) (20 Jul 1919-15 Sep 1919)
Leader of Motor-Transport-Company 111 (15 Sep 1919-01 Oct 1920)
Transferred into the Staff of the 7th Brigade-Motor-transport-Battalion (01 Oct 1920-01 Jan 1921)
Transferred into the Staff of the 6th Motor-Transport-Battalion (01 Jan 1921-01 Oct 1921)
Leader of the Medical-Motor-Transport-Personnel of the 6th Medical-Battalion (01 Oct 1921-01 Oct 1922)
Detached to Studies at the Technical College in Munich (01 Oct 1922-01 Dec 1922)
Transferred into the 2nd Mounted-Regiment, while retaining previous position (01 Dec 1922-01 Jul 1923)
Transferred into the 3rd Artillery-Regiment, while retaining his previous position at the Technical College (01 Jul 1923-17 Jul 1923)
Detached to the 7th Motor-Transport-Battalion, while retaining his previous position (17/07/1923-01/04/1925)
Transferred into the 10th Battery of the 3rd Artillery-Regiment, while retaining his previous position (01 Apr 1925-01 Apr 1927)
Transferred into the Army Weapons Office, RWM (01 Apr 1927-01 Nov 1927)
Transferred into the 5th Battery of the 3rd Artillery-Regiment (01 Nov 1927-01 Apr 1928)
Company-Chief in the 5th Motor-Transport-Battalion (01 Apr 1928-01 Feb 1931)
At the same time, Detached to Tactical and Technical Officers-Course in Motor-Transport-Affairs in Berlin (24 Feb 1930-05 Jul 1930)
Transferred to the Staff of Group-Command 2 (01 Feb 1931-01 Oct 1931)
Transferred into the 3rd Artillery-Regiment, while retaining previous position (01 Oct 1931-01 Apr 1932)
Detached to the RWM (01 Apr 1932-01 Jul 1932)
Advisor in the Army Weapons Office, RWM (01 Jul 1932-15 Oct 1935)
Commander of the 5th Anti-Tank-Battalion (15 Oct 1935-01 Oct 1936)
Department-Chief in the RWM - WRo (01 Oct 1936-04 Feb 1938)
Office-Group-Chief in OKW - WRo (04 Feb 1938-01 Mar 1943)
Chief of the Military Economics Staff Inland & Occupied Areas (01 Mar 1943-01 Aug 1943)
Führer-Reserve (01 Aug 1943-25 Mar 1944)
Chief of Military-Economics-Staff West (25 Mar 1944-01 Aug 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH and Detached to the Delegates for the Four-Year-Plan (01 Aug 1944-26 Apr 1945)
In US captivity (26 Apr 1945-00 Feb 1947)
Released (00 Feb 1947)

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