(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Paul Bornscheuer
Born: 20 Aug 1892 in Theodorshalle, District Bad Kreuznach
Died: 30 Sep 1983 in Brühl
Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter (21 Oct 1915); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (11 Dec 1915); Fähnrich (24 Mar 1916); Leutnant (03 Mar 1917); Charakter als Oberleutnant (31 May 1920); Polizei-Leutnant (01 Jun 1920); Polizei-Oberleutnant (01 Aug 1920); Polizei-Hauptmann (01 Nov 1921); Charakter Polizei-Major (24 Dec 1932); Polizei-Major (01 Jul 1935); Major (16 Mar 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Aug 1938); Oberst (01 Jan 1941); Generalmajor (01 Dec 1944)
Career:
Entered Army Service (22 Jan 1915)
War Volunteer in the 61st Field-Artillery-Regiment (22 Jan 1915-21 Aug 1915)
Fahnenjunker in the 80th Field-Artillery-Regiment (21 Aug 1915-24 Mar 1916)
Detached to Training-Course in Beverloo (10 Jan 1916-07 Feb 1916)
Battery-Officer in the 80th Field-Artillery-Regiment (24 Mar 1916-08 Nov 1917)
Observation-Officer in the Staff of the III. Battalion of the 80th Field-Artillery-Regiment (08 Nov 1917-23 May 1918)
Battery-Officer in the 80th Field-Artillery-Regiment (23 May 1918-11 Oct 1918)
Detached to Course in Close-Combat-Methods in Oberstaufen (03 Nov 1918-10 Nov 1918)
Battery-Leader in the 80th Field-Artillery-Regiment (11 Oct 1918-25 Mar 1919)
Adjutant of the I. Battalion of the 80th Field-Artillery-Regiment (25 Mar 1919-01 Aug 1919)
Adjutant of District-Command Naumberg (01 Aug 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Adjutant of the Processing-Office of the 80th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1919-31 May 1920)
Retired (31 May 1920)
Entered Police Service (01 Jun 1920)
Platoon-Leader in the 2nd Unit of the Police in Darmstadt (01 Jun 1920-01 Jul 1921)
Adjutant of the II. Battalion of the Police in Friedberg (01 Jul 1921-01 Jul 1929)
Transferred into the Hessian Ministry of the Interior to the Constitutional-Office of the State-Police-Inspection (01 Jul 1929-31 Mar 1933)
Leader of the State-Police-Department Worms (31 Mar 1933-09 Dec 1933)
Detached to the Staff of the State-Police-Inspection South-West, Frankfurt/Main (09 Dec 1933-01 Apr 1934)
Transferred into Army Service (16 Mar 1936)
Assigned to the Staff of the 34th Division (16 Mar 1936-01 Apr 1936)
Transferred to the Staff of the 19th Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1936-06 Oct 1936)
Battery-Chief in the 19th Artillery-Regiment (06 Oct 1936-10 Nov 1938)
Detached to the II. Battalion of the 51st Artillery-Regiment (01 Sep 1938-24 Sep 1938)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the 70th Artillery-Regiment (10 Nov 1938-03 May 1940)
Commander of the 311th Artillery-Regiment (03 May 1940-14 Oct 1940)
Commander of the 146th Artillery-Regiment (14 Oct 1940-26 Oct 1942)
Führer-Reserve – Military-District-Command XII (26 Oct 1942-21 Jun 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKH and at the same time, was Detached to the Staff of Army-Group Centre (21 Jun 1943-11 Sep 1943)
Führer-Reserve – Military-District-Command XII (11 Sep 1943-01 Oct 1943)
Artillery Commander 476 (01 Oct 1943-28 Jan 1944)
Delegated with the leadership of the 278th Infantry-Division (28 Jan 1944-05 Mar 1944)
Higher Artillery Commander 316 (05 Mar 1944-08 May 1945)
In captivity (08 May 1945-1947)
Released (1947)

Awards & Decorations:
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (19 Sep 1942)


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