(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Ferdinand Brühl
Born: 09 Nov 1896 in Eltville, Rheingau
Died: 09 Apr 1968 in Aschaffenburg
Promotions:
Fähnrich (18 Sep 1914); Leutnant (24 Dec 1914); Charakter als Oberleutnant (20 Jan 1920); Hauptmann (01 Oct 1934); Major (01 Jan 1938); Oberstleutnant (01 Mar 1941); Oberst (01 Sep 1942); Generalmajor (15 Dec 1944)Career:
Entered Army Service (17 Mar 1914)
Fahnenjunker in the 44th Field-Artillery-Regiment (17 Mar 1914-17 Oct 1914)
Detached to the Regiments-Staff of the 44th Field-Artillery-Regiment (17 Oct 1914-07 Feb 1915)
Battery-Officer in the 1st Battery of the 44th Field-Artillery-Regiment (07 Feb 1915-28 Jan 1916)
Battery-Officer in the 5th Battery of the 44th Field-Artillery-Regiment (28 Jan 1916-01 Sep 1916)
Ordinance-Officer with the Regiments-Staff of the 44th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Sep 1916-27 Feb 1917)
Adjutant in the Staff of Artillery Commander 214 (27 Feb 1917-21 Nov 1917)
Taken ill, in hospital, and Transferred to the Replacement-Battalion of the 7th Foot-Artillery-Battalion (21 Nov 1917-07 Dec 1917)
Assigned to the 2nd Garrison-Battery of the Replacement-Battalion of the 7th Foot-Artillery-Battalion (07 Dec 1917-01 Feb 1918)
Transferred to the 2nd Battery of the Replacement-battalion of the 44th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Feb 1918-19 Mar 1918)
Transferred to the General-Command of the VIII. Army-Corps as 1st Ordinance-Officer (19 Mar 1918-09 Dec 1918)
Transferred back into the 44th Field-Artillery-Regiment, while simultaneously retaining his Command with the General-Command of the VIII. Army-Corps (09 Dec 1918-30 Sep 1919)
Retired (30 Aug 1919)
Reactivated to Army Service (01 Oct 1934)
Assigned to Artillery-Regiment Münster (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Battery-Chief in the 16th Artillery-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Battery-Chief in the 26th Artillery-Regiment (06 Oct 1936-26 Aug 1939)
Commander of the III. Battalion of the 26th Artillery-Regiment (26 Aug 1939-01 Nov 1940)
Commander of the III. Battalion of the 107th Artillery-Regiment (01 Nov 1940-20 Jun 1941)
Commander of the 198th Artillery-Regiment (20 Jun 1941-13 May 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH (13 May 1944-13 Aug 1944)
Delegated with the Leadership of the Grenadier-Instruction-Division (13 Aug 1944-17 Aug 1944)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 563rd Grenadier-Division (17 Aug 1944-09 Oct 1944)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 563rd Volksgrenadier-Division (09 Oct 1944-09 Nov 1944)
Commander of the 563rd Volksgrenadier-Division (09 Nov 1944-25 Feb 1945)
Fortress-Commandant of Stettin (19 Apr 1945-02 Jun 1945)
In British captivity (02 Jun 1945-19 Jun 1948)
Released (19 Jun 1948)

Awards & Decorations:
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (14 Apr 1942)


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