(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Georg Carp
Born: 16 May 1886 in Neiße, Upper Silesia (Oberschlesien)
Died: 06 May 1983 in Tübingen
Promotions:
Leutnant (14 Apr 1907); Oberleutnant (05 Sep 1914); Hauptmann (18 Sep 1915); Major (01 Apr 1928); Oberstleutnant (01 Feb 1933); Oberst (01 Mar 1935); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1938); Charakter als Generalleutnant (01 Jun 1940); Generalleutnant (01 Apr 1942)
Career:
Entered Army Service (14 Apr 1907)
One Year Volunteer in the 76th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1904-30 Sep 1905)
Discharged to the Reserve (30 Sep 1905)
Activated from Reserve (01 Apr 1906)
Fahnenjunker in the 11th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1906-02 Aug 1914)
Platoon-Leader with the Light Munitions Column of the 11th Field-Artillery-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-01 Sep 1914)
Patrol-Officer of the 22nd Field-Artillery-Brigade (01 Sep 1914-18 Sep 1914)
Ordinance-Officer with the General-Staff of the XI. Army-Corps (18 Sep 1914-01 Dec 1914)
Adjutant of the Munitions Column of the 11th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Dec 1914-13 Jun 1915)
Ordinance-Officer with the General-Staff of the 84th Infantry-Division (13 Jun 1915-01 Nov 1916)
Transferred into the General-Staff of I. Army-Corps (01 Nov 1916-05 Mar 1917)
Transferred into the General-Staff of the 54th Infantry-Division (05 Mar 1917-02 Aug 1917)
Battalion-Leader in the 11th Field-Artillery-Regiment (02 Aug 1917-24 Dec 1917)
Detached to the Staff of the Training-Direction of the General-Staff Courses in Valenciennes (24 Dec 1917-02 Jan 1918)
Officer of the Army – Transferred to the Staff of Generalmajor Graf von der Goltz (in Finland), later in the Staff of the 1st Finnish Division (02 Jan 1918-1919)
Member of Freikorps Epp (1919-22 Oct 1919)
Transferred into the 22nd Reichswehr-Guards-Regiment (22 Oct 1919-01 Oct 1920)
Chief of the Transport-Squadron of the 6th Artillery-Regiment(01 Oct 1920-01 Apr 1923)
General-Staff Officer of the 3rd Cavalry-Division (01 Apr 1923-15 Dec 1923)
Transferred to the Staff of the I. Battalion of the 6th Artillery-Regiment (15 Dec 1923-01 Oct 1925)
Battery-Chief in the 6th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1925-01 Oct 1933)
Commander of the III. Battalion of the 5th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1933-01 Feb 1935)
Detached to Course B for Artillery-Officers (17 Oct 1933-10 Nov 1933)
Department-Leader in the RWM then RKM/In 3 (01 Feb 1935-04 Feb 1938)
Department-Chief in OKH/In 3 (04 Feb 1938-24 Nov 1938)
Inspector of Transport Troops/In 8/OKH (24 Nov 1938-01 Jul 1939)
Military-Replacement-Inspector Oppeln (01 Jul 1939-01 Mar 1940)
Military-Replacement-Inspector Kattowitz (01 Mar 1940-01 May 1942)
Führer-Reserve OKH (01 May 1942-06 May 1942)
Commandant of Rear Army Area 559 (06 May 1942-17 Apr 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKH (17 Apr 1943-30 Jun 1944)
Retired (30 Jun 1944)

Awards & Decorations:
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- RK II. Klasse des Grossherzoglich Sachsen-Weimarischen Hausordens der Wachsamkeit oder vom weissen Falken mit Schwertern
- Reussisches Ehrenkreuz III. Klasse mit Schwertern - k.u.k. Österr. Militär-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Spange zum EK I
- Spange zum EK II
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern


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