(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Kurt Fischer
Born: 16 Aug 1877 in Berlin
Died: 08 Jan 1947 in Wiesbaden
Promotions:
Fähnrich (18 Nov 1896); Sekondeleutnant (20 Jul 1897); umbenannt in Leutnant (01 Jan 1899); Oberleutnant (15 Jun 1907); Hauptmann (23 May 1911); Major (28 Dec 1916); Oberstleutnant (01 Sep 1921); Oberst (01 Feb 1926); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1929); Charakter als Generalleutnant (31 Oct 1930); Generalleutnant z.V. (01 Feb 1941)
Career:
Entered Army Service (16 Mar 1896)
Fahnenjunker in the 65th Infantry-Regiment (16 Mar 1896-20 Mar 1910)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1906-20 Jul 1909)
Detached to the Grand General Staff (20 Mar 1910-20 Mar 1911)
Transferred into the 138th Infantry-Regiment (20 Mar 1911-23 May 1911)
Company-Chief in the 138th Infantry-Regiment (23 May 1911-01 Oct 1913)
Assigned to the Grand General Staff and Detached to the General-Staff of the XIV. Army-Corps (01 Oct 1913-02 Aug 1914)
Transferred into the General-Staff of the XVII. Army-Corps (02 Aug 1914-04 Jul 1915)
General-Staff-Officer of the 3rd Guards-Infantry-Division (04 Jul 1915-21 Sep 1918)
At the same time, in the General-Staff of the Karpaten-Corps (06 Aug 1916-10 Dec 1917)
Military-Attaché in Berne (21 Sep 1918-21 Oct 1918)
Detached to Army High Command 4 (21 Oct 1918-03 Jan 1919)
In the General-Staff of the XIV. Army-Corps (03 Jan 1919-01 Oct 1919)
With the Staff of Military-District-Command VI (01 Oct 1919-01 Oct 1920)
In the General-Staff of the 6th Division (01 Oct 1920-01 Jul 1923)
Commander of the Training-Battalion of the 12th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jul 1923-01 Feb 1926)
With the Staff of the 1st Infantry-Regiment (01 Feb 1926-01 Feb 1928)
Commander of the 1st Infantry-Regiment (01 Feb 1928-01 Feb 1929)
Infantry-Leader I (01 Feb 1929-31 Oct 1930)
Retired (31 Oct 1930)
Placed to Disposal (Army) (01 Jul 1938)
Commander of Supplemental-Troops XII (26 Aug 1939-03 Nov 1939)
Commander of Division 172 (03 Nov 1939-31 Dec 1942)
Führer-Reserve OKH (31 Dec 1942-28 Feb 1943)
Retired (30 Apr 1943)

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