(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Werner von Gallwitz
Born: 17 May 1893 in Glogau
Died: 11 May 1944 near Sevastopol, Crimea, USSR (KIA)
Promotions:
Fähnrich (22 Mar 1912); Leutnant (18 Aug 1913); Oberleutnant (20 Jun 1918); Hauptmann (01 May 1927); Major (01 Oct 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1937); Oberst (01 Apr 1940); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1943); Generalleutnant (nachträglich) (20 May 1944)
Career:
Entered Army Service (22 Mar 1912)
Fähnrich in the 76th Field-Artillery-Regiment (22 Mar 1912-1914)
Battery-Officer, Battery-Leader and Ordinance-Officer (1914-1918)
Transferred into the 13th Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1919-01 Oct 1920)
Transferred into the 5th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-01 Oct 1927)
Battery-Chief in the 5th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1927-01 Oct 1934)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the 19th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1934-26 Aug 1939)
Commander of the 183rd Artillery-Regiment (26 Aug 1939-04 Mar 1942)
Artillery-Commander 133 (04 Mar 1942-16 Feb 1943)
Artillery-Commander 101 (16 Feb 1943-15 May 1943)
Higher Artillery Officer I (Königsberg) (15 May 1943-05 Jan 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH (05 Jan 1944-06 Apr 1944)
Mountain-Artillery-Commander 132 (06 Apr 1944-11 May 1944)
Killed-in-Action (11 May 1944)

Decorations & Awards:
- RK des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- RK II. Klasse des Grossherzoglich Badischen Orden vom Zähringer Löwen mit Schwertern
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse


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