(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Kurt Gerok
Born: 24 Feb 1882 in Ulm
Died: 25 Apr 1946 in Karlsruhe
Promotions:
Fähnrich (25 Feb 1901); Leutnant (18 Oct 1901); Oberleutnant (28 Feb 1910); Hauptmann (19 Aug 1914); Charakter als Major (31 Aug 1920); Major (L) (01 Oct 1933); Oberstleutnant (E) (05 Mar 1935); Oberst (01 Mar 1938); Generalmajor (01 Mar 1943); Generalleutnant (20 Jun 1944)
Career:
Entered Army Service (03 Jul 1900)
Fahnenjunker in the 29th Field-Artillery-Regiment (03 Jul 1900-22 Mar 1913)
Detached to Instruction-Courses of the Field-Artillery-Firing-School (01 Oct 1903-31 Jan 1904)
Granted Leave to Language Studies in Paris and Brussels (01 Jan 1907-30 Jun 1907)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1908-30 Sep 1911)
Detached to Instruction-Courses of the Field-Artillery-Firing-School (01 Oct 1912-10 Feb 1913)
Detached to the Grand General Staff (22 Mar 1913-02 Aug 1914)
2nd Adjutant of the 26th Infantry-Division (02 Aug 1914-14 Sep 1916)
Delegated with the Leadership of the I. Battalion of the 65th Field-Artillery-Regiment (14 Sep 1916-03 Oct 1916)
Battery-Chief in the 29th Field-Artillery-Regiment (03 Oct 1916-15 Oct 1916)
Leader of the II. Battalion of the 29th Field-Artillery-Regiment (15 Oct 1916-29 Oct 1916)
Detached to the General-Command of the XIII. Army-Corps (29 Oct 1916-19 Dec 1916)
2nd General-Staff-Officer of the 43rd Reserve-Division (19 Dec 1916-24 Mar 1917)
Transferred into the General-Staff of the VII. Army-Corps (24 Mar 1917-21 Oct 1917)
Detached as Leader of the I. Battalion of the 20th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (08 Sep 1917-23 Sep 1917)
Transferred into the Army General Staff while retaining position with the VII. Army-Corps (21 Oct 1917-15 Nov 1917)
Transferred into the General-Staff of the 105th Infantry-Division (15 Nov 1917-22 Jun 1918)
Officer of the Army and Assigned to the General-Command of the XIII. Army-Corps for Special Duties (22 Jun 1918-28 Aug 1918)
Assigned position with the XIII. Army-Corps lifted (18 Jul 1918)
Commander of the II. Replacement-Battalion of the 29th Field-Artillery-Regiment (28 Aug 1918-14 Oct 1918)
Transferred into the 49th Field-Artillery-Regiment (14 Oct 1918-16 Oct 1918)
Delegated with the Leadership of the III. Battalion of the 49th Field-Artillery-Regiment (16 Oct 1918-28 Oct 1918)
Delegated with the Leadership of the II. Battalion of the 49th Field-Artillery-Regiment (28 Oct 1918-01 Jan 1919)
Battery-Leader in the 29th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Jan 1919-01 Jun 1919)
Battery-Leader in the 13th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Jun 1919-15 Jul 1919)
With the Staff of the II. Battalion of the 13th Field-Artillery-Regiment (15 Jul 1919-15 Sep 1919)
Detached to the Processing-Office of the XIII. Army-Corps (15 Sep 1919-15 Oct 1919)
Transferred to the Processing-Office of the XIII. Army-Corps (15 Oct 1919-01 Apr 1920)
Transferred back into the 13th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1920-02 Jun 1920)
Assigned to the Liaison-Office of the Army-Peace-Commission (02 Jun 1920-31 Aug 1920)
Retired (31 Aug 1920)
Employed by the Army (01 Dec 1925)
Section-Agent in Border-Protection South with Military-District-Command V (01 Dec 1925-01 Apr 1929)
County-Leader with Special Duties with the Territorial-Administration South with Service Seat in Ludwigsburg (01 Apr 1929-01 Dec 1930)
Senior-District-Leader Tübingen with Service-Seat in Stuttgart (01 Dec 1930-01 Oct 1933)
Entered Army Service as Territorial-Officer (01 Oct 1933); Supplemental-Officer (05 Mar 1935)
Commander of Military-District-Command III, Stuttgart (01 Oct 1933-24 May 1935)
Commander of Military-District-Command V, Stuttgart (24 May 1935-31 May 1935)
Retired (31 May 1935)
Entered Army Service as a Supplemental-Officer (01 Apr 1936); Active-Officer (01 Jun 1941)
Commander of Military-District-Command Karlsruhe (01 Apr 1936-16 Sep 1939)
Commander of the 5th Artillery-Replacement-Regiment (16 Sep 1939-01 May 1940)
Commander of the 395th Artillery-Regiment (01 May 1940-11 Jun 1940)
Commander of Military-District-Command Karlsruhe (11 Jun 1940-01 May 1941)
Commander of the 25th Artillery-Replacement-Regiment (01 May 1941-01 Feb 1942)
Commander of the 387th Artillery-Regiment (01 Feb 1942-16 Jan 1943)
Artillery-Commander 121 (Command did not become fully effective) (16 Jan 1943-20 Jan 1943)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 387th Infantry-Division (20 Jan 1943-05 Feb 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKH (05 Feb 1943-08 Jun 1943)
Commander of the 153rd Field-Training-Division (08 Jun 1943-15 Jun 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH, Detached to Army-Group North (15 Jun 1944-17 Sep 1944)
Commander of the 207th Security-Division (17 Sep 1944-12 Oct 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH – Commander of Coastal-Fortifications Narva (12 Oct 1944-10 Dec 1944)
Commander of the 207th Special-Purpose-Division (10 Dec 1944-28 Jan 1945)
Retired (30 Apr 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-00 Mar 1946)
Released (00 Mar 1946)

Awards & Decorations:
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (29 Mar 1944)


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