(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Heinz von Gyldenfeldt
Born: 15 Aug 1899 in Bromberg
Died: 23 Aug 1971 in Hamburg
Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter (30 Nov 1917); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (12 Feb 1918); Fähnrich (05 May 1918); Leutnant (05 Jul 1918); Oberleutnant (01 Aug 1925); Hauptmann (01 Jul 1933); Major (01 Jan 1937); Oberstleutnant (01 Aug 1939); Oberst (01 Feb 1942); Generalmajor (01 Jul 1943); Generalleutnant (09 Nov 1944)
Career:
Entered Army Service (14 Jun 1917)
Fahnenjunker in the 1st Guards-Field-Artillery-Regiment (14 Jun 1917-27 Oct 1917)
Detached to Course C at the Field Artillery Firing School Jüterbog (03 Aug 1917-11 Oct 1917)
In the Field with the 9th Battery of the 1st Guards-Field-Artillery-Regiment (27 Oct 1917-04 Feb 1919)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the mobile Guards-Artillery-Regiment (04 Feb 1919-18 Apr 1919)
Adjutant of the II. Battalion of the mobile Guards-Artillery-Regiment (18 Apr 1919-29 Apr 1919)
Transferred into the 15th Light Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (29 Apr 1919-15 Jan 1920)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the I. Battalion of the 15th Light Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (15 Jan 1920-17 Jan 1920)
Court-Officer with the Staff of the 15th Light Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (17 Jan 1920-01 Oct 1920)
Transferred into the 2nd Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-01 Mar 1923)
Detached to Course at the Artillery-School in Jüterbog (04 Jan 1921-20 Aug 1921)
Transferred to the Staff of the III. Battalion of the 3rd Artillery-Regiment (01 Mar 1923-01 Oct 1923)
Instructor at the Artillery-School (01 Oct 1923-01 Oct 1926)
Adjutant of the III. Battalion of the 2nd Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1926-01 Oct 1930)
Battery-Officer in the 8th Battery of the 2nd Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1930-01 Oct 1931)
Detached to Subsidiary-Leadership-Training with the Staff of the 1st Division (01 Oct 1931-01 Oct 1933)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of Army Command (01 Oct 1933-01 May 1934)
Transferred into the RWM/Department T1 (01 May 1934-01 Jul 1935)
Transferred into the Army General Staff (01 Jul 1935-12 Oct 1937)
Chief of the 2nd Battery of the 52nd Artillery-Regiment (12 Oct 1937-15 Jul 1938)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the 16th Division (15 Jul 1938-01 Jun 1939)
Transferred into the 11th Department of the Army General Staff (01 Jun 1939-26 Aug 1939)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the 212th Infantry-Division (26 Aug 1939-15 Apr 1940)
Transferred to Senior-Quartermaster I in the Army General Staff (15 Apr 1940-07 May 1940)
Detached as Liaison-Officer of OKH to Panzer-Group von Kleist (07 May 1940-28 May 1940)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the 9th Army (28 May 1940-06 Mar 1941)
Führer-Reserve OKH and Adjutant of the Army High Command (06 Mar 1941-01 Jun 1941)
1st General-Staff-Officer of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, OKH (01 Jun 1941-19 Dec 1941)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of Army-Group A (05 May 1942-11 Jul 1942)
Führer-Reserve OKH (11 Jul 1943-15 Jul 1943)
German Chief of the General Staff of the 11th Italian Army (15 Jul 1943-05 Oct 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKH (05 Oct 1943-15 Oct 1943)
Chief of the General Staff of 4th Army (15 Oct 1943-05 May 1944)
Chief of the General Staff of Army-Group G (05 May 1944-20 Sep 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH (20 Sep 1944-15 Oct 1944)
Chief of the General Staff of Army-Group F, High Command South-East (15 Oct 1944-24 Mar 1945)
Chief of the General Staff of Army-Group South (24 Mar 1945-08 May 1945)
In Captivity, from 01 Jul 1947 in Internment (08 May 1945-23 Dec 1947)
Released (23 Dec 1947)

Awards & Decorations:
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (28 Jul 1943)


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