(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Dipl.Ing. Wilhelm Hartmann
Born: 05 Oct 1894 in Mannheim
Died: 23 Jan 1963 in Minden, Westphalia (Westfalen)
Diploma In Engineering: 31 Oct 1933
Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (27 Jan 1914); Fähnrich (18 May 1914); Leutnant (06 Aug 1914); Oberleutnant (18 Apr 1918); Hauptmann (01 Nov 1926); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1936); Oberst (01 Jan 1939); Generalmajor (01 Aug 1942); Generalleutnant (20 Apr 1945)
Career:
Entered Army Service (01 Oct 1913)
One Year Volunteer in the 30th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1913-18 Jan 1914)
Fahnenjunker in the 30th Field-Artillery-Regiment (18 Jan 1914-09 Oct 1914)
Detached to the War School Neiße (03 May 1914-02 Aug 1914)
Lightly wounded & Taken ill, Hospital (09 Oct 1914-28 Dec 1914)
Transferred, as Ordinance-Officer to the Staff of the 55th Reserve-Field-Artillery (28 Dec 1914-01 Jun 1915)
Battery-Officer in the 5th Battery of the 55th Reserve-Field-Artillery (01 Jun 1915-01 Jul 1915)
Battery-Officer in the 4th Battery of the 55th Reserve-Field-Artillery (01 Jul 1915-01 Aug 1915)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 55th Reserve-Field-Artillery (01 Aug 1915-06 Feb 1917)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 55th Reserve-Field-Artillery (06 Feb 1917-04 Feb 1918)
Leader of the 9th Battery of the 55th Reserve-Field-Artillery (04 Feb 1918-23 Feb 1918)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 55th Reserve-Field-Artillery (23 Feb 1918-16 May 1918)
Adjutant of Artillery-Commander 75 (16 May 1918-14 Jan 1919)
Leader of the 2nd Battery of the 30th Field-Artillery-Regiment (14 Jan 1919-28 Mar 1919)
Ordinance-Officer with the General-Command of XIV. Army-Corps (28 Mar 1919-12 May 1919)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 14th Light Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (12 May 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 13th Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1919-03 Jul 1920)
Detached to the Cavalry-School Hannover (01 May 1920-30 Sep 1922)
While retaining previous Post, transferred into the 9th Battery of the 13th Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (03 Jul 1920-16 Sep 1920)
While retaining previous Post, transferred into the 10th Battery of the 13th Reichsweher-Artillery-Regiment (16 Sep 1920-01 Jan 1921)
While retaining previous Post, transferred into the 4th Battery of the 5th Artillery-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-01 Jan 1927)
Detached to Firing Course for Artillery Officers in Jüterbog (24 Apr 1924-05 Jun 1924)
Detached to Firing Course on Infantry Guns on the Troop-Exercise-Grounds Senne (15 Jun 1925-17 Jul 1925)
Detached to Course in Artillery Surveying Service (03 Oct 1926-30 Oct 1926)
Transferred to the Staff of II. Battalion of the 5th Artillery-Regiment (01 Jan 1927-01 Nov 1927)
Detached to Course for Uniformed Riding Training in Hannover (27 Jul 1927-15 Aug 1927)
Detached to Survey Course in Meseritz (01 Oct 1927-29 Oct 1927)
Transferred to the Staff of III. Battalion of the 5th Artillery-Regiment (01 Nov 1927-01 Oct 1928)
Detached to Engineering Studies at the Technical College in Berlin-Charlottenburg (01 Oct 1928-01 Apr 1933)
Detached to the Army Weapons Office, RWM (01 Apr 1933-01 May 1933)
Placed to Disposal of the Chief of Army Command (01 May 1933-01 Apr 1934)
Transferred to Artillery-School (01 Apr 1934-01 Oct 1934)
Commander of Artillery-Battalion Ohrdruf (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Commander of I. Battalion of the 73rd Artillery-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Detached to the Army Weapons Office, Testing Matters (27 Jan 1936-16 Feb 1937)
Commander of the 73rd Artillery-Regiment (06 Oct 1936-01 Oct 1937)
Detached to the Army Weapons Office (01 Oct 1937-12 Oct 1937)
Chief of Department Wa.B 8 in the Army Weapons Office (12 Oct 1937-10 May 1938)
Chief of Department Wa J Rü 8, Army Weapons Office, OKH (10 May 1938-01 Feb 1940)
Chief of the Central-Department, Wa J Rü (Z), Army Weapons Office (01 Feb 1940-06 Jun 1940)
Artillery-Commander 101 (06 Jun 1940-29 Jul 1940)
Transferred to Department Wa Z, Army Weapons Office, OKH (29 Jul 1940-12 Apr 1941)
Artillery-Commander 35 (12 Apr 1941-01 Oct 1941)
Führer-Reserve - Military-District-Command III (01 Oct 1941-03 Dec 1941)
Detached to the Staff of Army-Group D as Director of Re-Schooling Courses for Artillery Officers (03 Dec 1941-27 Jan 1942)
Detached to the Reichs Ministry for Arms & Munitions (27 Jan 1942-01 Jul 1942)
Führer-Reserve - Military-District-Command III (01 Jul 1942-01 Feb 1943)
Transferred into the Armamants-Office of the Reichs Ministry for Arms & Munitions (01 Feb 1943-01 Mar 1943)
Taken ill, in Hospital (01 Mar 1943-01 Aug 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKH, Detached to the Reichs Ministry for Arms and War Production (01 Aug 1943-15 Sep 1943)
Führer-Reserve - Military-District-Command III (15 Sep 1943-11 Feb 1944)
Delegated with Special Tasks with Military-District-Command III (11 Feb 1944-22 May 1944)
Artillery-Commander 130 (22 May 1944-07 Aug 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH (07 Aug 1944-20 Sep 1944)
Detached for Service with the Reichs Minister for Arms & Munitions (20 Sep 1944-21 Dec 1944)
General with Special Duties in the Reichs Ministry for Armaments & War Production (21 Dec 1944-09 May 1945)
In Captivity (09 May 1945-00 Mar 1946)
Released (00 Mar 1946)

Awards & Decorations:
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (27 Nov 1941)


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