(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Max Horn
Born: 29 Mar 1889 in Hamburg
Died: 02 Nov 1981 in Nuremberg (Nürnberg)
Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter (01 Aug 1908); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (20 Aug 1908); Fähnrich (29 Nov 1908); Leutnant (19 Aug 1909); Oberleutnant (01 Dec 1914); Hauptmann (27 Jan 1917); Major (01 Mar 1930); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1934); Oberst (01 Jan 1936); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1939); Generalleutnant (01 Oct 1941)
Career:
Entered Army Service (29 Apr 1908)
Fahnenjunker in the 102nd Saxon Infantry-Regiment (29 Apr 1908-03 Aug 1914)
In the Field with the 103rd Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (03 Aug 1914-20 Nov 1916)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 103rd Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (20 Nov 1916-29 Oct 1917)
Company-Leader in the 103rd Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (29 Oct 1917-15 Nov 1917)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 58th Infantry-Division (15 Nov 1917-02 Mar 1918)
MG-Officer with the Staff of the 103rd Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (02 Mar 1918-22 Dec 1918)
Transferred into the Replacement-Battalion of the 102nd Infantry-Regiment (22 Dec 1918-07 Mar 1919)
Leader of the MG-Company of the 3rd Border-Protection-Battalion (07 Mar 1919-22 Jun 1919)
With the Volunteer-Collection-Office Königsbrück, then the 1st Field-Supplemental-Battalion (22 Jun 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Company-Chief in the 23rd Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1919-01 Oct 1920)
Company-Chief in the 10th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-01 Mar 1922)
Hauptmann with the Staff & Welfare-Officer of I. Battalion of the 10th Infantry-Regiment (01 Mar 1922-01 May 1924)
Chief of 3rd Company of the 10th Infantry-Regiment (01 May 1924-01 Oct 1924)
Hauptmann with the Staff of I. Battalion of the 10th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1924-01 Oct 1927)
Detached to Line-Commander E (12 Jan 1925-28 Feb 1925)
Detached to the Naval-Service-Office Hamburg (01 Apr 1927-30 Jun 1927)
Detached to the Naval-Service-Office Hamburg (01 Aug 1927-30 Aug 1927)
Transferred to the Staff of 2nd Division as Transport-Liaison-Officer to Naval-Service-Office Hamburg (01 Oct 1927-01 Apr 1928)
Transferred, with unchanged Service Use, into the 13th Mounted-Regiment (01 Apr 1928-01 Nov 1928)
Transferred, with unchanged Service Use, to Command-Office Cuxhaven (01 Nov 1928-01 Jun 1929)
Transport-Officer with the Staff of the 1st Cavalry-Division (01 Jun 1929-01 Oct 1931)
Commander of III. Battalion of the 11th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1931-01 Apr 1934)
Detached to Firing-Course A for heavy Infantry Weapons in Döberitz (03 Oct 1932-22 Oct 1932)
Transferred to the Staff of the 10th Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1934-01 Oct 1934)
Transferred to the Staff of Infantry-Regiment Dresden (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Commander of the 32nd Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-31 Jan 1940)
Commander of the 214th Infantry-Division (31 Jan 1940-01 Jan 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH (01 Jan 1944-10 Jan 1944)
Commander of the 719th Infantry-Division (10 Jan 1944-15 Feb 1944)
Commander of the 214th Infantry-Division (15 Feb 1944-05 Apr 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH & Detached to Army-Group North for the Execution of Special Tasks (05 Apr 1944-25 Aug 1944)
Commander of the 203rd Security-Division (25 Aug 1944-21 Oct 1944)
Commander of the 203rd Infantry-Division (21 Oct 1944-18 Nov 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH (18 Nov 1944-22 Nov 1944)
Commander of Special-Purpose-Division-Staff 607 (also called Division Kurische Nehrung) (22 Nov 1944-16 Apr 1945)
Führer-Reserve OKH (16 Apr 1945-06 May 1945)
In British Captivity (06 May 1945-07 Jul 1947)
Released (07 Jul 1947)

Awards & Decorations:
Ritter des königlich-sächsischen Militär-St.-Heinrich-Ordens (31 May 1918)


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