(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Richard Bulcke
Born: 26 Aug 1880 in Güttland, District Dirschau
Died: 31 May 1948 in Weingarten
Promotions:
Unteroffizier (07 Feb 1900); Fähnrich (16 Jun 1900); Leutnant (18 Jan 1901); Oberleutnant (22 Mar 1910); Hauptmann (02 Aug 1914); Charakter als Major (09 Apr 1920); Major (E) (01 Nov 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1937); Oberst (01 Apr 1941); Generalmajor (20 Apr 1945)
Career:
Entered Army Service (07 Feb 1900)
Fahnenjunker in the 17th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1899-02 Aug 1914)
Adjutant of the I. Battalion of the 17th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Jul 1904-30 Sep 1907)
Detached to the War-Academy (01 Jan 1910-21 Jul 1913)
Detached to the 110th Grenadier-Regiment (01 Jul 1911-30 Sep 1911)
Detached to the 3rd Ulanen-Regiment (22 Jul 1913-30 Sep 1913)
Detached to the Grand General Staff (24 Sep 1913-02 Aug 1914)
Transferred to the Grand General Staff and Transferred to the Staff of the Chief of the General Staff of the Field Army (02 Aug 1914-03 Aug 1914)
Ordinance-Officer with the Chief of the General Staff of the Field Army (03 Aug 1914-25 Feb 1917)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the 201st Infantry-Division (25 Feb 1917-04 Jul 1918)
At the same time, Battalion-Leader of the 401st Field-Artillery-Battalion (02 Jul 1917-06 Aug 1917)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the 11th Landwehr-Division (04 Jul 1918-14 Feb 1919)
Transferred into the Grand General Staff (14 Feb 1919-09 Apr 1920)
With the Reichs Archives, Potsdam (05 Nov 1919-31 Mar 1920)
Retired (09 Apr 1920)
Registration-Office-Leader in the Volunteer Reichs-Work-Service (01 Dec 1933-31 Oct 1934)
Reactivated into Army Service as a Supplemental-Officer (01 Nov 1934); Active-Officer (01 Jun 1941)
Major with the Replacement-Battalion of Infantry-Regiment Weingarten (01 Nov 1934-01 Nov 1936)
Commander of the Replacement-Battalion of the 14th Infantry-Regiment (01 Nov 1936-26 Aug 1939)
Commander of the 14th Infantry-Replacement-Regiment (26 Aug 1939-17 Feb 1940)
Commander of the 390th Infantry-Regiment (17 Feb 1940-31 Mar 1942)
Führer-Reserve OKH (31 Mar 1942-10 May 1942)
Detached to the Staff of the Military Commander France (10 May 1942-01 Aug 1942)
Field-Commandant 723, Caen (01 Aug 1942-12 May 1943)
Führer-Reserve – Military-District V, Delegated with the Care of Military Hospitals in the Greater Reich (12 May 1943-08 May 1945)
In captivity (08 May 1945-1947)
Released (1947)

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