(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Werner Frotscher
Born: 31 Dec 1894 in Croppenstedt, District Halberstadt
Died: 22 May 1959 in Badenweiler
Promotions:
Fähnrich (30 Mar 1915); Leutnant (08 May 1915); Charakter als Oberleutnant (15 Mar 1922); Hauptmann (15 Sep 1934); Major (01 Jan 1938); Oberstleutnant (01 Mar 1941); Oberst (01 Sep 1942); Generalmajor (20 Apr 1945)
Career:
Entered Army Service (04 Aug 1914)
Fahnenjunker in the I. Replacement-Battalion of the 153rd Infantry-Regiment (04 Aug 1914-22 Jan 1915)
Transferred into the 8th Company of the mobile 153rd Infantry-Regiment (22 Jan 1915-08 May 1915)
Company-Officer in the 5th Company of the 153rd Infantry-Regiment (08 May 1915-25 Sep 1915)
Detached as Company-Leader to the Recruitment-Battalion of the 8th Infantry-Division (25 Sep 1915-20 Oct 1915)
Taken Ill – Transferred to the I. Replacement-Battalion of the 153rd Infantry-Regiment (20 Oct 1915-13 Apr 1916)
In the Field with the mobile 153rd Infantry-Regiment (13 Apr 1916-02 May 1916)
Company-Officer in the 12th Company of the 153rd Infantry-Regiment (02 May 1916-19 Jul 1916)
Wounded, in Hospital (19 Jul 1916-28 Aug 1916)
Transferred to the I. Replacement-Battalion of the 153rd Infantry-Regiment (28 Aug 1916-19 Dec 1916)
Ordinance-Officer, Court and Gas Protection Officer of the 153rd Infantry-Regiment (19 Dec 1916-21 May 1917)
Detached to 19th Course at the Army Gas Protection School in Berlin (12 Mar 1917-18 Mar 1917)
Temporary-Leader of the 4th Company of the 153rd Infantry-Regiment (21 May 1917-28 May 1917)
Leader of the 4th Company of the 153rd Infantry-Regiment (28 May 1917-17 Jun 1917)
Taken Ill, in Hospital (17 Jun 1917-09 Jul 1917)
Transferred to the 1st Company of the I. Replacement-Battalion of the 153rd Infantry-Regiment (09 Jul 1917-23 Aug 1917)
Detached to the Line-Commander L2 in Kattowitz (23 Aug 1917-28 Mar 1918)
Transferred to the Liner-Commander L2 in Kattowitz (28 Mar 1918-1919)
Formation-Leader of the 32nd Panzer-Platoon (1919-00 Jun 1919)
Entente-Concomitant-Officer and German Liaison-Officer for the Military-Traffic in Danzig (00 Jun 1919-30 Apr 1923)
Retired (30 Apr 1923)
Reactivated to Army Service (15 Sep 1934)
Hauptmann in the 13th Infantry-Regiment (15 Sep 1934-01 Oct 1934)
Assigned to the Staff of the III. Battalion of Infantry-Regiment Tübingen (01 Oct 1934-01 Jan 1935)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 10th Company of the Infantry-Regiment Tübingen (01 Jan 1935-23 Jan 1935)
Chief of the 10th Company of Infantry-Regiment Tübingen (23 Jan 1935-15 Oct 1935)
Chief of the 2nd Company of the 56th Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-12 Oct 1937)
Chief of the 2nd Company of the 109th Infantry-Regiment (12 Oct 1937-10 Nov 1938)
Chief of the 5th Company of Watch-Regiment Berlin (10 Nov 1938-28 Sep 1939)
Führer-Reserve – Military-District-Command III (28 Sep 1939-1939)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the 29th Infantry-Regiment (1939-21 Dec 1940)
Commander of Watch-Battalion Berlin (21 Dec 1940-15 Sep 1942)
Führer-Reserve OKH (15 Sep 1942-17 Sep 1942)
Commander of the 270th Fusilier-Regiment (17 Sep 1942-08 Dec 1943)
Führer-Reserve – Army-Group North (08 Dec 1943-10 Dec 1943)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 176th Grenadier-Regiment (10 Dec 1943-10 Mar 1944)
Commander of the 176th Grenadier-Regiment (10 Mar 1944-09 Nov 1944)
Commander of the 422nd Grenadier-Regiment (09 Nov 1944-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-1947)
Released (1947)

Awards & Decorations:
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (11 Mar 1945)


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