(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Helmuth von Ilsemann
Born: 18 Dec 1891 in Allenstein, East Prussia (Ostpreußen)
Died: 29 Sep 1957 in Cologne (Köln)
Promotions:
Fähnrich (19 Nov 1912); Leutnant (19 Aug 1913); Oberleutnant (05 Oct 1916); Hauptmann (01 Mar 1924); Charakter als Major (31 Mar 1934); Major (24 Aug 1939); Oberstleutnant (01 Jul 1942); Oberst (01 Feb 1943); Generalmajor (20 Apr 1945)
Career:
Entered Army Service (26 Mar 1912)
Fahnenjunker in the 25th Field-Artillery-Regiment (26 Mar 1912-1914)
Platoon-Leader, Battalion-Adjutant & Regiments-Adjutant in the 25th Field-Artillery-Regiment, lastly Adjutant of Artillery-Commander 25 (1914-1918)
Transferred into the 11th Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1919-01 Oct 1920)
Transferred into the 5th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-01 Mar 1924)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 5th Artillery-Regiment (01 Mar 1924-01 Oct 1924)
Adjutant of the Chief of the Army Personnel Office (01 Oct 1924-01 Oct 1931)
Battery-Chief in the 3rd Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1931-31 Mar 1934)
Retired (31 Mar 1934)
Reactivated to Army Service (24 Aug 1939)
With Military-District-Command IV Munich (24 Aug 1939-00 Sep 1939)
Battalion-Commander in Artillery-Replacement-Regiment München (00 Sep 1939-01 Dec 1941)
Commander of the 333rd Artillery-Regiment (01 Dec 1941-1943)
Commander of the 367th Artillery-Regiment (1943-01 Dec 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH (01 Dec 1944-01 Jan 1945)
Artillery-Commander 122 (Artillery-Commander of I. Parachute-Corps) (01 Jan 1945-02 May 1945)
In US Captivity (07 May 1945-31 Mar 1947)
Released (31 Mar 1947)

Awards & Decorations:
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 17.09.1944 als Oberst und Kommandeur des Artillerie-Regiment 367
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- RK II. Klasse des Kgl. Sächs. Albrechts-Orden mit Schwertern
- Grossherzoglich Hessische Tapferkeitsmedaille
- Braunschweigisches Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis II. Klasse
- Spange zum EK II
- Spange zum EK I


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