(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Admiralrichter Dr.jur. Erich Lorenzen
Born: 19 Jun 1896 in Glücksburg
Died: 05 May 1945 in Kiel (Suicide)
Promotions:
Gefreiter (12 Oct 1915); Unteroffizier (06 May 1916); Vizefeldwebel (10 Jun 1917); Leutnant der Reserve (15 Feb 1918); Gerichtsassessor (06 Feb 1925); Marinekriegsgerichtsrat (01 Aug 1925); Marineoberkriegsgerichtsrat (01 Oct 1936); Marineoberstkriegsgerichtsrat (01 Apr 1940); Reichskriegsanwalt (01 Jul 1941); Reichskriegsgerichtsrat (01 Oct 1942); Marinechefrichter (01 Oct 1943); Admiralrichter (01 May 1944)
Career:
Entered the Army Reserves with the 84th Infantry-Regiment (07 Aug 1914-13 Mar 1916)
With the 80th Fusilier-Regiment (14 Mar 1916-18 Aug 1916)
With the 390th Infantry-Regiment (19 Aug 1916-21 Oct 1916)
With the 81st Infantry-Regiment (22 Oct 1916-04 Jul 1917)
With the 390th Infantry-Regiment (05 Jul 1917-24 Jan 1919)
Retired (24 Jan 1919)
Entered the Navy with the Court of the Commander of Sea Forces of the North Sea and 2nd Admiral of the Liner-Division (06 Feb 1925-31 Dec 1929)
On Board the Cruiser 'Amazone' (27 Jul 1925-25 Sep 1925)
On Board the Liner 'Hannover' (07 Apr 1926-30 Apr 1926)
On Board the Liner 'Hannover' (28 Jun 1926-13 May 1927)
On Board the Liner 'Schlesien' (02 Aug 1927-31 Dec 1927)
On Board the Liner 'Schlesien' (01 Oct 1928-13 May 1929)
With the Court of the Commander of Liners (01 Jan 1930-31 Dec 1933)
On Board the Liner 'Schlesien' (01 Jul 1930-06 Jul 1931)
On Board the Liner 'Schlesien' (14 Dec 1931-30 Jan 1932)
On Board the Liner 'Schlesien' (14 Jun 1932-07 Jul 1933)
With the Court of the Inspection of Naval-Artillery (01 Jan 1934-31 Mar 1935)
With the Court of the 2nd Admiral of the North Sea (01 Apr 1935-30 Sep 1936)
Supervisory-Service Judge at the Court of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (15 Oct 1936-31 Mar 1940)
With the Staff of the Commanding Admiral of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (01 Apr 1940-28 Feb 1941)
Placed to the Disposal of OKM and Detached to the Reichs-War-Court (03 Mar 1941-30 Jun 1941)
Reichs-War-Lawyer at the Reichs-War-Court (01 Jul 1941-19 Sep 1943)
Supervisory-Service Judge at the Court of Naval-High-Command Baltic Sea (20 Sep 1943-05 May 1945)
Committed Suicide (05 May 1945)

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