(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral Werner Schönermark
Born: 24 Mar 1897 in Thorn, West Prussia (Westpreußen)
Died: 31 Dec 1945 in Zedelghem, Belgium in Captivity (31 Dec 1945)
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (18 Sep 1915); Leutnant zur See (13 Jan 1917); Oberleutnant zur See (10 Jan 1921); Kapitänleutenant (01 May 1927); Korvettenkapitän (01 Oct 1934); Fregattenkapitän (01 Oct 1937); Kapitän zur See (01 Oct 1939); Konteradmiral (01 Apr 1943)
Decorations & Awards:
Entered the Navy as a War-Volunteer with Aspiring Officer-Service, Basic-Training and On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Freya’ (04 Jan 1915-19 Mar 1915)
On Board the Liner ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ (20 Mar 1915-07 Apr 1916)
On Board the Liner ‘Deutschland’ (08 Apr 1916-09 Sep 1917)
Training and Weapons Course at the Submarine-School (10 Sep 1917-02 Jun 1918)
Watch-Officer on the Submarine ‘U 55’ (03 Jun 1918-02 Dec 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (03 Dec 1918-01 Feb 1919)
With the 32nd Reichswehr-Brigade (Border-Protection East) (02 Feb 1919-24 Oct 1919)
With the III. Naval-Brigade (03 Nov 1919-30 Jun 1920)
Company-Officer in the Ships-Cadre-Detachment of the Baltic Sea (01 Jul 1920-30 Sep 1920)
Ordinance-Officer in the Staff of the Commander of Land Forces of the Baltic Sea (01 Oct 1920-28 May 1921)
Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 18’ (29 May 1921-26 Oct 1922)
Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘T 149’ (27 Oct 1922-31 Jan 1923)
Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 18’ (01 Feb 1923-05 Oct 1923)
Group-Officer in the Naval-School Mürwik (06 Oct 1923-11 Feb 1926)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Sailing-School-Ship ‘Niobe’ (01 Jul 1924-30 Sep 1924)
Watch-Officer in the II. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (12 Feb 1926-22 Sep 1926)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boats ‘S 19’ and ‘G 11’ of the II. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (23 Sep 1926-28 Sep 1928)
Personnel-Advisor in the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (29 Sep 1928-02 Nov 1930)
3rd Adjutant in the Staff of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (03 Nov 1930-30 Sep 1932) Artillery-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Karlsruhe’ (21 Mar 1933-23 Sep 1934)
1st Adjutant in the Staff of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (27 Sep 1934-26 Oct 1937)
Construction-Indoctrination ‘Gneisenau’ at the Naval-Arsenal Kiel (09 Dec 1937-20 May 1938)
First Officer on the Battleship ‘Gneisenau’ (21 May 1938-02 Jul 1940)
Chief of the Naval-Defence-Department, Naval-Defence-Office, OKM (25 Jul 1940-14 Feb 1943)
Chief of the Naval-Defence-Office, OKM (15 Feb 1943-30 Apr 1944)
Chief of the Naval-Troop-Office, OKM (01 May 1944-22 Jul 1945)
In Captivity (22 Jul 1945-31 Dec 1945)
Died in Captivity (31 Dec 1945)

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