(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)

Konteradmiral Edmund Schulz
Born: 06 Apr 1877 in Berlin
Died: 15 Oct 1961 in Soltau, Niedersachsen
Promotions:
Seekadett (13 May 1895); Unterleutnant zur See (25 Oct 1897); umernannt zum Leutnant zur See (01 Jan 1899); Oberleutnant zur See (18 Jun 1900); Kapitänleutnant (21 Mar 1905); Korvettenkapitän (11 Nov 1911); Fregattenkapitän (14 Oct 1917); Kapitän zur See (21 Jan 1920); Charakter als Konteradmiral (30 Jun 1923); Konteradmiral z.V. (01 Aug 1941)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Kadett, Attended Basic-Training and on Board the School-Ship ‘Stein’ (16 Apr 1894-22 Mar 1895)
On Board the School-Ship ‘Moltke’ (23 Mar 1895-24 Mar 1896)
On Board the Torpedo-School-Ship ‘Blücher’ and Weapons-Courses (25 Mar 1896-30 Sep 1896)
Attended Naval-School (01 Oct 1896-30 Sep 1897)
On Board the Armoured-Ships ‘Sachsen’ and ‘Württemberg’ (01 Oct 1897-10 Jan 1898)
Watch-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Kaiser’ (10 Jan 1898-14 May 1899)
Watch-Officer on the Heavy Cruiser ‘Deutschland’ (14 May 1899-28 Mar 1900)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (29 Mar 1900-02 Apr 1900)
Watch-Officer on the Armoured-Cannon-Boat ‘Natter’ (03 Apr 1900-24 Sep 1900)
Company-Officer in the I. Torpedo-Battalion (25 Sep 1900-30 Sep 1902)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Division-Boat ‘D 10’ (11 Apr 1901-04 Jul 1901)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 8’ (01 Oct 1901-31 Mar 1902)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 32’ (01 Apr 1902-26 Jun 1902)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 69’ (30 Jul 1902-20 Sep 1902)
Torpedo-Officer on the Liner ‘Wittelsbach’ (15 Oct 1902-30 Sep 1903)
Departed to Uraga, Japan (01 Oct 1903-28 Nov 1903)
Torpedo-Officer on the Heavy Cruiser ‘Hansa’ (29 Nov 1903-12 May 1905)
Returned Home from Tsingtau and Placed to the Disposal of the II. Naval-Inspection (13 May 1905-15 Aug 1905)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 55’ (16 Aug 1905-15 Sep 1905)
Company-Leader in the II. Shipyard-Division (16 Sep 1905-31 Mar 1906)
Adjutant of the II. Naval-Inspection (01 Apr 1906-25 Sep 1906)
Instructor on the Liner ‘Württemberg’ (26 Sep 1906-30 Sep 1908)
At the same time, Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 92’ (01 Oct 1907-03 Sep 1908)
Company-Leader in the II. Shipyard-Division (01 Oct 1908-08 Jan 1909)
Navigations-Officer on the Small Cruiser ‘Lübeck’ (09 Jan 1909-31 Mar 1910)
Navigations-Officer on the Heavy Cruiser ‘Gneisenau’ (01 Apr 1910-14 Sep 1910)
Navigations-Officer on the Liner ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ (15 Sep 1910-22 Sep 1911)
First Officer on the Torpedo-School-Ship ‘Württemberg’ (23 Sep 1911-17 Mar 1913)
Detached to the Staff of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (18 Mar 1913-30 Sep 1913)
1st Adjutant in the Staff of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (01 Oct 1913-31 Dec 1916)
Plenipotentiary Admiral Staff Officer and Commander of Naval-Affairs in Konstanza, Romania (11 Jan 1917-15 Dec 1917)
Commandant of the Mine-Cruiser ‘Brummer’ (21 Dec 1917-23 Aug 1918)
Staff-Commandant in Fleet Command (24/08/1918-10 Jan 1919)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (11 Jan 1919-20 Mar 1919)
Delegated with the Formation of the Personnel-Office of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (21 Mar 1919-09 May 1919)
Commander of the Personnel-Office of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (10 May 1919-16 Dec 1919)
Advisor in the General Naval-Office, Admiralty then Detached for Service in the Admiralty (17 Dec 1919-26 Apr 1920)
Advisor in the General Naval-Office, Admiralty (27 Apr 1920-30 May 1920)
City-Commandant of Kiel (31 May 1920-16 Jul 1920)
Department-Chief in the Admiralty (29 Jul 1920-15 Sep 1920)
Department-Chief in Naval Command (15 Sep 1920-20 Dec 1920)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (21 Dec 1920-16 Jan 1921)
Leader of the Crew-Cadre ‘Hannover’ (17 Jan 1921-09 Feb 1921)
Commandant of the Liner ‘Hannover’ (10 Feb 1921-26 Sep 1922)
At the same time, Acting-Commander of Sea Forces of the Baltic Sea (19 Jul 1921-29 Jul 1921)
Detached to the Naval-Archives (27 Sep 1922-30 Sep 1923)
Retired (30 Jun 1923)
Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine and Industry-Representative of Shipyards (21 Jul 1940-06 Jul 1941)
Shipyard-Representative South-East (07 May 1941-03 Dec 1941)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commanding Admiral of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (04 Dec 1941-31 Jan 1942)
Retired (31 Jan 1942)

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