(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Vizeadmiral Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière
Born: 18 Mar 1886 in Posen
Died: 24 Feb 1941 in Paris-Le Bourget (Air Crash)
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (15 Apr 1904); Leutnant zur See (28 Sep 1906); Oberleutnant zur See (27 Mar 1909); Kapitänleutnant (16 Dec 1914); Korvettenkapitän (01 Apr 1922); Fregattenkapitän (01 Nov 1928); Kapitän zur See (01 Oct 1930); Charakter als Konteradmiral (25 Jan 1937); Charakter als Vizeadmiral (19 Aug 1939); Konteradmiral a.D. (01 Jun 1940); Vizeadmiral z.V. (01 Feb 1941)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seakadett, Attended Basic-Training and Seekadett on Board the School-Ship ‘Stein’ (01 Apr 1903-31 Mar 1904)
Naval-School and Special-Briefings (01 Apr 1904-30 Sep 1905)
On Board the Liner ‘Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm’ (14 Dec 1905-30 Mar 1907)
Role-Officer on the School-Ship ‘Stein’ (31 Mar 1907-03 Apr 1908)
Watch-Officer on Board the Liner ‘Schlesien’ (05 May 1908-05 Jul 1908) Watch-Officer on Board the Liner ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ (06 Jul 1908-30 Sep 1908)
Company-Officer in the II. Torpedo-Division (01 Oct 1908-31 Mar 1911)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on Board the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 155’ (01 Nov 1909-28 Nov 1909)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on Board the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 155’ (04 Jan 1910-06 Jan 1910)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on Board the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 155’ (04 Apr 1910-10 Jun 1910)
At the same time, Watch-Officer on Board the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 155’ (23 Aug 1910-10 Sep 1910)
Departed to East Asia and Watch-Officer on Board the Small Cruiser ‘Emden’ (01 Apr 1911-29 May 1913)
Returned Home and Placed to the Disposal of the II. Naval-Inspection (30 May 1913-24 Sep 1913)
Adjutant in the Admiral-Staff of the Navy (25 Sep 1913-31 Mar 1915)
Submarine-Training (01 Apr 1915-19 Jun 1915)
Commandant of Submarine ‘U 1’ (20 Jun 1915-02 Jul 1915)
Adjutant in the Admiral-Staff of the Navy (03 Jul 1915-14 Aug 1915)
Commandant of Submarine ‘U 3’ (15 Aug 1915-24 Sep 1915)
Commandant of Submarine ‘U 35’ (10 Nov 1915-31 Mar 1918)
Commandant of U-Cruiser ‘U 139’ (18 May 1918-13 Oct 1918)
Chief of the 3rd Minesweeper-Half-Flotilla (14 Oct 1918-28 Feb 1919)
Battalion-Commander in the III. Naval-Brigade (01 Mar 1919-30 Jun 1920)
Commander of the Infantry-Battalion of the Ship’s-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (01 Jul 1920-30 Sep 1922)
Naval-Liaison-Officer to Military-District-Command III (Stettin) (06 Oct 1922-08 Jan 1925)
Navigations-Officer on the Liner ‘Hannover’ (09 Jan 1925-30 Sep 1925)
Navigations-Officer in Board the Liner ‘Elsaß’ (01 Oct 1925-08 May 1926)
1st Admiral-Staff-Officer (Asto) in the Staff of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (18 May 1926-23 Sep 1928)
Commandant of the Cruiser ‘Emden’ (24 Sep 1928-10 Oct 1930)
Chairman of the Test-Committee for Ships (11 Oct 1930-26 Sep 1931)
Retired from Naval Service (26 Sep 1931)
Service as an Instructor in the Turkish Naval Academy (1932-1938)
Placed to the Disposal of the Kriegsmarine and Plenipotentiary of the Navy for Danzig and the Coastal-Region of the former Polish Corridor (10 Sep 1939-14 Mar 1940)
Naval-Commander, Belgium-Netherlands (20 May 1940-18 Jun 1940)
Naval-Commander, Brittany (22 Jun 1940-03 Dec 1940)
Naval-Commander, West France (04 Dec 1940-19 Feb 1941)
On the Flight to Assume his Command as ‘Admiral South’ was Killed in an accident on the Airfield of Paris-Le Bourget (19 Feb 1941-24 Feb 1941)
Died (24 Feb 1941)

Decorations & Awards:
- Pour le mérite: am 11.10.1916 als Kapitänleutnant und Kommandant Unterseeboot “U 35“
- Ritterkreuz des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Kronen-Orden IV. Klasse: Winter 1906
- Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Ritterkreuz des k.u.k. Österr. Leopold-Ordens mit der Kriegsdekoration
- k.u.k. Österr. Orden der Eisernen Krone III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- k.u.k. Österr. Militär-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- Türkische Silberne Liakat-(Verdienst)-Medaille mit Säbel
- Türkischer Eiserner Halbmond
- U-Bootskriegsabzeichen, 1918
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Spange zum EK II
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern


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