(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Hans Heinrich Beyer
Born: 19 Sep 1881 in Berlin
Died: 05 Mar 1964 in Göttingen
Promotions:
Leutnant (27 Jan 1903); Oberleutnant (27 Jan 1912); Hauptmann (08 Nov 1914); Major (01 Feb 1926); Oberstleutnant (02 Nov 1930); Oberst (01 Jan 1937); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1943)
Career:
Accepted into the Army as Officer-Aspirant, Company-Officer and Company-Chief in the 50th Infantry-Division (01 Mar 1901-30 Sep 1919)
Company-Chief in the 31st Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1919-31 Dec 1920)
Hauptmann with the Battalion-Staff, then, Company-Chief in the 17th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-31 Mar 1924)
With the Staff of the I. Battalion of the 17th Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1924-30 Apr 1925)
With the Staff of the 3rd Division (01 May 1925-30 Apr 1928)
Commander of the Training-Battalion of the 3rd Infantry-Regiment (01 May 1928-30 Apr 1929)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 3rd Infantry-Regiment (01 May 1929-31 Jan 1931)
Retired from Army-Service (31 Jan 1931)
Reactivated into the Army as a Territorial-Army-Officer and Welfare-Officer in Military-District-Command I, Allenstein (01 Mar 1931-30 Jun 1936)
Transferred as Supplemental-Officer into the Luftwaffe (01 Mar 1935)
Advisor in the Welfare and Provisions Department in Military-District-Command III (01 Jul 1936-09 Nov 1940)
Detached to the Luftwaffe-Construction-Regiment 1/XIII (10 Nov 1940-14 Jan 1941)
Commander of the Luftwaffe-Construction-Regiment 2/VI (15 Jan 1941-31 Oct 1943)
Retired (31 Oct 1943)

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