(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Adolf Gerlach
Born: 15 Jan 1894 in Singlis, District Wetzlar
Died: 14 May 1953 in Bonn
Promotions:
Unteroffizier (01 Nov 1914); Fähnrich (27 Jan 1915); Leutnant (02 Sep 1915); Charakter als Oberleutnant (15 May 1920); Polizei-Oberleutnant (26 May 1920); Polizei-Hauptmann (01 Apr 1924); Polizei-Major (01 Apr 1934); Hauptmann (01 Jun 1935); Charakter als Major (01 Jun 1935); Major (01 Oct 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Jun 1938); Oberst (01 Oct 1940); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1944)
Career:
Entered the Army as an Fahnenjunker and Company-Officer in the 18th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (10 Aug 1914-30 Nov 1914)
Company-Officer with the 596th Foot-Artillery-Company (01 Dec 1914-20 Sep 1916)
Company-Leader with the 41st Foot-Artillery-Battalion (21 Sep 1916-25 Sep 1917)
Company-Leader with the 150th Foot-Artillery-Battalion (26 Sep 1917-12 Dec 1918)
Company-Officer in the 18th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (13 Dec 1918-30 Apr 1919)
Battery-Officer in the 3rd Artillery-Regiment (01 May 1919-09 Oct 1919)
With the Squadron-Staff 11, renamed 11th Transport-Battalion (10 Oct 1919-15 May 1920)
Transferred to Police Service as Adjutant of the Security-Police-Group Münster, Westphalia (26 May 1920-15 Jul 1920)
Department-Adjutant of the Protection-Police-Department Essen (16 Jul 1920-15 May 1921)
Unit-Leader with the Protection-police Essen (16 May 1921-06 Jan 1928)
Detached to Course at the Higher Police School Eiche (26 Sep 1927-20 Dec 1927)
Commander of Protection-Police Iserlohn (07 Jan 1928-31 Mar 1930)
Alarm-Unit-Leader of the Protection-Police Iserlohn and Leader of the Local Police Execution Services (01 Apr 1930-15 Jun 1932)
Subsidiary-Leadership-Course at the Higher Police School Eiche (16 Nov 1931-19 Dec 1931)
Operation-Processor with the Command of the Protection-Police Hagen, Westphalia (16 Jun 1932-15 Sep 1933)
Representative of the Commander of State-Police-Department Hamm, Westphalia (16 Sep 1933-28 Sep 1933)
Hauptmann with the Staff of the Commander of State-Police-Department Hamm, Westphalia (29 Sep 1933-31 Mar 1934)
Major with the Staff of the State-Police-Department Düsseldorf (01 Apr 1934-31 May 1935)
At the same time, Liaison-Officer of the State-Police-Inspection West with the Government-Presidency of Düsseldorf (01 Dec 1934-01 Apr 1935)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service with the Staff of Flak-Battalion Ludwigsburg (01 Jun 1935-30 Sep 1935)
Battery-Chief in the 3rd Flak-Regiment (01 Oct 1935-30 Sep 1936)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the 4th Flak-Regiment (01 Oct 1936-30 Nov 1937)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 14th Flak-Regiment (01 Dec 1937-30 Jun 1938)
Commander of the 33rd Fortress-Flak-Battalion (01 Jul 1938-31 Oct 1938)
Commander of Flak-Investigation-Staff Eifel (01 Nov 1938-25 Aug 1939)
Commander of Flak-Group Eifel (26 Aug 1939-02 Nov 1939)
Commander of Flak-Group Bochum (03 Nov 1939-08 Nov 1939)
Commander of Flak-Group Cologne (09 Nov 1939-12 Nov 1939)
Commander of Flak-Group Euskirchen (13 Nov 1939-17 May 1940)
Commander of the 40th Flak-Regiment (18 May 1940-03 Oct 1940)
Commander of the 180th Flak-Regiment, Operating with the German Military Mission in Rumania (04 Oct 1940-25 Mar 1941)
Placed to the Disposal of the 8th Flak-Replacement-Battalion (26 Mar 1941-01 May 1941)
Commander of the 42nd Flak-Regiment (02 May 1941-02 Sep 1941)
Placed to the Disposal of the 7th Flak-Replacement-Battalion (03 Sep 1941-13 Oct 1941)
Commander of the 39th Flak-Regiment (14 Oct 1941-12 Nov 1941)
Commander of Flak-Brigade Channel Islands, on 30 Jul 1943 renamed Flak-Brigade XII. (13 Nov 1941-17 Dec 1943)
Placed to the Disposal of the 64th Flak-Replacement-Battalion (18 Dec 1943-28 Jan 1944)
Placed to the Disposal of the 39th Flak-Replacement-Battalion (29 Jan 1944-14 May 1944)
Commander of the 14th Flak-Division (15 May 1944-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (09 May 1945-12 May 1947)
Released (12 May 1947)

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