(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Fritz Grieshammer
Born: 30 Mar 1899 in Rehau, Upper Franconia (Oberfranken)
Died: 26 Dec 1956 in Munich (München)
Promotions:
Gefreiter (14 May 1915); Unteroffizier (01 Aug 1915); Offiziers-Aspirant (10 Feb 1916); Vizewachtmeister (28 Feb 1916); Leutnant der Reserve (06 Mar 1917); Polizei-Leutnant (03 Oct 1920); Polizei-Oberleutnant (01 Dec 1923); Polizei-Hauptmann (01 Jul 1932); Hauptmann (01 Aug 1935); Major (01 Apr 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Feb 1939); Oberst (01 Apr 1941); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1944)
Career:
Entered the Army Reserve as a War Volunteer with the 3rd Bavarian Train-Battalion (25 Jan 1915-31 May 1915)
With the 6th Bavarian Organic-Transport-Column (01 Jun 1915-14 Jan 1917)
Liaison-Officer with Army High Command 11 (15 Jan 1917-23 Feb 1917)
Hospital Stay in Hof (Malaria) (24 Feb 1917-16 Apr 1917)
With the 3rd Bavarian Train-Replacement-Battalion (17 Apr 1917-14 May 1917)
With the Bavarian Organic-Transport-Column-Replacement-Battalion (15 May 1917-30 Nov 1917)
With the Replacement-Battalion of the 8th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Dec 1917-28 Feb 1918)
Firing-Course in Grafenwöhr (01 Mar 1918-28 Sep 1918)
Battery-Officer in the 7th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (29 Sep 1918-01 Nov 1918)
Wounded, in Hospital in Nuremberg (02 Nov 1918-13 Jan 1919)
Battery-Officer with the II. Battalion of the 8th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (14 Jan 1919-24 Apr 1919)
Battery-Officer with the Volunteer-Battery Gerstner (25 Apr 1919-07 Jul 1919)
With the 1st Munitions-Column, I. Battalion of the 24th Artillery-Regiment (08 Jul 1919-05 Apr 1920)
At the same time, Temporary-Leader of the 1st Munitions-Column, I. Battalion of the 24th Artillery-Regiment (03 Sep 1919-15 Dec 1919)
Leader of the Horse-Depot of Brigade Epp (06 Apr 1920-04 May 1920)
With the Munitions-Column of the I. Battalion of the 24th Artillery-Regiment (05 May 1920-10 Jun 1920)
Battery-Officer in the 24th Artillery-Regiment (11 Jun 1920-02 Oct 1920)
Transferred to Police Service and Detached for Training in Recruitment-Service with the Recruitment-Centre Ansbach of the Bavarian State Police (03 Oct 1920-31 Dec 1920)
Unit-Officer and Recruitment-Leader with the Command of State-Police in Eichstätt (01 Jan 1921-31 Mar 1921)
Personnel-Advisor with the Command of the Police-Preparatory-School Eichstätt (01 Apr 1921-31 Jan 1924)
Instruction-Officer with Instruction-Department C of the Police-Preparatory-School Eichstätt (01 Feb 1924-31 Oct 1924)
Personnel-Advisor at the Gendarmerie and Police School Fürstenfeldbruck (01 Nov 1924-14 Jul 1927)
Supervision-Officer with Instruction-Department D of the Gendarmerie and Police School Fürstenfeldbruck (15 Jul 1927-31 Aug 1928)
Unit-Officer with the 1st Unit of the State-Police Augsburg (01 Sep 1928-30 Sep 1930)
Weapons-Officer and Recruitment-Leader with the Command of the Protection-Police Augsburg (01 Oct 1930-31 May 1933)
At the same time, Temporary-Leader of the 3rd Unit of the Protection-Police Augsburg (18 Oct 1932-02 Dec 1932)
Leader of the 9th Unit of the State-Police Augsburg (01 Jun 1933-31 Jul 1935)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service and Attended Battery-Chief-Course at the Flak Artillery School Wustrow (01 Aug 1935-30 Sep 1935)
Battery-Chief in the 8th Flak-Regiment (01 Oct 1935-31 Mar 1936)
Battery-Chief in the 18th Flak-Regiment (01 Apr 1936-30 Sep 1936)
Battalion-Commander II. In the 25th Flak-Regiment (01 Oct 1936-30 Jun 1938)
Commander of the 32nd Fortress-Flak-Battalion (01 Jul 1938-30 Sep 1939)
Commander of Flak-Group Kassel (01 Oct 1939-1940)
Commander of the Motorised-Flak-Regiment Grieshammer with Panzer-Group Guderian (1940-19 Nov 1940)
Commander of the Special-Purpose-Flak-Brigade (20 Nov 1940-29 Jan 1941)
Commander of Flak-Brigade IX (30 Jan 1941-05 May 1941)
Commander of Flak-Brigade VI (06 May 1941-09 Jul 1942)
In Luftwaffe-Hospital Bucharest then Bad Aibling (10 Jul 1942-21 Jul 1942)
With the 36th Flak-Replacement-Battalion (22 Jul 1942-29 Jul 1942)
Officer with Special Duties of the RLM and C-in-C Luftwaffe (30 Jul 1942-16 Oct 1942)
Commander of Flak-Brigade Vienna (17 Oct 1942-21 Dec 1942)
Commander of Flak-Brigade XVI (22 Dec 1942-31 Dec 1943)
Commander of the 24th Flak-Division (01 Jan 1944-31 Jan 1945)
Führer-Reserve OKL, also Leader of the remaining Flak Units at Thaya, the parts of the 24th Flak-Division that escaped the Viennese Pocket (01 Feb 1945-08 May 1945)
In US Captivity (08 May 1945-05 Jun 1947)
Released (05 Jun 1947)

Decorations & Awards:
- Ritterkreuz: am 12.04.1945 als Generalmajor und Kommandeur 24. Flak-Division
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer: 20.12.1934
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis II. Klasse
- Spange zum EK I: 16.12.1940
- Spange zum EK II: 19.01.1940
- Flakkampfabzeichen:16.12.1941


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