(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Ferdinand Hornung
Born: 08 Nov 1891 in Würzburg
Died: 17 Jun 1967 in Würzburg
Promotions:
Leutnant (28 Oct 1912); Oberleutnant (14 Jan 1916); Hauptmann (01 Nov 1918); Polizei-Hauptmann (27 Apr 1920); Polizei-Major (01 Apr 1934); Oberstleutnant (15 Sep 1935); Oberst (01 Jan 1938); Generalmajor (01 Sep 1942)
Career:
Entered the Army as Fähnrich and Company-Officer in the 6th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1910-01 Aug 1914)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 6th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-08 Sep 1914)
Wounded, in Hospital (08 Sep 1914-04 Jan 1915)
With the Replacement-Battalion of the 6th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (05 Jan 1915-09 May 1915)
Platoon-Leader in the 6th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (10 May 1915-02 Jul 1915)
Company-Leader in the 6th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (03 Jul 1915-09 Jul 1915)
Company-Leader with the Recruitment-Depot of the III. Bavarian Army-Corps (10 Jul 1915-29 Sep 1915)
Company-Leader in the 10th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (30 Sep 1915-04 Nov 1915)
Temporary-Company-Leader in the 6th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (05 Nov 1915-16 Dec 1915)
Company-Leader in the 6th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (17 Dec 1915-11 Sep 1916)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 6th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (12 Sep 1916-28 Feb 1918)
At the same time, Temporary-Adjutant of the 11th Bavarian Infantry-Brigade (12 Feb 1918-28 Feb 1918)
Adjutant of the 11th Bavarian Infantry-Brigade (01 Mar 1918-31 Dec 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the 6th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1919-11 Mar 1919)
Auxiliary-Officer with the Staff of the 12th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (12 Mar 1919-31 May 1919)
At the same time, Adjutant of the 6th Bavarian Cavalry-Brigade (23 Apr 1919-31 May 1919)
Leader of the Processing-Office of the 6th Bavarian Infantry-Division and the 12th Bavarian Infantry-Brigade (01 Jun 1919-30 Sep 1919)
At the same time, General-Staff-Officer of Construction-Staff 112b (01 Jun 1919-15 Jun 1919)
At the same time, Adjutant of Construction-Staff 112b (15 Jun 1919-30 Sep 1919)
At the same time, Acting-General-Staff-Officer of Higher Construction Staff (20 Jul 1919-30 Sep 1919)
Leader of the Supplemental-Platoon of the 3rd Company in the 48th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1919-09 Oct 1919)
Company-Leader in the 48th Infantry-Regiment (10 Oct 1919-25 Nov 1919)
Temporary-Company-Leader in the 48th Infantry-Regiment (26 Nov 1919-26 Apr 1920)
Transferred to Police Service with the Bavarian State-Police, lastly, Commander of State-Police Augsburg (27 Apr 1920-31 Aug 1935)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service as an Administrator for Air-Warning-Service in the RLM (15 Sep 1935-14 Nov 1938)
Commander of Wehrmacht Welfare and Supply Service-Office with Military-District-Command VIII, XX and VII (15 Nov 1938-25 Aug 1939)
Administrator with the Welfare and Supply Department of Military-District-Command XIII (26 Aug 1939-25 Oct 1939)
Leader of the Wehrmacht Welfare and Supply Department Regensburg (26 Oct 1939-31 Dec 1940)
Leader of the Wehrmacht Welfare and Supply Department Nuremberg (01 Jan 1941-31 Dec 1941)
Commander of the Wehrmacht Welfare and Supply Department of Military-District XIII (01 Jan 1942-28 Feb 1943)
Commander of Wehrmacht Welfare and Supply Department of Military-District XX (01 Mar 1943-31 Mar 1944)
Commander of Wehrmacht Welfare and Supply Department of Military-District VII (01 Apr 1944-05 May 1945)
In US Captivity (05 May 1945-27 Jun 1947)
Released (27 Jun 1947)

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