(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Willy Klemme
Born: 12 Jun 1884 in Erfurt
Died: 24 Aug 1957 in Hamburg-Rissen
Promotions:
Fähnrich (19 May 1903); Leutnant (27 Jan 1904); Oberleutnant (27 Jan 1913); Hauptmann (24 Dec 1914); Charakter als Major (15 May 1921); Major (01 Aug 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1937); Oberst (01 Jul 1940); Generalmajor (01 Jan 1944)
Career:
Entered the Army as Fahnenjunker and Company-Officer in the 53rd Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1902-30 Sep 1907)
Adjutant of the II. Battalion of the 53rd Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1907-30 Sep 1909)
In the 4th Telegraph-Battalion, Karlsruhe (01 Oct 1909-30 Sep 1912)
Detached to the 51st Field-Artillery-Regiment, Straßburg (01 Oct 1912-16 Jan 1913)
In the 4th Telegraph-Battalion, Karlsruhe (17 Jan 1913-01 Aug 1914)
Leader of the 26th Radio-Detachment (7th Cavalry-Division) (01 Aug 1914-29 Mar 1915)
Leader of the heavy Radio-Station 26 (37th Infantry-Division) (30 Mar 1915-14 May 1915)
Commander of the Radio-Command-Group Lauenstein (15 May 1915-05 Jul 1915)
Commander of Radio-Command of the 9th Army (06 Jul 1915-24 Aug 1916)
Hauptmann with Special Duties with the Staff-Officer of Telegraph-Troops of the 9th Army (25 Aug 1916-08 Dec 1916)
Commander of the heavy Radio-Station 30 (9th Army) (09 Dec 1916-14 Dec 1916)
Commander of Radio-Command 13 (12th Army) (15 Dec 1916-30 Apr 1917)
Commander of Army-Radio-Command with the Royal & Imperial Austro-Hungarian Army-Group Böhm-Ermolli (01 May 1917-14 Oct 1917)
With the Staff and at the same time Radio-Advisor of Army-Signals-Command 26 (14th Army) (15 Oct 1917-04 Dec 1917)
Leader of Operating-Detachment of the 4th Army-Telephone-Battalion (4th Army) (05 Dec 1917-05 Apr 1918)
Detached for use as Group-Signals-Commander 618 (06 Apr 1918-20 Jun 1918)
With the Staff of Army-Signals-Commander 4 (21 Jun 1918-23 Aug 1918)
With the Staff of Army-Signals-Commander 2 (24 Aug 1918-11 Nov 1918)
Signals-Officer with the Command of Rhine-Fortifications of Düsseldorf, Wesel (12 Nov 1918-00 Jan 1919)
Advisor in the Department for Communication-Affairs in the Prussian War Ministry, then in the Army Command (00 Jan 1919-00 May 1920)
With the Staff of the 14th Brigade-Signals-Battalion (00 May 1920-31 Jan 1921)
With the Staff of the 15th Signals-Battalion (01 Feb 1921-15 May 1921)
Retired (15 May 1921)
Entered SS Service as Signals-Advisor with the Staff of SS-Upper-Section North (26 Oct 1933-19 Feb 1934)
Chief-Signals-Leader in the Staff of Reichs-Führer-SS (20 Feb 1934-14 May 1935)
Detached to Course as the Air Signals School in Halle, Saale (15 May 1935-31 Jul 1935)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service with the Staff of Air-Signals-Courses at the Air-Signals-School Halle/Saale (01 Aug 1935-31 Dec 1935)
Deputising I/NVM-Officer with Air-District-Command V, Munich (01 Jan 1936-31 Mar 1936)
I/NVW-Officer with Air-District-Command V, Munich (01 Apr 1936-31 Mar 1938)
Battalion-Commander in the 3rd Air-Signals-Regiment, Munich (01 Apr 1938-02 Nov 1938)
Radio-Advisor with Air-Fleet-Command 2, Braunschweig (03 Nov 1938-30 Apr 1939)
Commander of the Signals-Instruction-Battalion, Greifswald (01 May 1939-25 Aug 1939)
Signals-Leader with Air-Region-Staff 13 (26 Aug 1939-00 Nov 1939)
Signals-Leader with Air-Region-Command XI, Hamburg (00 Nov 1939-09 Nov 1944)
Higher Commander of Air-Signals-Radio-Intelligence, Potsdam-Eiche (10 Nov 1944-31 Dec 1944)
Officer with Special Duties of the RLM and Luftwaffe High Command (01 Jan 1945-19 May 1945)
In Captivity (19 May 1945-10 Mar 1948)
Released (10 Mar 1948)

Decorations & Awards:
Deutsches Kreuz in Silber


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