(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Friedrich Römer
Born: 04 Jun 1895 in Elberfeld
Died: 21 Jun 1970 in Cologne (Köln)
Promotions:
Leutnant der Reserve (28 Aug 1916); Polizei-Leutnant (17 Nov 1919); Polizei-Oberleutnant (20 Jan 1921); Polizei-Hauptmann (29 Sep 1923); Polizei-Major (16 Dec 1933); Major (01 Jun 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Mar 1938); Oberst (01 Apr 1940); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1943)
Career:
Entered the Army Reserve as a War Volunteer in the 7th Field-Artillery-Regiment (10 Aug 1914-15 Mar 1915)
War Volunteer in the 99th Field-Artillery-Regiment (16 Mar 1915-06 Nov 1915)
Wounded, in Hospital (06 Nov 1915-03 Jan 1916)
Battery-Officer in the 87th Field-Artillery-Regiment (04 Jan 1916-16 Nov 1916)
Ordinance-Officer in the Staff of the 87th Infantry-Division (17 Nov 1916-17 Dec 1918)
Placed to Disposal of the 7th Field-Artillery-Regiment and Granted Leave (18 Dec 1919-16 Nov 1919)
Transferred into Police Service as Advisor for Procurement-Affairs with the Protection-Police Hindenburg, Upper Silesia, Department Cosel (17 Nov 1919-20 Jan 1921)
Advisor with the Staff of the Protection-Police Neiße (21 Jan 1921-31 Mar 1924)
Course at the Higher Police School Eiche (12 Jan 1922-12 Apr 1922)
Specialist with the Government-Presidency Oppeln (01 Apr 1924-31 Dec 1924)
Leader of the 4th Police-Alarm-Unit of the Protection-Police Gleiwitz (01 Jan 1925-20 Apr 1927)
Police-Officers-Riding-Course with the Police-Presidency Potsdam (22 Apr 1927-14 Dec 1927)
Leader of the 3rd (Mounted) Unit with the Protection-Police Gleiwitz (18 Dec 1927-14 Jan 1929)
Training as District-Leader with the Police-Presidency Breslau (15 Jan 1929-13 Apr 1929)
Leader of the 2nd Police-District with the Protection-Police Breslau (14 Apr 1929-31 Dec 1929)
Leader of the 11th Police-District with the Protection-Police Breslau (01 Jan 1930-04 Oct 1932)
At the same time, Subsidiary-Leadership-Training (16 Jan 1931-19 Dec 1931)
Leader of the 1st Police-District with the Protection-Police Breslau (05 Oct 1932-07 May 1933)
Leader of the 2nd Alarm-Unit of the Protection-Police Breslau (08 May 1933-09 Apr 1934)
Liaison-Officer to the Government-Presidency Münster, Westphalia (10 Apr 1934-31 May 1935)
Transferred into Luftwaffe Service as Battery-Chief in a Flak-Battalion (01 Jun 1935-30 Sep 1936)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 19th Flak-Regiment (01 Oct 1936-30 Sep 1937)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 74th Flak-Regiment (01 Oct 1937-31 Oct 1938)
Commander of the 36th Flak-Regiment (01 Nov 1938-31 Aug 1939)
Commander of the 201st Flak-Regiment (01 Sep 1939-02 Jun 1940)
Commander of the 8th Flak-Regiment (03 Jun 1940-00 Jun 1942)
Commander of Flak-Brigade XV (00 Jun 1942-30 Apr 1943)
Commander of the 22nd Flak-Division (01 May 1943-16 Apr 1945)
In Captivity (16 Apr 1945-1947)
Released (1947)

Decorations & Awards:
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (26 Jul 1943)


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