General der Artillerie Curt Gallenkamp Born: 17 Feb 1890 in Wesel, Lower Rhine (Niederrhein) Died: 13 Apr 1958 in Wiesbaden Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (01 Jul 1909); F�hnrich (19 Nov 1909); Leutnant (22 Aug 1910); Oberleutnant (25 Feb 1915); Hauptmann (18 Dec 1917); Major (01 Oct 1929); Oberstleutnant (01 Dec 1932); Oberst (01 Nov 1934); Generalmajor (01 Mar 1938); Generalleutnant (01 Apr 1940); General der Artillerie (01 Apr 1942) Career:
Entered Army Service (11 Mar 1909)
Fahnenjunker in the 7th Field-Artillery-Regiment (11 Mar 1909-01 Oct 1913)
Transferred into the 15th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1913-01 Apr 1914)
Adjutant of the Mounted Battalion of the 15th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1914-04 Oct 1914)
Wounded, in Hospital, then again Adjutant of the Mounted Battalion of the 15th Field-Artillery-Regiment (04 Oct 1914-27 Jul 1916)
Battery-Leader in the 15th Field-Artillery-Regiment (27 Jul 1916-02 Aug 1916)
Detached for Service with Group Kreewel (02 Aug 1916-28 Aug 1916)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 259th Field-Artillery-Regiment (28 Aug 1916-01 Nov 1916)
Detached to the Staff of the 105th Infantry-Division (01 Nov 1916-21 Apr 1917)
Detached to Physical-Training-Course in Mitau (31 Mar 1917-30 Apr 1917)
Transferred into a General-Staff-Position of the 84th Infantry-Division (21 Apr 1917-28 Jul 1917)
Detached to Course at the Army-Gas-Protection-School Berlin (18 Jul 1917-21 Jul 1917)
Temporary-Leader of the 4th Company of the 338th Infantry-Regiment (28 Jul 1917-31 Jul 1917)
Temporary-Leader of the 9th Company of the 338th Infantry-Regiment (31 Jul 1917-11 Aug 1917)
Temporary-Leader of the II. Battalion of the 338th Infantry-Regiment (11 Aug 1917-29 Sep 1917)
Temporary-Regiments-Adjutant of the 338th Infantry-Regiment (29 Sep 1917-08 Oct 1917)
Transferred back to the Staff of the 84th Infantry-Division (21 Oct 1917-01 Nov 1917)
Transferred into a General-Staff-Position of the Landwehr-Corps (01 Nov 1917-28 Mar 1918)
Detached to General-Staff-Course in Sedan (11 Feb 1918-08 Mar 1918)
Transferred to the Army General Staff (28 Mar 1918-17 Apr 1918)
Officer of the Army and Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the General Staff of the Field-Army (17 Apr 1918-12 May 1918)
Transferred into the General-Staff of the Field-Army (12 May 1918-01 Feb 1919)
Detached to the Government Cologne (07 Nov 1918-10 Nov 1918)
Transferred into the Grand General Staff (01 Feb 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Transferred into the RWM (01 Oct 1919-01 Apr 1920)
Transferred into a General-Staff-Position of Reichswehr-Group-Command 2 and Detached for Service to the Troop-Office, RWM (01 Apr 1920-16 May 1920)
Assigned as Intelligence-Officer (Ic) with Reichswehr-Group-Command 2 (16 May 1920-15 Apr 1921)
Detached to Group-Command 1 (15 Apr 1921-01 Dec 1922)
Transferred into the Abwehr-Department, RWM (01 Dec 1922-01 Oct 1923)
Chief of the 3rd Battery of the 5th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1923-01 Jan 1927)
Detached to the RWM (01 Jan 1927-01 Feb 1927)
Transferred to the RWM and Adjutant of the Chief of the Troop-Office (01 Feb 1927-01 Oct 1930)
Detached to the USSR (17 Aug 1929-21 Sep 1929)
Transferred into the Organisation-Department (T 2), RWM (01 Oct 1930-01 Oct 1932)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 4th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1932-23 Jan 1933)
Detached to Firing-Course for Artillery-Officers in J�terbog (12 Oct 1932-28 Oct 1932)
Detached to the Staff of the 5th Division (23 Jan 1933-01 Jan 1934)
Transferred into the Staff of the 5th Division (01 Jan 1934-01 Oct 1934)
Transferred to Army-Service-Office Gie�en (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Transferred into the General-Staff of Army-Service-Office 8 (15 Oct 1935-07 Mar 1936)
Transferred into the General-Staff of the 34th Division (07 Mar 1936-01 Jun 1936)
Officer with Special Duties of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army (01 Jun 1936-01 Jul 1936)
Commander of Army-Service-Office 8 (01 Jul 1936-06 Oct 1936)
Commander of Army-Service-Office 11, Heidelberg (06 Oct 1936-01 May 1937)
Artillery-Commander 18 (01 May 1937-25 Mar 1938)
Detached to the General-Staff of III. Army-Corps (25 Mar 1938-01 Apr 1938)
Chief of the General Staff of III. Army-Corps (01 Apr 1938-27 Sep 1939)
Commander of the 78th Infantry-Division (27 Sep 1939-29 Sep 1941)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (20 Nov 1941-05 Mar 1942)
Detached to the General-Staff of Army High Command 1 (05 Mar 1942-10 Mar 1942)
Detached to the General-Staff of Army High Command 7 (10 Mar 1942-10 Apr 1942)
Commander of Higher Command XXXI (10 Apr 1942-27 May 1942)
Commanding General of LXXX. Army-Corps (27 May 1942-07 Aug 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (07 Aug 1944-12 Apr 1945)
In Captivity and Tried by a British Military Court at Wuppertal in March 1947 for the murder of British Paratroopers (Poitiers Case); Sentenced to be Hanged 25 Mar 1947. Sentence Commuted to Life Imprisonment (12 Apr 1945-26 Feb 1952)
Released (26 Feb 1952)
Awards & Decorations:
- Ritterkreuz: am 19.11.1941 als Generalleutnant und Kommandeur der 78. Infanterie-Division
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Spange zum EK II
- Spange zum EK I
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