General der Artillerie Ernst-Eberhard Hell Born: 19 Sep 1887 in Stade Died: 15 Sep 1973 in Wiesbaden Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (17 Jul 1906); F�hnrich (17 Nov 1906); Leutnant (16 Aug 1907); Oberleutnant (08 Oct 1914); Hauptmann (18 Oct 1915); Major (01 Aug 1928); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1933); Oberst (01 Apr 1935); Generalmajor (01 Jun 1938); Generalleutnant (01 Jul 1940); General der Artillerie (01 Feb 1942) Career:
Entered Army Service (01 Mar 1906)
Fahnenjunker in the 11th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Mar 1906-01 Oct 1909)
Detached to Artillery & Engineer School (01 Oct 1909-18 Dec 1912)
Transferred into the 33rd Field-Artillery-Regiment (18 Dec 1912-19 Feb 1914)
Adjutant of II. Battalion of the 33rd Field-Artillery-Regiment (19 Feb 1914-04 May 1915)
Battery-Leader in the 33rd Field-Artillery-Regiment (04 May 1915-10 Jun 1915)
Assigned to the Military Mission in Turkey (10 Jun 1915-16 Mar 1916)
Transferred back into the 33rd Field-Artillery-Regiment (16 Mar 1916-04 Nov 1916)
Transferred to a General-Staff Position of Army High Command 5 (04 Nov 1916-25 Nov 1916)
Transferred to a General-Staff Position of VI. Reserve-Corps (25 Nov 1916-16 Feb 1917)
Transferred to a General-Staff Position of the 14th Reserve-Division (16 Feb 1917-21 May 1917)
Transferred to a General-Staff Position of X. Reserve-Corps (21 May 1917-18 Jun 1917)
While retaining previous Position, transferred into the Army General Staff (18 Jun 1917-14 Aug 1917)
Chief of the General-Staff of a Turkish Staging-Inspection, Army-Group-Command F (14 Aug 1917-20 Apr 1919)
Detached as Liaison-Officer of the Supreme Army Command to the General-Command I (20 Apr 1919-27 Apr 1919)
Detached to the War Ministry, Department for the Repatriation of POWs & Commandant of Transit-Camp Bremerhaven (27 Apr 1919-14 Sep 1919)
General-Staff-Officer of Group North Sea for the Repatriation od German POWs, Wilhelmshaven (14 Sep 1919-05 Feb 1920)
General-Staff-Officer with the Command of the Naval-Station of the North Sea, Wilhelmshaven (05 Feb 1920-16 May 1920)
While retaining previous position, transferred to the Staff of 4th Division (16 May 1920-01 Oct 1921)
While retaining previous position, transferred to the Staff of Group-Command 2 (01 Oct 1921-01 Apr 1922)
Transferred to the Staff of Infantry-Leader VI (01 Apr 1922-01 Oct 1924)
Chief of 11th Battery of the 6th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1924-01 Feb 1928)
Detached to Artillery Firing Course in K�nigsbr�ck (30 May 1926-07 Jul 1926)
Detached to Combat School Course in D�beritz (18 Oct 1926-16 Nov 1926)
Transferred to the Staff of Artillery-Leader VI (01 Feb 1928-01 Feb 1931)
Transferred to the Staff of the 2nd Division (01 Feb 1931-01 Oct 1934)
Commander of Artillery-Regiment Stettin (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Commander of the 32nd Artillery-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-12 Oct 1937)
Artillery-Commander 22 (12 Oct 1937-26 Aug 1939)
Commander of the 269th Infantry-Division (26 Aug 1939-12 Aug 1940)
Commander of the 15th Infantry-Division (12 Aug 1940-08 Jan 1942)
Delegated with the Leadership of VII. Army-Corps (08 Jan 1942-01 Mar 1942)
Commanding General of VII. Army-Corps (01 Mar 1942-05 Oct 1943)
On Leave (05 Oct 1943-30 Nov 1943)
Commanding General of VII. Army-Corps (30 Nov 1943-00 Aug 1944)
In Soviet Captivity (00 Aug 1944-08 Oct 1955)
Released (08 Oct 1955)
Awards & Decorations:
- Ritterkreuz (1535): am 01.02.1943 als General der Artillerie und Kommandierender General des VII. Armeekorps
- Eichenlaub (487): am 04.06.1944 als General der Artillerie und Kommandierender General des VII. Armeekorps
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 14.06.1942 als General der Artillerie und Kommandierender General des VII. Armeekorps
- 1914 EK I: 14.08.1916
- 1914 EK II: 11.09.1914
- Kgl. Bayer. Milit�r-Verdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern
- k.u.k. �sterr. Milit�r-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- T�rkische Silberne Liakat-Medaille mit S�bel
- T�rkischer Eiserner Halbmond
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Spange zum EK II: 12.05.1940
- Spange zum EK I: 17.05.1940
- Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942"
- Wehrmachtbericht: 12.03.1944
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