Generalmajor Alfred Beckmann Born: 07 Jul 1877 in Herford Died: 21 Apr 1946 in Bad Honnef Promotions
F�hnrich (22 May 1896); Sekondeleutnant (27 Jan 1897); Oberleutnant (18 May 1907); Hauptmann (19 Nov 1912); Major (18 Jun 1917); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1922); Oberst (01 Dec 1926); Charakter als Major (31 Jan 1928); Generalmajor z.V. (01 Feb 1941) Career:
Entered Army Service (19 Oct 1895)
Fahnenjunker in the 55th Infantry-Regiment (19 Oct 1895-22 Mar 1897)
Transferred into the 158th Infantry-Regiment (22 Mar 1897-01 Oct 1903)
Adjutant of the II. Battalion of the 158th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1903-01 Oct 1910)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 158th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1910-19 Nov 1912)
Company-Chief in the 65th Infantry-Regiment (19 Nov 1912-10 Sep 1913)
Company-Chief in the 159th Infantry-Regiment (10 Sep 1913-21 Dec 1914)
Adjutant of the 28th Infantry-Brigade (21 Dec 1914-03 Mar 1915)
Adjutant of the 14th Reserve-Division (03 Mar 1915-30 Sep 1915)
In the General-Staff of the IX. Reserve-Corps (30 Sep 1915-27 Jan 1916)
Transferred into the General Staff of the Army (27 Jan 1916-15 Jun 1916)
Transferred into the 29th Flying-Battalion (15 Jun 1916-03 Aug 1916)
With the General-Staff of the 103rd Infantry-Division (03 Aug 1916-09 Oct 1917)
With the General-Staff of the XXXIX. Reserve-Corps (09 Oct 1917-26 Oct 1917)
With the General-Staff of Special-Purpose-General-Command 54 (26 Oct 1917-03 May 1918)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the 11th Infantry-Division (03 May 1918--03 Jan 1919)
Transferred back into the 159th Infantry-Regiment (03 Jan 1919-31 Jan 1919)
Transferred into the General-Staff of the 11th Division (31 Jan 1919-04 Jun 1919)
In the Staff of the 6th Reichswehr-Brigade (04 Jun 1919-16 May 1920)
In the Staff of Military-District-Command II (16 May 1920-30 Nov 1920)
Officer with Special Duties in Military-District-Command II (30 Nov 1920-20 Dec 1920)
Retired from Army Service (20 Dec 1920)
Reactivated to Army Service (15 Jun 1921)
With the 15th Infantry-Regiment (15 Jun 1921-10 Sep 1921)
In the General-Staff of Group-Command 2 (10 Sep 1921-15 Sep 1923)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 13th Infantry-Regiment (15 Sep 1923-18 Jan 1926)
Commandant of Magdeburg (18 Jan 1926-31 Jan 1928)
Retired from Army Service (31 Jan 1928)
Reactivated to Army Service (01 Oct 1933)
With the Military-Region-Command Kassel (01 Oct 1933-01 Oct 1934)
With the Staff of the Army-Service-Office Kassel (01 Oct 1934-01 Nov 1934)
With the Staff of the Miltary-Replacement-Inspection Gie�en (01 Nov 1934-01 Apr 1936)
With the Staff of the Military-Replacement-Inspection Koblenz (01 Apr 1936-01 May 1936)
With the Staff of the IX. Army-Corps (01 May 1936-31 Jul 1936)
Retired from Army Service (31 Jul 1936)
Placed to the Disposal of the Army (01 Jul 1938)
Rest Area Commander I (26 Aug 1939-08 Nov 1939)
With the General-Staff of General-Command Eifel (08 Nov 1939-16 Aug 1940)
Field Commandant 758, St. Cloud (16 Aug 1940-17 Jul 1941)
Field Commandant 199 (17 Jul 1941-05 Aug 1941)
F�hrer-Reserve (05 Aug 1941-31 Dec 1941)
Retired (30 Jun 1943)
Awards & Decorations
- RK des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Bayer. Milit�r-Verdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern und mit der Krone
- RK I. Klasse des Kgl. S�chs. Albrechts-Orden mit Schwertern
- Grossherzoglich Hessische Tapferkeitsmedaille
- Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Grossherzoglich Oldenburgisches Friedrich August-Kreuz II. Klasse
- Grossherzoglich Oldenburgisches Friedrich August-Kreuz I. Klasse
- Herzogl. Sachsen-Meiningisches Ehrenkreuz f�r Verdienst im Kriege
- F�rstl. Schwarzburgisches Ehrenkreuz III. Klasse mit Schwertern
- F�rstl. Lippischer Hausorden IV. Klasse
- F�rstl. Lippisches Kriegsverdienstkreuz
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- Kgl. Preuss. Dienstauszeichnungskreuz
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
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