Generalmajor Siegfried von Blanckensee Born: 11 Sep 1892 in Zipkow, District Stolp, Pomerania (Pommern) Died: 08 May 1945 in Sedliske (Possible Suicide) Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (08 Jul 1913); F�hnrich (20 Nov 1913); Leutnant (19 Jun 1914); Charakter als Oberleutnant (21 Feb 1920); Hauptmann (01 Jul 1934); Major (01 Sep 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1938); Oberst (01 Apr 1941); Generalmajor (20 Apr 1945) Career:
Entered Army Service (11 Mar 1913)
Fahnenjunker in the 5th Hussar-Regiment (11 Mar 1913-08 Dec 1914)
Detached as Liaison-Officer to the 69th Infantry-Brigade (16 Nov 1914-08 Dec 1914)
Transferred into the 2nd Squadron of the 5th Hussar-Regiment (08 Dec 1914-22 Dec 1915)
Detached as Liaison-Officer to the 71st Infantry-Brigade (13 Dec 1914-22 Dec 1914)
Detached as Liaison-Officer to the 35th Infantry-Division (22 Dec 1914-08 Feb 1915)
Detached as Company-Leader of the II. Battalion of the 128th Infantry-Regiment (08 Feb 1915-27 Feb 1915)
Liaison-Officer to the 35th Infantry-Division (27 Feb 1915-28 Jun 1915)
Transferred into the 1st Reserve-Hussar-Regiment (28 Jun 1915-27 Jan 1918)
Detached to the Army-Flight-Park 8, Schaulen (25 Apr 1916-18 Jul 1916)
Detached to Flying-Battalion Graudenz for Training as an Aircraft-Observer (18 Jul 1916-14 Apr 1917)
Detached as Observer to Flying-Battalion Graudenz (14 Apr 1917-27 Jan 1918)
Transferred back into the 5th Hussar-Regiment (27 Jan 1918-04 May 1918)
Transferred into the Field-Recruitment-Depot of the 36th Infantry-Division (04 May 1918-08 Sep 1918)
Company-Leader in the 5th Grenadier-Regiment (08 Sep 1918-20 Jan 1919)
Transferred back into the 5th Hussar-Regiment (20 Jan 1919-21 Feb 1920)
Retired (21 Feb 1920)
Landwehr-Employee (Civilian) (01 Oct 1922); Active-Officer (01 Jul 1934)
Employed as Landesschutz-Officer (01 Oct 1922-01 Sep 1925)
District-Director with the Military-District-Command II, Seat in Stolp (01 Sep 1925-01 Jul 1934)
Assigned to the 4th Infantry-Regiment (17th MG-Company) (01 Jul 1934-01 Oct 1934)
Detached to Training-Course for Reactivated Officers (14 Sep 1934-01 Oct 1934)
Chief of the 1st Company of Infantry-Regiment Kolberg (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Chief of the 1st Company of the 4th Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Chief of the 1st Company of the 94th Infantry-Regiment (06 Oct 1936-02 May 1937)
Detached to Course for Staff-Officers in Schwerin (19 Nov 1936-05 Dec 1936)
Transferred to the Commander Stettin (02 May 1937-10 Nov 1938)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 96th Infantry-Regiment (10 Nov 1938-26 Aug 1939)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 458th Infantry-Regiment (26 Aug 1939-05 Oct 1940)
Commander of the 458th Infantry-Regiment (05 Oct 1940-16 Feb 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (16 Feb 1942-10 Mar 1942)
Commander of the 695th Infantry-Regiment (10 Mar 1942-20 Apr 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (20 Apr 1942-01 Jun 1942)
Director of the Central-Department of the German Army-Mission in Slovakia (01 Jun 1942-1942)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (1942-15 Nov 1942)
Commander of Acceptance-Office VI for Officer-Applicants of the Army (15 Nov 1942-01 Sep 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH and Detached to the F�hrer-Reserve of Army-Group Centre for the use as Commander of a Security-Regiment (01 Sep 1944-25 Oct 1944)
Transferred to the F�hrer-Reserve of Army-Group A for use as a Commander of a Security-Regiment (25 Oct 1944-29 Nov 1944)
Commander of the 113th Security-Regiment (29 Nov 1944-08 May 1945)
Died (08 May 1945)
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