Generalmajor Wilhelm Conze Born: 07 Feb 1896 in Sch�nemoor, District Delmenhorst, Oldenburg Died: 31 Mar 1978 in Oldenburg, Oldenburg Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter (16 Nov 1914); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (29 Nov 1914); F�hnrich (12 Mar 1915); Leutnant (18 Jun 1915); Oberleutnant (31 Jul 1925); Hauptmann (01 Oct 1930); Major (01 Dec 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1939); Oberst (01 Dec 1941); Generalmajor (30 Jan 1945) Career:
Entered Army Service (18 Aug 1914)
Fahnenjunker in the Replacement-Battalion of the 91st Infantry-Regiment (18 Aug 1914-05 Jan 1915)
Transferred to the Regiment in the Field (08 Jan 1915-14 May 1915)
Wounded, in Hospital (14 May 1915-15 Jun 1915)
Transferred to the Regiment in the Field (15 Jun 1915-18 Jul 1915)
Wounded, in Hospital (18 Jul 1915-03 Nov 1915)
Transferred to the Regiment in the Field (03 Nov 1915-20 Jun 1916)
Company-Leader in the 91st Infantry-Regiment (20 Jun 1916-02 Nov 1916)
Taken ill, in Hospital (02 Nov 1916-16 Nov 1916)
Transferred to the Replacement-Battalion of the 91st Infantry-Regiment (16 Nov 1916-03 Apr 1917)
Company-Leader in the 91st Infantry-Regiment (03 Apr 1917-14 Oct 1917)
Taken ill, in Field Hospital (14 Oct 1917-28 Dec 1917)
Company-Leader in the 91st Infantry-Regiment (28 Dec 1917-23 Mar 1918)
Wounded, in Reserve Hospital in Gotha (23 Mar 1918-22 May 1918)
Transferred to the Replacement-Battalion of the 91st Infantry-Regiment (22 May 1918-01 Jul 1918)
Company-Leader in the 91st Infantry-Regiment (01 Jul 1918-30 Sep 1918)
In French Captivity (30 Sep 1918-14 Feb 1920)
Released from Captivity and back with the Processing-Office of the 91st Infantry-Regiment (14 Feb 1920-29 Mar 1920)
Transferred into the III. Battalion of the 110th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (29 Mar 1920-01 Jan 1921)
Transferred into the 16th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-01 Oct 1926)
Detached to Weapons-School-Course in Dresden (01 Apr 1925-15 Aug 1925)
Acting-Hauptmann with the Staff of the III. Battalion of the 16th Infantry-Regiment (22 Mar 1926-13 Jun 1926)
Transferred to Subsidiary-Leadership-Training with the Staff of the 6th Division (01 Oct 1926-01 Oct 1927)
Detached to the 3rd Signals-Battalion (01 Jun 1927-31 Jul 1927)
Detached to the 3rd Motor-Transport-Battalion (01 Aug 1927-30 Sep 1927)
Transferred into the Staff of the 4th Division (01 Oct 1927-01 Oct 1928)
Detached to the 2nd Motor-Transport-Battalion (21 Jun 1928-31 Jul 1928)
Detached to the 7th Signals-Battalion (01 Aug 1928-30 Sep 1928)
Transferred into the 9th Mounted-Regiment and Detached to the Command-Office Berlin, for Service with the Chief Of The Troop Office, RWM (01 Oct 1928-01 Oct 1929)
Transferred back into the 16th Infantry-Division and at the same time Detached to the 3rd Motor-Transport-Battalion (01 Oct 1929-01 Oct 1930)
Transferred as Motor-Transport-Personnel to the 3rd Medical-Battalion and Detached as Welfare-Officer to the 3rd Motor-Transport-Battalion (01 Oct 1930-30 Apr 1931)
Retired from (30 Apr 1931)
Instructor for Armoured Tactics in the USSR (30 Apr 1931-01 Nov 1933)
Reactivated to Army Service (01 Nov 1933)
Company-Chief and Driving Instructor with the Motor-Transport-Training-Command in Zossen (01 Nov 1933-01 Apr 1935)
Instructor at the Army Motor-Transport School (01 Apr 1935-01 Apr 1936)
Transferred into the 5th Panzer-Regiment (01 Apr 1936-06 Oct 1936)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the 8th Panzer-Regiment (06 Oct 1936-15 Apr 1939)
Commander of the Panzer-Training-Regiment � During the Polish Campaign also Commander of the 5th Panzer-Regiment (15 Apr 1939-01 Feb 1940)
Commander of the 33rd Panzer-Regiment (01 Feb 1940-06 Aug 1940)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH, at the same time Detached to the Staff of the 14th Panzer-Division (06 Aug 1940-25 Nov 1940)
Commander of the 201st Panzer-Regiment (25 Nov 1940-27 Feb 1941)
F�hrer-Reserve � Military-District III (27 Jan 1941-01 Sep 1941)
Transferred to the War Science Department of OKH (01 Sep 1941-01 Jan 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (01 Jan 1943-28 Jun 1944)
Chief of the Instructions-Office of Panzer-Troops and in the Staff of the General-Inspection of Panzer-Troops (28 Jun 1944-03 Sep 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (03 Sep 1944-28 Feb 1945)
Retired (28 Feb 1945)
Awards & Decorations:
- RK des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern: 08.07.1918
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Ehrenritterkreuz II. Klasse des Grossherzoglich Oldenburgischen Haus- und Verdienstordens des Herzogs Peter Friedrich Ludwig mit Silberner Krone und Schwertern
- Grossherzoglich Oldenburgisches Friedrich August-Kreuz II. Klasse
- Grossherzoglich Oldenburgisches Friedrich August-Kreuz I. Klasse
- k.u.k. �sterr. Milit�r-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Silber
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis II. Klasse
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