(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)

Generalmajor Werner Deckmann
Born: 12 Jul 1892 in Danzig
Died: 27 Feb 1945 in Neuruppin Hospital
Promotions:
Charakter als F�hnrich (31 Mar 1910); F�hnrich (16 Nov 1910); Leutnant (13 Sep 1911); Oberleutnant (25 Nov 1916); Hauptmann (01 Mar 1924); Major (01 Dec 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1936); Oberst (01 Jan 1939); Generalmajor (01 Sep 1942)
Career:
Entered Army Service (31 Mar 1910)
F�hnrich in the 44th Infantry-Regiment (31 Mar 1910-02 Aug 1914)
Detached to the War School in Hersfeld (19 Nov 1910-17 Aug 1911)
In the Field with the 44th Infantry-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-28 Aug 1914)
Company-Leader in the 44th Infantry-Regiment (28 Aug 1914-03 Mar 1915)
Ordinance-Officer with the Regiments-Staff of the 44th Infantry-Regiment (03 Mar 1915-21 Apr 1915)
Company-Leader in the 44th Infantry-Regiment (21 Apr 1915-11 Oct 1915)
Transferred to the II. Replacement-Battalion of the 44th Infantry-Regiment (11 Oct 1915-30 Nov 1915)
Company-Leader in the 44th Infantry-Regiment (30 Nov 1915-18 Apr 1916)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 44th Infantry-Regiment (18 Apr 1916-07 Jun 1917)
In British Captivity (07 Jun 1917-04 Nov 1919)
Released from British Captivity (04 Nov 1919-15 Nov 1919)
Auxiliary-Officer with the Regiments-Staff of the 2nd Reichswehr-Rifle-Regiment (15 Nov 1919-15 Nov 1920)
Company-Officer in the 1st Infantry-Regiment (15 Nov 1920-07 Jan 1921)
Adjutant of the II. Battalion of the 1st Infantry-Regiment (07 Jan 1921-01 Oct 1922)
Company-Officer in the MG-Company of the 1st Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1922-01 Mar 1924)
Hauptmann with the Staff of the III. Battalion of the 1st Infantry-Regiment (01 Mar 1924-01 Jun 1924)
Transferred into the 7th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jun 1924-01 Nov 1924)
Company-Chief in the 7th Infantry-Regiment (01 Nov 1924-24 Jan 1925)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 7th Infantry-Regiment (24 Jan 1925-01 Oct 1929)
Detached to Gas-Protection-Course in Berlin (07 Feb 1927-19 Feb 1927)
Detached to Gas-Protection-Course in Berlin (05 Nov 1928-18 Nov 1928)
Detached to Firing-Course for Heavy Infantry Weapons in D�beritz (19 Sep 1929-18 Oct 1929)
Company-Chief in the 7th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1929-01 Jan 1932)
Transferred into the Regiments-Staff of the 7th Infantry-Regiment and Detached to the Command-Office Berlin � Liaison-Officer to the Navy (01 Jan 1932-01 Apr 1932)
Transferred into the 5th Mounted-Regiment and Tactics-Instructor at the Naval-School Flensburg-M�rwik (01 Apr 1932-01 May 1933)
At the same time, Detached to VI. Naval-Artillery-Battalion (01 Apr 1933-01 May 1933)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief Of Army Command, while remaining in previous Post (01 May 1933-01 Jun 1934)
Transferred into the 6th Infantry-Regiment � Assigned to the Commander of the Naval-School Flensburg-M�rwik (01 Jun 1934-01 Oct 1934)
Transferred into Infantry-Regiment Flensburg (01 Oct 1934-01 Apr 1935)
Adjutant of the Army-Field-Equipment-Mastery (01 Apr 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Chief of Personnel and Training Department of the Army Field Equipment Mastery (06 Oct 1936-12 Oct 1937)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the 5th Infantry-Regiment (12 Oct 1937-03 Jan 1939)
Commandant of the Troop-Exercise-Grounds Stablack (03 Jan 1939-00 Dec 1944)
Taken ill, In Hospital � F�hrer-Reserve (00 Dec 1944-27 Feb 1945)
Died in Hospital (27 Feb 1945)

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