(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)

Generalmajor Fritz Dewald
Born: 21 Aug 1891 in Altfelde, District Marienburg, East Prussia (Ostpreu�en)
Died: 07 May 1973 in B�hl
Promotions:
Charakter als F�hnrich (09 Apr 1912); F�hnrich (18 Dec 1912); Leutnant (18 Aug 1913); Charakter als Oberleutnant (07 Nov 1919); Polizei-Leutnant (08 Nov 1919); Polizei-Oberleutnant (28 Feb 1920); Polizei-Hauptmann (01 Dec 1923); Polizei-Major (20 Apr 1935); Major (15 Oct 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1937); Oberst (01 Apr 1940); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1943)
Career:
Entered Army Service (09 Apr 1912)
F�hnrich in the 138th Infantry-Regiment (09 Apr 1912-08 Aug 1914)
In the Field with the Regiment (08 Aug 1914-25 Dec 1914)
Leader of the 9th Company of the 138th Infantry-Regiment (25 Dec 1914-25 Jan 1915)
Platoon-Leader in the 138th Infantry-Regiment (25 Jan 1915-12 Feb 1915)
Leader of the 5th Company of the 138th Infantry-Regiment (12 Feb 1915-28 Feb 1915)
Platoon-Leader in the 138th Infantry-Regiment (28 Feb 1915-23 Aug 1915)
Detached to the Recruitment-Depot of the I. Replacement-Battalion of the 138th Infantry-Regiment (23 Aug 1915-04 Jun 1917)
Detached to the Supply-Battalion of the Replacement-General-Command of the XXI. Army-Corps (04 Jun 1917-25 Jul 1918)
Adjutant of District-Command Hagenau (25 Jul 1918-24 Nov 1918)
Transferred to the I. Replacement-Battalion of the 138th Infantry-Regiment (24 Nov 1918-26 Nov 1918)
Court-Officer, Leader of the Pension and Pass Department of the 138th Infantry-Regiment (26 Nov 1918-24 Mar 1919)
Adjutant of the Disbandment-Staff of the 138th Infantry-Regiment (24 Mar 1919-02 Apr 1919)
Temporary-Regiments-Adjutant of the 138th Infantry-Regiment (02 Apr 1919-22 May 1919)
Detached to the General-Command of the IV. Army-Corps (22 May 1919-15 Oct 1919)
Transferred to the 2nd Landwehr-J�ger-Regiment (15 Oct 1919-07 Nov 1919)
Retired (07 Nov 1919)
Entered Police Service (08 Nov 1919)
With the Protection-Police Hanau (08 Nov 1919-13 Aug 1926)
Detached to I. Course for Police-Officers at the Higher Police School Potsdam (21 May 1920-20 Aug 1920)
Director of the Police-District North in Hanau (13 Aug 1926-15 Aug 1930)
Transferred to the Police-Administration Dortmund (15 Aug 1930-16 Aug 1930)
District-Chief of the 12th Police-District, Dortmund (16 Aug 1930-00 Aug 1930)
Leader of the 1st Alarm of the Police in Dortmund (00 Aug 1930-01 Sep 1931)
Director of the 3rd Training-Course for Single-Service (01 Sep 1931-04 Oct 1931)
Chief of the Police-District 12 and 7, Dortmund (04 Oct 1931-09 Mar 1932)
Leader of the 2nd Alarm of the Police in Dortmund (09 Mar 1932-15 Mar 1933)
Temporary-Commander S I of the Protection-Police in Dortmund (15 Mar 1933-06 Aug 1933)
Temporary-Commander of the State-Police-Department Dortmund (06 Aug 1933-12 Feb 1934)
Detached to a Special Training Course (05 Nov 1933-03 Dec 1933)
Leader of the 3rd Unit of the State-Police-Department Dortmund (12 Feb 1934-11 Feb 1935)
Detached to a Special Training Course (09 Apr 1934-30 May 1934)
Temporary-Commander of the State-Police-Department Dortmund (11 Feb 1935-15 Feb 1935)
Leader of the 3rd Unit of the State-Police-Department Dortmund (15 Feb 1935-01 Jul 1935)
Detached to the 15th Tactical Special Course to the Higher Police School in Eiche (21 Feb 1935-06 Mar 1935)
Detached to the Infantry-Regiment Konstanz (01 Jul 1935-15 Oct 1935)
Transferred to Army Service (15 Oct 1935)
Company-Chief in the 14th Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the 119th Infantry-Regiment (06 Oct 1936-10 Nov 1938)
Detached to the Staff-Officers-Course in Ludwigsburg (22 Nov 1937-02 Dec 1937)
Transferred to the Staff of the 119th Infantry-Regiment (10 Nov 1938-26 Aug 1939)
Commander of the 260th Infantry-Replacement-Regiment (26 Aug 1939-14 Mar 1940)
Commander of the 463rd Infantry-Regiment (14 Mar 1940-21 Jun 1940)
F�hrer-Reserve � Military-District-Command V (21 Jun 1940-23 Dec 1940)
Commander of the 205th Infantry-Replacement-Regiment (23 Dec 1940-19 Jul 1941)
Commander of the 358th Infantry-Regiment (19 Jul 1941-01 Jun 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (01 Jun 1942-16 Oct 1942)
Commandant of the Troop-Exercise-Grounds Oksb�l, in Denmark (16 Oct 1942-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-1947)
Released (1947)

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