Generalmajor Ludwig Dittmeyer Born: 13 Mar 1893 in W�rzburg Died: 01 Nov 1972 in Bad Kissingen Promotions:
Charakter als F�hnrich (01 Aug 1912); F�hnrich (30 Oct 1912); Leutnant (02 Aug 1914); Oberleutnant (14 Dec 1917); Polizei-Oberleutnant (19 Sep 1920); Polizei-Hauptmann (01 Jun 1923); Polizei-Major (01 Sep 1934); Major (15 Oct 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Aug 1936); Oberst (01 Apr 1939); Generalmajor (01 May 1943) Career:
Entered Army Service (01 Aug 1912)
F�hnrich in the 12th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Aug 1912-01 Sep 1913)
Detached to the War-School in Munich (01 Sep 1913-01 Aug 1914)
Column-Leader with the II. Light-Munitions-Column of the 12th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Aug 1914-18 Oct 1914)
Transferred into the 5th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (18 Oct 1914-14 Dec 1914)
Adjutant of the II. Battalion of the 22nd Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (14 Dec 1914-04 Jan 1915)
Transferred into the 5th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (04 Jan 1915-21 Feb 1916)
Detached for Training to Flak-Platoon 43 b (21 Feb 1915-20 Mar 1915)
Detached to Flak-Courses in Donai (05 Jun 1916-09 Jun 1916)
Transferred into the Flak-Cannon-Battery 105 (21 Feb 1916-14 Mar 1916)
Leader of the Flak-Cannon-Battery 43 S (14 Mar 1916-12 Feb 1917)
Assigned to the Staff of the Commander of Flak 6 (12 Feb 1917-24 Jan 1918)
Detached to Distance Ranging School for Training on Ranging Equipment (16 Jun 1917-05 Jul 1917)
Leader of the Flak-Battery 3 (24 Jan 1918-13 Mar 1918)
Leader of the Flak-Battalion 751 b (13 Mar 1918-23 Dec 1918)
Leader of the Processing-Staff Flak 751 b (23 Dec 1918-28 Feb 1919)
Transferred into the 12th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment and Delegated with the Leadership of the 2nd Battery of Freikorps W�rzburg (28 Feb 1919-26 May 1919)
Transferred into the 21st Light Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (26 May 1919-02 Jun 1919)
Adjutant of the 21st Bavarian Flak-Battalion (02 Jun 1919-19 Mar 1919)
Transferred into the II. Battalion of the 21st Bavarian Flak-Battalion (19 Mar 1919-16 Sep 1920)
Transferred into the 24th Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (16 Sep 1920-19 Sep 1920)
Transferred to Police Service (19 Sep 1920)
With the Bavarian State-Police, Munich and Detached to the Security-Section Munich-State as Leader of Special-Motor-Vehicle-Platoon (19 Sep 1920-01 Jan 1923)
Detached as Leader of a Police-Motor-Detachment in Upper Silesia (29 Aug 1921-19 Feb 1922)
Transferred to the Motor-Workshop in Munich (01 Jan 1923-18 Jan 1926)
Advisor for the Motor-Transport-Affairs with State-Police-Office Munich (18 Jan 1926-01 May 1929)
Official of Recognised Experts for the Examination of Motor Vehicles and Drivers (01 May 1929-01 Nov 1930)
Advisor for Motor Vehicles with Police-Officers in the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior (01 Nov 1930-15 Oct 1935)
Transferred to Army Service (15 Oct 1935)
Commander of the 14th Antitank-Battalion (15 Oct 1935-13 Apr 1940)
Detached to Course for Staff-Officers with the 14th Division (11 Nov 1935-23 Nov 1935)
Detached to Signals-Course for Commanders of Motor Vehicle Battle Troops (09 Dec 1935-14 Dec 1935)
Staff-Officer of Antitank with the Staff of the 16th Army (13 Apr 1940-20 Aug 1944)
Commander of Motor Vehicle Park Troops and Military-District-Motor-Vehicle-Officer with Military-District-Command VI (20 Aug 1944-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-1947)
Released (1947)
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