(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)

Generalmajor Friedrich Drescher
Born: 19 Mar 1906 in Nuremberg (N�rnberg)
Died: 09 Apr 1984 in Nuremberg (N�rnberg)
Promotions:
Polizei-Hilfswachtmeister (01 May 1925); Polizei-Unterwachtmeister (01 Jul 1926); Polizei-Wachtmeister (01 Oct 1927); Polizei-Oberwachtmeister (01 Oct 1928); Polizei-Leutnant (16 Dec 1928); Polizei-Oberleutnant (01 Jan 1933); Oberleutnant (15 Oct 1935); Hauptmann (01 Oct 1936); Major (01 Aug 1941); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1943); Oberst (01 May 1944); Generalmajor (20 Apr 1945)
Career:
Entered Police Service (01 May 1925)
Polizei-Hilfswachtmeister with the Police-Administration Centre of the Protection-Police Nuremberg-F�rth (01 May 1925-01 Oct 1925)
Transferred to the Police-Station B�renschanz of the Protection-Police Nuremberg-F�rth (01 Oct 1925-15 Sep 1926)
Detached to Officer-Aspirant-Course with the Protection-Police Munich (15 Sep 1926-01 Oct 1928)
Practical Training with the Protection-Police Munich (01 Oct 1928-23 Dec 1928)
Transferred to the Police-Station Kulturfeld of the Protection-Police Nuremberg-F�rth (23 Dec 1928-01 Oct 1929)
Transferred to the 2nd Training-Unit of the Protection-Police Nuremberg-F�rth (01 Oct 1929-01 Oct 1930)
Transferred to the 3rd State-Police-Unit of the Protection-Police Nuremberg-F�rth (01 Oct 1930-18 Sep 1932)
Detached to Sub-Machine-Gun-Firing-Course in Grafenw�hr (18 Sep 1932-19 Nov 1932)
Detached to Flight-Registration-Exercise in Central Germany (19 Nov 1932-25 Nov 1932)
Detached to Flight-Registration-Exercise of the Senior Postal Direction in Nuremberg (25 Nov 1932-15 May 1933)
Detached to Auxiliary-Officer-Training (15 May 1933-19 Jun 1933)
Air-Protection-Officer with the District of Upper and Central Franconia (19 Jun 1933-01 Oct 1934)
Leader of the Training-Department of the State-Police-Department Nuremberg (01 Oct 1934-13 Oct 1934)
Sport-Officer with the State-Police-Department Nuremberg (13 Oct 1934-27 Dec 1934)
Detached to Service with the State-Police-Group Nuremberg (27 Dec 1934-01 Apr 1935)
Transferred to the 1st State-Police-Unit of the State-Police-Group Nuremberg (01 Apr 1935-28 May 1935)
Detached for Service with Infantry-Leader VII (28 May 1935-15 Oct 1935)
Transferred to Army Service (15 Oct 1935)
Leader of the 1st Company of the 21st Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-15 May 1936)
Transferred to the Staff of the 110th Infantry-Regiment (15 May 1936-15 Apr 1938)
Detached to the Staff of the 33rd Division (01 Dec 1937-31 Mar 1938)
Chief of the 6th Company of the 110th Infantry-Regiment (15 Apr 1938-26 Aug 1939)
Transferred to the Staff of the 33rd Infantry-Division (26 Aug 1939-15 Jan 1940)
Detached to General-Staff-Courses (15 Jan 1940-07 Apr 1940)
Detached to Army High Command 18 (07 Apr 1940-15 Apr 1940)
Transferred to the General-Staff of Army High Command 18 (15 Apr 1940-28 May 1940)
Supply-Officer (Ib) in the General-Staff of the 208th Infantry-Division (28 May 1940-30 Jan 1941)
Detached to the Army General Staff (30 Jan 1941-01 Apr 1941)
While retaining command in the Army General Staff was Transferred as Quartermaster 1 in the Staff of Branch-Office Centre (01 Apr 1941-24 Oct 1941)
Transferred to the Army General Staff (24 Oct 1941-20 Mar 1943)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the 356th Reserve-Division (20 Mar 1943-01 Nov 1943)
Instructor at the War Academy (01 Nov 1943-20 Jun 1944)
Senior-Quartermaster in the General-Staff of Army-Group North Ukraine, from 24 Sep 1944 Army-Group A (20 Jun 1944-25 Nov 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (25 Nov 1944-00 Dec 1944)
Chief Of Staff of the General-Quartermaster of the Army (00 Dec 1944-07 May 1945)
Senior Quartermaster of Commander-in-Chief North (07 May 1945-00 Jul 1945)
In Captivity (00 Jul 1945-1947)
Released (1947)

Awards & Decorations:
Deutsches Kreuz in Silber (30 Mar 1943)


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