(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)

Generalmajor Alfred Engelhardt
Born: 09 Oct 1891 in Kitzingen, Upper Franonia (Uberfranken)
Died: 29 Nov 1974 in W�rzburg
Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter (01 Oct 1912); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (23 Nov 1912); F�hnrich (22 Mar 1913); Leutnant (17 Feb 1914); Oberleutnant (18 Apr 1917); Hauptmann (01 Nov 1924); Major (01 Apr 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Aug 1936); Oberst (01 Apr 1939); Generalmajor (01 Nov 1942)
Career:
Entered Army Service (16 Jul 1912)
Fahnenjunker in the 29th Infantry-Regiment (16 Jul 1912-26 Sep 1914)
Wounded, in Hospital (26 Sep 1914-21 Feb 1915)
Transferred to the Replacement-Battalion of the 29th Infantry-Regiment (21 Feb 1915-19 Oct 1915)
At the same time, Detached as Training-Officer with the Courses for Fahnenjunker in D�beritz (22 May 1915-14 Sep 1915)
In the Field as Company-Leader with the 350th Territorial-Infantry-Regiment (19 Oct 1915-27 Oct 1916)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 437th Infantry-Regiment (27 Oct 1916-01 Apr 1919)
Transferred back into the 29th Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1919-13 Jun 1919)
Detached as Ordinance-Officer with the Liaison-Officer of the War Ministry and with the Chief Of Operations (Ia) of the General-Command of the VIII. Army-Corps (13 Jun 1919-14 Sep 1919)
Transferred into the 31st Reichswehr-J�ger-Regiment (14 Sep 1919-22 Mar 1920)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 31st Reichswehr-J�ger-Regiment (22 Mar 1920-15 Aug 1920)
Adjutant of the Supplemental-Battalion of the 32nd Reichswehr-J�ger-Regiment (15 Aug 1920-01 Oct 1920)
Transferred to the Training-Battalion of the 12th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-14 Mar 1921)
Adjutant of the Training-Battalion of the 12th Infantry-Regiment (14 Mar 1921-01 Mar 1923)
Transferred into the 21st Infantry-Regiment (01 Mar 1923-01 Sep 1924)
Chief of the 2nd Company of the 21st Infantry-Regiment (01 Sep 1924-01 Apr 1932)
Detached to Battle-School-Course in D�beritz (02 Nov 1925-28 Nov 1925)
Detached to Course with the Transport-Liaison-Officer Nuremberg (23 Feb 1931-07 Mar 1931)
Transferred to the Staff of the II. Battalion of the 21st Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1932-15 Oct 1933)
Detached to the Transport-Officer Nuremberg (15 Oct 1933-01 Nov 1933)
Transferred into the Staff of the 7th Division/Transport-Commandant in Regensburg (01 Nov 1933-01 Oct 1934)
Transferred to the Staff of the Command-Office Regensburg, while retaining previous position (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Transferred to the Staff of the 10th Division and again with the Transport-Commandant Regensburg (15 Oct 1935-01 Apr 1938)
Transport-Commandant Regensburg (01 Apr 1938-10 Nov 1938)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the 124th Border-Infantry-Regiment (10 Nov 1938-01 Aug 1939)
Plenipotentiary Transport-Officer with Army-Group-Command 5 (01 Aug 1939-26 Aug 1939)
Plenipotentiary Transport-Officer with Army-High-Command 14 then with Border-Section-Command South (26 Aug 1939-10 Dec 1939)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (10 Dec 1939-12 Apr 1940)
Delegated with the Command of Railway-Transport-Battalion East (12 Apr 1940-08 Jun 1940)
Commander of Railway-Transport-Battalion East (08 Jun 1940-15 Nov 1940)
Commander of the 107th Infantry-Regiment (15 Nov 1940-09 Jul 1941)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (09 Jul 1941-31 Aug 1941)
Special Duties Officer with the Chief of Transport Affairs and Detached the Wehrmacht Transport Command Paris (31 Aug 1941-04 Oct 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (04 Oct 1942-01 May 1943)
At the same time, Detached to Army-Group A (04 Oct 1942-01 Dec 1942)
Wehrmacht-Commandant of M�nster, Westphalia (01 May 1943-00 Oct 1945)
At the same time, Region-Officer of the Region Westphalia-North (15 Feb 1945-00 Oct 1945)
In Captivity (00 Oct 1945-01 Jul 1947)
Released (01 Jul 1947)

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