Generalmajor Fritz Heidrich Born: 18 Jan 1881 in Liegnitz Died: Went missing in 1945, believed to have died in Prison in Dresden, Date of Death declared with effect from 31 Dec 1950 Promotions:
F�hnrich (27 Jan 1942); Leutnant (18 Oct 1902); Oberleutnant (18 Oct 1910); Hauptmann (08 Oct 1914); Major (01 Feb 1925); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1929); Oberst (01 Oct 1932); Oberst (E) (01 May 1935); Generalmajor (01 Aug 1943) Career:
Entered Army Service (16 Mar 1901)
Fahnenjunker in the 35th Field-Artillery-Regiment (16 Mar 1901-01 Oct 1912)
Transferred into the 79th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1912-02 Aug 1914)
Battery-Leader in the 79th Field-Artillery-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-02 Feb 1916)
Artillery-Group-Leader with the 6th Cavalry-Division (02 Feb 1916-27 Feb 1917)
Leader of II. Battalion of the 79th Field-Artillery-Regiment (27 Feb 1917-12 Mar 1917)
Leader of I. Battalion of the 79th Field-Artillery-Regiment (12 Mar 1917-26 Apr 1917)
With the Staff of the 5th Landwehr-Division (26 Apr 1917-27 Apr 1917)
Transferred into the 256th Landwehr-Field-Artillery-Regiment (27 Apr 1917-06 Jun 1917)
Temporary Leader of the 256th Landwehr-Field-Artillery-Regiment (06 Jun 1917-14 Jun 1917)
With the Staff of the General-Command of XXXIX. Reserve-Corps (14 Jun 1917-07 Jul 1918)
With the Staff of 9th Army (07 Jul 1918-19 Sep 1918)
With the General-Staff of XXXIV. Army-Corps (19 Sep 1918-15 Dec 1918)
Transferred back into the 79th Field-Artillery-Regiment (15 Dec 1918-23 Mar 1919)
Transferred into the Instruction-Regiment of the Field Artillery Firing School (23 Mar 1919-27 Mar 1919)
Transferred into the Field Artillery Firing School (27 Mar 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Instructor at the Artillery-School (01 Oct 1919-20 Feb 1921)
Instructor at the Cavalry-School Hannover (20 Feb 1921-15 Dec 1921)
With the Staff of III. Battalion of the 3rd Artillery-Regiment (15 Dec 1921-01 Jun 1924)
With the Staff of Artillery-Leader III (01 Jun 1924-13 Jan 1928)
Transferred into the RWM (13 Jan 1918-05 Sep 1929)
Transferred into the 6th Artillery-Regiment (05 Sep 1929-01 Oct 1929)
Commander of II. Battalion of the 6th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1929-30 Nov 1932)
Retired (30 Nov 1932)
Informations-Officer in Argentina (1932-1935)
Entered Army Service as a Supplemental-Officer (01 May 1935); Active-Officer (01 Jun 1941)
With the Fortress-Command-Office Breslau (01 May 1935-03 Nov 1938)
Commander of Military-District-Command III Breslau (03 Nov 1938-18 Jul 1941)
F�hrer-Reserve & Delegated with the Leadership of the 337th Artillery-Regiment (18 Jul 1941-07 Aug 1941)
Commander of the 337th Artillery-Regiment (07 Aug 1941-30 Oct 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve - Military-District-Command VIII (30 Oct 1942-12 Nov 1942)
Commander of the 326th Artillery-Regiment (12 Nov 1942-07 May 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve - Military-District-Command VIII (07 May 1943-31 Oct 1943)
Retired (31 Oct 1943)
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