(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)

Generalmajor Siegfried Heine
Born: 17 Jan 1883 in Potsdam
Died: 20 Feb 1975 in Sulzbach-Rosenberg
Promotions:
Leutnant (22 Mar 1901); Oberleutnant (16 Jun 1910); Hauptmann (19 Jun 1914); Charakter als Major (04 Jun 1920); Major a.D. (01 Dec 1934); Major (05 Mar 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Jun 1938); Oberst (01 Aug 1941); Generalmajor (01 May 1945)
Career:
Entered Army Service (22 Mar 1901)
Passed Out the Cadet-Corps as Leutnant in the 3rd Grenadier-Regiment (22 Mar 1901-01 Jul 1906)
Adjutant of II. Battalion & Court-Officer in the 3rd Grenadier-Regiment (01 Jul 1906-01 Feb 1909)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 3rd Grenadier-Regiment (01 Feb 1909-22 Apr 1914)
Adjutant of the 27th Infantry-Brigade (22 Apr 1914-06 Aug 1914)
Severely wounded in the Assault on L�ttich, in Hospital (06 Aug 1914-06 Jan 1915)
Company-Leader in the 256th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (06 Jan 1915-18 Apr 1915)
Taken ill, in Hospital (18 Apr 1915-12 Aug 1915)
Transferred into the 29th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment and Detached as Instructor to Exercise-Courses of VIII. Reserve-Corps (12 Aug 1915-05 Oct 1915)
Adjutant with the General-Command of III. Reserve-Corps (05 Oct 1915-01 Aug 1917)
Commander of I. Battalion of the 8th Grenadier-Regiment (01 Aug 1917-04 Apr 1918)
Wounded, in Hospital (04 Apr 1918-11 May 1918)
Commander of I. Battalion of the 8th Grenadier-Regiment (11 May 1918-27 May 1918)
Detached for Service in the Prussian War Ministry (27 May 1918-02 Jan 1919)
Transferred into the War Ministry (02 Jan 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Transferred to the Processing-Office of the War Ministry (01 Oct 1919-09 Apr 1920)
Retired (09 Apr 1920)
Employed in the Personnel-Department of the Army-Processing-Office Prussia (10 Apr 1920-01 Apr 1922)
Employed in the Reichs Pension Office (01 Apr 1922-01 Nov 1922)
Employed with the Firm Troitzsch Rope & Cable Works GmbH, Berlin (01 Nov 1922-01 Apr 1924)
Employed with the Firm Heinrich Lenz, Berlin (01 Apr 1924-01 Oct 1924)
Member of the Management of the Magazine of the German Officers Organisation and Administrator of the Honour Ranks List of the Army (01 Oct 1924-11 Nov 1934)
Called Up to Courses with the Command-Office K�strin (11 Nov 1934-01 Dec 1934)
Entered Army Service as a Territorial-Officer (01 Dec 1934); Supplemental-Officer (05 Mar 1935); Active-Officer (01 Aug 1941)
Recruitment-Officer with Reichswehr-Recruitment-Office Berlin IX (01 Dec 1934-01 Jun 1935)
Transferred to the Supplemental-Battalion of the 50th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jun 1935-01 Nov 1936)
Commander of the Supplemental-Battalion of the 50th Infantry-Regiment (01 Nov 1936-26 Aug 1939)
Commander of the 479th Infantry-Regiment (26 Aug 1939-13 Jan 1940)
F�hrer-Reserve - Military-District-Command III (13 Jan 1940-01 Mar 1940)
Commander of the 462nd Infantry-Replacement-Regiment (01 Mar 1940-18 Nov 1941)
Commander of the 449th Infantry-Regiment (18 Nov 1941-01 Nov 1942)
At the same time, Delegated with the Leadership of the 137th Infantry-Division (21 Dec 1941-30 Dec 1941)
At the same time, Delegated with the Leadership of the 137th Infantry-Division (02 Feb 1942-12 Feb 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (01 Nov 1942-27 Nov 1942)
Commander of the 583rd Grenadier-Regiment (27 Nov 1942-01 Sep 1943)
Commander of the Island of Jersey (01 Sep 1943-05 Mar 1944)
Fortress-Commandant Jersey (05 Mar 1944-13 Mar 1945)
Temporary Fortress-Commandant Guernsey & Commander of Troops of the Army on Guernsey (13 Mar 1945-09 May 1945)
In British Captivity (09 May 1945-22 Mar 1948)
Released (22 Mar 1948)

Awards & Decorations:
Ritterkreuz des k�niglichen Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern (24 Nov 1917)


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