(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)

Generalmajor (W) Richard Hellmich
Born: 12 Jun 1886 in Posen
Died: 27 Jul 1944 between Athens & Thebes, Greece (Shot)
Promotions:
Feuerwerker (01 Apr 1910); Oberfeuerwerker (01 Apr 1913); Feuerwerker-Leutnant (22 Mar 1915); Charakter als Oberleutnant (15 Apr 1921); Oberleutnant (01 Jul 1921); Hauptmann (W) (01 Mar 1929); Major (W) (01 Feb 1934); Oberstleutnant (W) (16 Mar 1936); Oberst (W) (01 Sep 1941); Generalmajor (W) (nachtr�glich) (01 Jul 1944)
Career:
Entered Army Service (03 Oct 1905)
Volunteer in the 2nd Foot-Artillery-Regiment (03 Oct 1905-01 Apr 1910)
Feuerwerker (01 Apr 1910-1914)
With Artillery-Depot Breslau (11 Aug 1911-20 Sep 1914)
With the 17th Mortar-Detachment (1914-01 Oct 1921)
Transferred into the 6th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1921-01 Oct 1923)
With the Staff of Artillery-Firing-Grounds J�terbog (01 Oct 1923-01 Feb 1929)
With the Staff of 6th Division (01 Feb 1929-01 Jan 1930)
With the Munitions-Institute Hannover (01 Jan 1930-01 Oct 1932)
In the Army Weapons Office, RWM (01 Oct 1932-01 May 1933)
With the Army-Equipment-Office Spandau (01 May 1933-01 Apr 1934)
With the Acceptance-Disposal-Office (01 Apr 1934-18 Mar 1935)
Army-Acceptance-Inspector 2, Hannover (18 Mar 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Tuition-Director at the Army-Bombadier-School (06 Oct 1936-28 Oct 1939)
Commander of Field-Equipment-Staff D (28 Oct 1939-03 Sep 1940)
Executive of Army-Equipment-Office G�strow (03 Sep 1940-16 Sep 1943)
Field-Equipment-Inspector of Army-Group F (16 Sep 1943-27 Jul 1944)
Shot by Greek Partisans (27 Jul 1944)

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