Generalmajor Wilhelm von Henning Born: 23 Mar 1887 in Liegnitz Died: 03 Dec 1969 in D�sseldorf Promotions:
Charakter als F�hnrich (10 Mar 1904); F�hnrich (15 Dec 1904); Leutnant (19 Oct 1905); Oberleutnant (05 Sep 1914); Hauptmann (18 Sep 1915); Charakter als Major (09 Aug 1921); Polizei-Hauptmann (01 Feb 1920); Polizei-Major (01 Aug 1921); Major a.D. (01 Jun 1934); Major (E) (05 Mar 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1937); Oberst (01 Jun 1940); Generalmajor (01 Dec 1943) Career:
Entered Army Service (10 Mar 1904)
Passed Out the Cadet-Corps as F�hnrich in the 7th Grenadier-Regiment (10 Mar 1904-27 Jan 1914)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 7th Grenadier-Regiment (27 Jan 1914-07 Nov 1914)
Company-Leader in the 7th Grenadier-Regiment (07 Nov 1914-21 Jun 1915)
Transferred to the I. Replacement-Battalion of the 7th Grenadier-Regiment (21 Jun 1915-29 Aug 1915)
Leader of the 215th Mountain-MG-Detachment (29 Aug 1915-02 Jan 1916)
Transferred to the Replacement-Mountain-MG-Detachment (02 Jan 1916-06 Apr 1916)
Leader of the 4th Mountain-MG-Replacement-Detachment (06 Apr 1916-08 Dec 1916)
Detachment-Commander with MG-SS-Command (08 Dec 1916-17 Dec 1916)
Commander of the 11th MG-SS-Detachment (17 Dec 1916-15 Jan 1919)
Transferred to the Replacement-Battalion of the 7th Grenadier-Regiment (15 Jan 1919-08 Feb 1919)
Transferred into the II. Battalion of the 7th Grenadier-Regiment (08 Feb 1919-27 Mar 1919)
MG-Officer with the Staff of the 22nd Reichswehr-Brigade (27 Mar 1919-11 Jul 1919)
Adjutant of the Command-Office of the Troop-Exercise-Grounds Lambsdorf (11 Jul 1919-30 Sep 1919)
Transferred to the Processing-Office of the 7th Grenadier-Regiment & Detached to the Security-Police Breslau (30 Sep 1919-31 Jan 1920)
Retired (31 Jan 1920)
Entered Police Service (01 Feb 1920)
Unit-Leader with the Security-Police Breslau (01 Feb 1920-07 Oct 1920)
Department Head of the Security-Police with the Government-Presidency Breslau (07 Oct 1920-31 May 1924)
Retired (31 May 1924)
Tenure-Manager of Sugar Refinery Altjauer AG. (01 Jul 1930-01 Jun 1934)
Entered Army Service as a Territorial-Officer (01 Jun 1934); Supplemental-Officer (05 Mar 1935); Active-Officer (01 Apr 1937)
Commander of the 45th Border-Infantry-Regiment, Liegnitz (01 Jun 1934-01 Apr 1935)
Training-Director Liegnitz (01 Apr 1935-01 Nov 1936)
Commander of the Supplemental-Battalion of the 29th Infantry-Regiment (01 Nov 1936-12 Oct 1937)
Commander of III. Battalion of the 8th Infantry-Regiment (12 Oct 1937-25 Sep 1939)
Commander of the 271st Infantry-Regiment (25 Sep 1939-14 Nov 1941)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (14 Nov 1941-19 Feb 1942)
Commander of Watch-Regiment Paris (19 Feb 1942-01 Sep 1942)
Commander of the 1st Security-Regiment (01 Sep 1942-15 Apr 1943)
Commander of East-Troops 710 (15 Apr 1943-15 Jan 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (15 Jan 1944-10 Feb 1944)
Detached to the Plenipotentiary General of German Wehrmacht in Italy (10 Feb 1944-10 Mar 1944)
Commander of the Volunteer-Cadre-Division (10 Mar 1944-12 Sep 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (12 Sep 1944-01 Feb 1945)
Commandant of the Troop-Exercise-Grounds Oxb�l, Denmark (01 Feb 1945-26 Apr 1945)
Commander of Russian Brigade 599 (Denmark) (26 Apr 1945-06 May 1945)
In Captivity (06 May 1945-1947)
Released (1947)
Awards & Decorations:
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 02.01.1942 als Oberst und Kommandeur des Infanterie-Regiment 271
- RK des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern: 12.05.1918
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis II. Klasse
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 01.10.1938
- Spange zum EK II
- Spange zum EK I
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