Generalmajor Werner Heyden Born: 05 Feb 1897 in Mei�en, Saxony (Sachsen) Died: 29 Jul 1944 near L'vov (Lemberg) (Automobile Accident) Promotions:
F�hnrich (01 Jul 1917); Leutnant (10 Jul 1918); Oberleutnant (01 Apr 1925); Hauptmann (01 Apr 1933); Major (01 Oct 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1940); Oberst (01 Jan 1942); Generalmajor (posthum) (09 Sep 1944) Career:
Entered Army Service (02 Jun 1916)
Fahnenjunker in the 22nd Pioneer-Battalion (02 Jun 1916-22 Jun 1917)
Transferred into the 192nd Pioneer-Battalion (22 Jun 1917-21 Jul 1918)
Transferred into the 404th Mortar-Company (21 Jul 1918-11 Mar 1919)
Detached to Mortar-School (06 Oct 1918-26 Oct 1918)
Platoon-Leader in the Mortar-Company of the 24th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (11 Mar 1919-01 Jan 1921)
Transferred into the Mortar-Company of the 10th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-01 Jun 1930)
Detached to Mortar-Course (08 Apr 1924-24 May 1924)
Detached to Course at the Infantry-School (29 Jun 1927-02 Aug 1927)
Detached to Course in Observation-Service (03 Jun 1928-16 Jun 1928)
Detached to Combat-School-Course C (09 Oct 1928-24 Oct 1928)
Adjutant of I. Battalion of the 10th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jun 1930-01 Apr 1933)
Company-Chief in the 10th Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1933-01 Oct 1934)
Company-Chief in Infantry-Regiment Dresden (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Chief of 13th Company of the 52nd Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-10 Dec 1936)
Instructor & Inspection-Chief at the War School Potsdam (10 Dec 1936-12 Oct 1937)
Instructor & Inspection-Chief at the War School Dresden (12 Oct 1937-10 Nov 1938)
Instructor & Inspection-Chief at the War School Wiener Neustadt (10 Nov 1938-01 Dec 1939)
Commander of I. Battalion of the 133rd Infantry-Regiment (01 Dec 1939-15 Oct 1940)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH & Detached to the Inspection of Education and Training Matters of the Army, OKH (15 Oct 1940-01 Feb 1941)
Chief of the Department for Unteroffizier-Schools with the Inspection of Education and Training Matters of the Army, OKH (01 Feb 1941-01 Mar 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (01 Mar 1943-01 Apr 1943)
Commander of the 743rd Fortress-Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1943-28 Apr 1944)
Commander of the 169th Grenadier-Regiment (28 Apr 1944-29 Jul 1944)
Killed in an auromobile accident (29 Jul 1944)
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