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Generalmajor Friedrich Heyl
Born: 26 Aug 1881 in Bayreuth
Died: 24 Dec 1957 in Munich (M�nchen)
Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (28 Oct 1900); F�hnrich (08 Feb 1901); Leutnant (09 Mar 1902); Oberleutnant (03 Mar 1911); Hauptmann (16 Dec 1914); Major (22 Feb 1924); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1929); Oberst (E) (01 Oct 1936); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1941)
Career:
Entered Army Service (14 Jul 1900)
Fahnenjunker in the 5th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (14 Jul 1900-13 Sep 1901)
Detached to the War-School Munich (01 Mar 1901-20 Feb 1902)
Transferred into the 12th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (13 Sep 1901-01 Oct 1908)
Detached to the Bavarian Artillery & Engineer School (01 Oct 1904-00 Aug 1905)
Adjutant of II. Battalion of the 12th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1908-01 Oct 1910)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 12th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1910-02 Aug 1914)
In the Field as Battery-Leader with the 12th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-15 Oct 1916)
Adjutant of the 3rd Field-Artillery-Brigade (15 Oct 1916-01 Feb 1917)
Transferred back into the 12th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Feb 1917-09 Mar 1917)
Commander of II. Battalion of the 12th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (09 Mar 1917-16 Jun 1917)
Commander of III. Battalion of the 12th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (16 Jun 1917-19 Aug 1917)
Commander of II. Battalion of the 12th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (19 Aug 1917-06 Nov 1917)
Transferred to Army High Command South (06 Nov 1917-04 Feb 1918)
Transferred to Army High Command 19 (04 Feb 1918-28 Mar 1918)
Adjutant of Army High Command 19 (28 Mar 1918-23 Dec 1918)
Transferred back into the 12th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (23 Dec 1918-02 Feb 1919)
Hauptmann with the Staff of the 12th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (02 Feb 1919-10 Feb 1919)
Commander of I. Battalion of the 12th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (10 Feb 1919-07 Mar 1919)
Leader of the Forward-Command of I. Battalion of the 12th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (07 Mar 1919-04 Jun 1919)
At the same time, Leader of the Volunteer-Battery of the 12th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1919-04 Jun 1919)
Adjutant with the General-Command of II. Bavarian Army-Corps (04 Jun 1919-29 Oct 1919)
Leader of the Mortar-Battery in the 23rd Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (29 Oct 1919-12 Dec 1919)
Leader of the Mortar-Company in the 45th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (12 Dec 1919-01 Oct 1920)
Detached to Mortar-Courses in K�nigsbr�ck (14 Jan 1920-04 Feb 1920)
Detached to the Commission for the Development of Mortar Regulations on the Troop-Exercise-Grounds K�nigsbr�ck (25 Feb 1920-04 Mar 1920)
At the same time, Adjutant of the 23rd Reichswehr-Brigade (30 Apr 1920-01 Oct 1920)
Chief of the Mortar-Company of the 46th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-01 Jan 1921)
Chief of the Mortar-Company of the 21st Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1920-20 May 1921)
Detached for Development of Firing & Engagement Regulations of Mortars in Berlin (20 May 1921-26 Jul 1921)
While retaining previous position, transferred to the Command-Office Berlin (26 Jul 1921-01 Oct 1921)
Transferred back into the 21st Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1921-01 Jul 1922)
Detached as Instructor to the Firing-Course for Mortar-Officers in J�terbog (01 Oct 1921-15 Nov 1921)
Transferred into the 19th Infantry-Regiment & Detached as Staff-Officer of Mortars with Infantry-Leader VII (01 Jul 1922-01 Apr 1925)
Detached as Instructor to Mortar-Courses in J�terbog (26 Jul 1922-03 Aug 1922)
Detached to Firing-Course in K�nigsbr�ck (08 May 1924-24 May 1924)
Detached to Firing-Course in Grafenw�hr (10 Jun 1924-21 Jun 1924)
Detached as Course-Director to the Firing-Course in Grafenw�hr (15 Sep 1924-18 Oct 1924)
At the same time, Weapon-Instructor at the Pioneer-School Munich (01 Nov 1924-01 Apr 1925)
Transferred to the Staff of Infantry-Leader VII (01 Apr 1925-01 Jan 1926)
Detached to Mortar-Course for Staff-Officers of Mortars in J�terbog (16 Apr 1925-22 Apr 1925)
Detached to III. Battalion of the 7th Artillery-Regiment (02 Jun 1925-13 Jun 1925)
Detached to Combat-School-Course III for Mortars in D�beritz (06 Nov 1925-01 Jan 1926)
Transferred into the 7th Artillery-Regiment, employed as Chief of 7th Battery and detached to the Regiments-Staff (01 Jan 1926-01 Apr 1926)
Detached to thw Staff of III. Battalion of the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1926-01 May 1926)
Transferred into the Staff of II. Battalion of thw 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 May 1926-01 Oct 1928)
Detached to Firing-Course for Artillery-Officers on the Troop-Exercise-Grounds Ohrdruf (28 Feb 1927-09 Apr 1927)
Detached to the Command-Office Munich (01 Apr 1928-15 Apr 1928)
Detached to Firing-Exercises of the 7th Artillery-Regiment in J�terbog (15 Apr 1928-29 Apr 1928)
Employed with the Staff of III. Battalion of the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1928-31 May 1929)
Retired (31 May 1929)
Territorial-Employee of the Army (01 Jun 1929)
Assistant with Department Ia for Territorial-Affairs with the Command-Office Munich (01 Jun 1929-01 Dec 1930)
District-Director Munich City (01 Dec 1930-01 Feb 1933)
Transferred to Military-District-Command VII (01 Feb 1933-01 Oct 1933)
Entered Army Service as Territorial-Officer (01 Oct 1933); Supplemental-Officer (05 Mar 1935); Active-Officer (01 Jun 1941)
Bureau-Officer with Military-District-Command VII (01 Oct 1933-01 Jun 1935)
Transferred to Military-Replacement-Inspection Munich (01 Jun 1935-16 Sep 1936)
Commander of Military-District-Command Munich IV (16 Sep 1936-01 Nov 1936)
Commander of Military-District-Command Munich II (01 Nov 1936-31 Aug 1943)
Retired (31 Aug 1943)

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