Generalmajor Kurt Heyser Born: 27 Aug 1894 in Braunschweig Died: 20 Apr 1974 in Bremen Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter (21 Dec 1913); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (27 Jan 1914); F�hnrich (20 May 1914); Leutnant (06 Aug 1914); Oberleutnant (18 Apr 1918); Polizei-Hauptmann (01 Nov 1919); Major der Landespolizei (01 Jan 1935); Major (15 Oct 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Mar 1937); Oberst (01 Feb 1940); Generalmajor (01 Aug 1943) Career:
Entered Army Service (24 Sep 1913)
Fahnenjunker in the 75th Infantry-Regiment (24 Sep 1913-05 May 1914)
Detached to the War School Nei�e (05 May 1914-06 Aug 1914)
In the Field as Company-Officer with the 75th Infantry-Regiment (06 Aug 1914-29 Dec 1914)
Transferred to the I. Replacement-Battalion of the 75th Infantry-Regiment (17 Sep 1917-18 Feb 1918)
Leader of the Signals-Platoon of the 75th Infantry-Regiment (18 Feb 1918-31 May 1918)
Mortar-Officer with the Staff of the 75th Infantry-Regiment (31 May 1918-08 Sep 1918)
Leader of I. Battalion of the 75th Infantry-Regiment (08 Sep 1918-09 Sep 1918)
Leader of 2nd Company of the 75th Infantry-Regiment (09 Sep 1918-31 Jan 1919)
At the same time, Delegated with the Leadership of III. Battalion of the 75th Infantry-Regiment (14 Sep 1918-18 Sep 1918)
Transferred to Freikorps Caspari (31 Jan 1919-09 Feb 1919)
Adjutant of the Processing-Officer of the 75th Infantry-Regiment (09 Feb 1919-01 Nov 1919)
Transferred to Police Service (01 Nov 1919)
With the Security-Police Bremen (01 Nov 1919-03 Nov 1920)
Adjutant of Police-Troop Centre, Bremen (03 Nov 1920-30 Jun 1921)
Detached to Police-Group Hafen, Bremen (30 Jun 1921-18 Jul 1921)
Leader of the 10th Watch-Alarm of the Bremen Police (18 Jul 1921-01 Apr 1924)
Director of Training-Courses at the Police-School Bremen (01 Apr 1924-02 May 1933)
Chief Personnel Officer (IIa) with the Commander the State-Police Bremen (02 May 1933-08 Jan 1934)
Detached as Liaison-Officer to the State-Police-Inspection Magdeburg (08 Jan 1934-15 Aug 1934)
Detached as Liaison-Officer to the State-Police-Inspection Hamburg (15 Aug 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Transferred to Army Service (15 Oct 1935)
Commander of II. Battalion of the 68th Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-01 Feb 1936)
Transferred to the Staff of the 68th Infantry-Regiment (01 Feb 1936-06 Oct 1936)
Chief Supply Officer (Ib) and Director of the Training-Department of Command-Office K�strin (06 Oct 1936-01 Jun 1939)
Commander of I. Battalion of the 47th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jun 1939-10 Nov 1939)
Commander of the 47th Infantry-Regiment (10 Nov 1939-15 Jul 1941)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (15 Jul 1941-10 Jan 1942)
Commander of the 539th Infantry-Regiment (10 Jan 1942-06 Feb 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (24 Feb 1942-16 Apr 1942)
Cmmander of the 30th Infantry-Replacement-Regiment (16 Apr 1942-07 Sep 1942)
Commander of the 720th Field-Training-Regiment (07 Sep 1942-10 May 1943)
Commander of East-Troop 709 (10 May 1943-15 Jul 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (15 Jul 1943-01 Nov 1943)
Detached to the Wehrmacht-Command-Office Hamburg (01 Nov 1943-10 Nov 1943)
Wehrmacht-Commander Hamburg (10 Nov 1943-06 Apr 1945)
Commandant of the Elbe-Crossings between Bergedorf & D�mitz (06 Apr 1945-08 May 1945)
In US Captivity (08 May 1945-01 Jul 1947)
Released (01 Jul 1947)
Awards & Decorations:
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (26 May 1940)
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