Generalmajor Dipl.Ing. Ernst Ritter von Horstig genannt d'Aubigny von Engelbrunner Born: 22 May 1893 in Malstatt-Burbach, District Saarbr�cken Died: 07 Jun 1969 in Offenbach Diploma in Engineering: 19 Oct 1927 Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (13 Aug 1913); F�hnrich (20 Nov 1913); Leutnant (19 Jun 1914); Oberleutnant (16 Sep 1917); Hauptmann (01 May 1925); Charakter als Major (01 Oct 1932); Major (01 Feb 1933); Oberstleutnant (01 Aug 1935); Oberst (01 Feb 1938); Generalmajor (01 Mar 1942) Career:
Entered Army Service (06 Mar 1913)
Fahnenjunker in the 27th Field-Artillery-Regiment (06 Mar 1913-02 Aug 1914)
Detached to the War-School Danzig (29 Aug 1913-20 May 1914)
In the Field as Platoon-Leader with the 27th Field-Artillery-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-28 Mar 1915)
Adjutant & Court-Officer of II. Battalion of the 27th Field-Artillery-Regiment (28 Mar 1915-01 Apr 1915)
Platoon-Leader in the 27th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1915-06 Jun 1915)
Adjutant & Court-Officer of I. Battalion of the 27th Field-Artillery-Regiment (06 Jun 1915-23 Dec 1916)
Adjutant & Court-Officer of III. Battalion of the 27th Field-Artillery-Regiment (23 Dec 1916-16 May 1917)
Leader of 3rd Battery of the 27th Field-Artillery-Regiment (16 May 1917-09 Sep 1917)
Leader of 9th Battery of the 27th Field-Artillery-Regiment (09 Sep 1917-11 Sep 1918)
At the same time, Leader of III. Battalion of the 27th Field-Artillery-Regiment (27 Jul 1918-06 Aug 1918)
Wounded, in Hospital (11 Sep 1918-01 Nov 1918)
Transferred to II. Replacement-Battalion of the 27th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Nov 1918-19 Nov 1918)
Adjutant of II. Replacement-Battalion of the 27th Field-Artillery-Regiment (19 Nov 1918-25 Jan 1919)
Transferred back to the mobile 27th Field-Artillery-Regiment (25 Jan 1919-22 Mar 1919)
Transferred to Freikorps Hessen-Nassau (22 Mar 1919-01 May 1919)
Transferred into the 11th Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (01 May 1919-01 Oct 1920)
Detached to Course at the Field Artillery Firing School J�terbog (15 May 1919-15 Aug 1919)
Transferred into the 1st Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-01 Jan 1921)
Transferred into the 6th Artillery-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-01 Oct 1921)
Transferred into the 17th Infantry-Regiment & Detached to Weapon Technology Studies at the Technical College Braunschweig (01 Oct 1921-01 Apr 1926)
Detached to the 3rd Motor-Transport-Battalion (01 Apr 1926-01 Apr 1927)
Detached to the RWM (01 Apr 1927-01 Oct 1927)
Chief of 8th Battery of the 3rd Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1927-01 Jul 1930)
Detached to the RWM/Wa A (01 Jul 1930-01 Nov 1930)
Advisor in the Army Weapons Office, RWM (01 Nov 1930-01 Oct 1932)
Department-Chief in the Army Weapons Office, RWM (01 Oct 1932-21 May 1935)
Department-Chief in the Army Weapons Office, RKM (21 May 1935-01 Jan 1937)
Commander of II. Battalion of the 53rd Artillery-Regiment (01 Jan 1937-10 Nov 1938)
Transferred to the Staff of Field-Equipment-Command X (10 Nov 1938-01 Feb 1929)
Field-Equipment-Commander X (01 Feb 1939-25 Sep 1939)
Commander of the 256th Artillery-Regiment (25 Sep 1939-20 Mar 1940)
Artillery-Commander 102 (20 Mar 1940-20 Sep 1941)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (20 Sep 1941-01 Nov 1941)
Director of the Service-Office of German Military-Economics-Officers in Italy & Special-Representative of the Army Weapons Office (OKH) with the Military-Attach� at the Embassy in Rome (01 Nov 1941-01 Mar 1944)
Director of the Service-Office of Army-Weapons-Office X in Italy (01 Mar 1944-02 May 1945)
In Captivity (02 May 1945-1947)
Released (1947)
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