Generalmajor Richard Kanzler Born: 10 May 1893 in Bad Oeynhausen Died: 08 Jul 1942 in War-Hospital 4/509 Kursk, USSR Promotions:
Leutnant der Reserve (22 May 1915); Oberleutnant der Reserve (12 Jan 1919); Polizei-Oberleutnant (12 Oct 1919); Polizei-Hauptmann (13 Jul 1921); Polizei-Major (01 Apr 1932); Major (16 Mar 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1938); Oberst (01 Dec 1940); Generalmajor (nachtr�glich) (04 Jul 1944) Career:
Entered Army Service (Reserves) (30 Oct 1914)
War Volunteer in the 179th Infantry-Regiment, later Platoon & Company Leader, Adjutant & Ordinance-Officer (30 Oct 1914-12 Jan 1919)
Retired (12 Jan 1919)
Reactivated to Army Service (15 May 1919)
In Freikorps Stobbe (15 May 1919-13 Aug 1919)
Transferred into the 8th Reichswehr-Rifle-Regiment (13 Aug 1919-12 Oct 1919)
Transferred to Police Service (12 Oct 1919)
With the Protection Police (12 Oct 1919-22 Jun 1933)
With State-Police-Inspection West (22 Jun 1933-16 Mar 1936)
Transferred to Army Service (16 Mar 1936)
With the Staff of the 26th Division (16 Mar 1936-01 May 1936)
Transferred into the 1st Smoke-Battalion (01 May 1936-24 Aug 1936)
Company-Chief in the 2nd Smoke-Battalion (24 Aug 1936-06 Oct 1936)
Company-Chief in the Smoke Instruction & Experiment Battalion (06 Oct 1936-10 Oct 1937)
Transferred to the Army Gas Protection School Celle (10 Oct 1937-26 Oct 1939)
Gas-Defence-Officer in the General-Staff of the 2nd Army (26 Oct 1939-15 Mar 1940)
Commander of the 6th Rocket-Artillery-Battalion (15 Mar 1940-31 Aug 1940)
Commander of the 4th Rocket-Artillery-Battalion (07 Sep 1940-21 Feb 1942)
Commander of the Regiment-Staff of Rocket-Troop z.b.V. 4 (21 Feb 1942-31 Mar 1942)
Commander of the 2nd Heavy Rocket-Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1942-01 Jul 1942)
Severely wounded near Voronezh, in Hospital (01 Apr 1942-08 Jul 1942)
Died of his wounds (08 Jul 1942)
Awards & Decorations:
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (posthum) (15 Nov 1942)
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