Generalmajor Dr.ing. (Dipl.Ing.) Werner Kennes Born: 21 Sep 1896 in Potsdam Died: 08 Sep 1957 in Innsbruck Diploma in Engineering: 29 Nov 1926 Doctorate in Engineering: 03 Dec 1928 Promotions:
Leutnant (30 Mar 1915); Oberleutnant (31 Jul 1925); Hauptmann (01 Feb 1931); Major (18 Jan 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1938); Oberst (01 Oct 1940); Generalmajor (01 May 1944) Career:
Entered Army Service (11 Aug 1914)
Fahnenjunker in the Guards-Pioneer-Battalion (11 Aug 1914-15 Oct 1914)
Transferred to the II. Guards-Pioneer-Battalion of the 31st Pioneer-Regiment (15 Oct 1914-22 Mar 1915)
Platoon-Leader in the II. Guards-Pioneer-Battalion of the 31st Pioneer-Regiment (22 Mar 1915-23 Nov 1915)
Platoon-Leader in I. Battalion of the 31st Pioneer-Regiment (23 Nov 1915-24 Sep 1916)
Assigned to I. Pioneer-Battalion of Army-Group A (24 Sep 1916-22 Oct 1916)
Transferred back to I. Battalion of the 31st Pioneer-Regiment (22 Oct 1916-16 Jan 1917)
Adjutant of the 100th Pioneer-Battalion (16 Jan 1917-17 Dec 1918)
Transferred back to the Guards-Pioneer-Battalion & Demobilised (17 Dec 1918-03 Jan 1919)
Transferred to the Staff of the General of Pioneers with the Chief of the General Staff of the Field Army (03 Jan 1919-14 Apr 1919)
Transferred into the 15th Reichswehr-Pioneer-Battalion (14 Apr 1919-15 Jun 1919)
Transferred to the Staff of the 15th Pioneer-Battalion (15 Jun 1919-01 Sep 1919)
Temporary Adjutant of the 15th Pioneer-Battalion (01 Sep 1919-07 Oct 1919)
Adjutant of the 15th Pioneer-Battalion (07 Oct 1919-01 Oct 1920)
Platoon-Leader in the 3rd Pioneer-Battalion (01 Oct 1920-31 May 1921)
Detached to the 7th Pioneer-Battalion (31 May 1921-15 Jun 1921)
Transferred into the 3rd Artillery-Regiment (15 Jun 1921-01 Oct 1921)
Transferred back into the 3rd Pioneer-Battalion (01 Oct 1921-01 Oct 1922)
Detached to Studies at the Technical College Berlin-Charlottenburg (01 Oct 1922-01 Apr 1927)
Detached to the RWM, Special-Training in the Army Weapons Office (Balistics, Optics and Explosive Chemistry) (01 Apr 1927-01 Apr 1928)
Special-Training/Industrial-Command, Construction-Leader with the Rhine Plants Ryburg-Schw�rstadt/Labour-Community Gr�n & Bilfinger/Philipp Holzmann (01 Apr 1928-01 Oct 1928)
Transferred into the 2nd Pioneer-Battalion (01 Oct 1928-01 Mar 1930)
Leader of the Bridging-Column of the 2nd Pioneer-Battalion (05 Mar 1929-17 May 1929)
Transferred into the 3rd Pioneer-Battalion (01 Mar 1930-01 Apr 1931)
Advisor for Weapons, Equipment & Munitions in the Defence-Office, then General Army Office, RWM (01 Apr 1931-21 May 1935)
Advisor for Weapons, Equipment & Munitions in the General Army Office, RKM (21 May 1935-15 Oct 1935)
Adjutant of the Chief of the General Army Officem RKM (15 Oct 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Commander of the 23rd Pioneer-Battalion (06 Oct 1936-01 May 1937)
Central-Advisor with the Inspection of Eastern Fortifications (01 May 1937-10 Nov 1938)
Officer with Special Duties of the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Detached to the Reichs Economic Ministry (RWSM) (10 Nov 1938-15 May 1939)
Group-Director in the General Army Office, OKH (15 May 1939-01 Oct 1941)
Group-Director Armaments in the Staff of the Chief of Army Armaments & Commander of the Replacement Army (01 Oct 1941-08 Dec 1944)
Detained by the Reichsf�hrer-SS (at the same time as the Chief of Army Armaments & Commander of the Replacement Army) in the Concentration-Camp Ravensbr�ck, Special-Camp Dr�gen (08 Dec 1944-31 Dec 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (31 Dec 1944-13 Feb 1945)
Granted Leave (13 Feb 1945-15 Apr 1945)
Field-Equipment-Inspector North (15 Apr 1945-04 May 1945)
In British Captivity (04 May 1945-30 Nov 1946)
Released (30 Nov 1946)
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