Generalmajor Peter Körte Born: 26 Jun 1896 in Berlin Died: 13 Jan 1947 in Bielefeld, Westphalia (Westfalen) Promotions:
Unteroffizier (00 Apr 1915); Vizefeldwebel (21 May 1915); Leutnant der Reserve (04 Nov 1915); Charakter als Oberleutnant der Reserve (27 Apr 1921); Polizei-Oberleutnant (01 Jan 1922); Polizei-Hauptmann (30 Jun 1926); Hauptmann (01 Aug 1935); Major (01 Apr 1936); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1939); Oberst (01 Mar 1942); Generalmajor (01 Jan 1945) Career:
Entered Army Service (Reserves) (11 Dec 1914)
War Volunteer in the 3rd Foot Guards-Regiment (11 Dec 1914-05 Mar 1915)
Transferred into the 53rd Reserve-Infantry-Regiment, later Platoon and Company Leader in the Regiment (05 Mar 1915-07 Jan 1919)
Retired (07 Jan 1919)
Reactivated to Army Service (15 Feb 1919)
With the 1st Guards-Reserve-Regiment (15 Feb 1919-10 Jul 1919)
Transferred into Rifle-Regiment Baltenland (10 Jul 1919-01 Jan 1920)
Transferred into I. Battalion of the 6th Naval-Regiment (01 Jan 1920-24 Jun 1921)
Transferred to Coastal-Defence-Battalion V, Pillau of the 3rd Naval-Brigade (Freikorps von Loewenfeld) (24 Jun 1921-05 Sep 1921)
Retired (05 Sep 1921)
Entered Police Service (01 Jan 1922)
With the Protection-Police Berlin (01 Jan 1922-01 Jul 1924)
Transferred to the Protection-Police in Bielefeld (01 Jul 1924-01 Dec 1927)
Detched to 14th Shortened Course for Polizei-Oberleutnants at the Higher Police School Eiche (21 Apr 1925-25 Jul 1925)
Detached to Course at the Police-School for Physical Exercise, Spandau (02 Oct 1925-06 Nov 1925)
Instructor at the Police-School Hildesheim (01 Dec 1927-01 Jul 1934)
Detached to Tactical Course with the Army in Sennelager (00 Jan 1934-03 Feb 1934)
Detached to 6th Tactical Special Course at the Higher Police School Eiche (05 Feb 1934-24 Feb 1934)
Transferred to the State-Police Wesermünde (01 Jul 1934-08 Dec 1934)
Transferred to the State-Police Altona (08 Dec 1934-01 Jul 1935)
At the same time, Deputy Commander of the State-Police-Department Altona (18 Jan 1935-01 Feb 1935)
Deputy Commander of the State-Police-Department Altona (01 Jul 1935-15 Oct 1935)
Transferred into Army Service (15 Oct 1935)
Company-Chief in the 5th Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Company-Chief in the 25th Infantry-Regiment (06 Oct 1936-12 Oct 1937)
Commander of the Supplemental-Battalion of the 96th Infantry-Regiment (12 Oct 1937-10 Nov 1938)
Commander of I. Battalion of the 96th Infantry-Regiment (10 Nov 1938-19 Sep 1941)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 26th Infantry-Regiment (19 Sep 1941-31 Oct 1941)
Commander of the 26th Infantry-Regiment (31 Oct 1941-05 Mar 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH (05 Mar 1944-09 Oct 1944)
Detached to the Commander-in-Chief West for Use as a Divisional-Leader (09 Oct 1944-07 Nov 1944)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 246th Volksgrenadier-Division (07 Nov 1944-02 Jan 1945)
Taken to hospital in Schneidemühl (02 Jan 1945-11 Feb 1945)
Transferred into a Hospital in Hamburg (11 Feb 1945-05 May 1945)
In British Captivity (05 May 1945-28 Aug 1946)
Released (28 Aug 1946)
Awards & Decorations:
Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (27 Sep 1943)
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (05 Jun 1942)
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