Generalmajor Hans Kreppel Born: 28 Sep 1898 in Munich (M�nchen) Died: 14 Feb 1985 in Naugerming Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (27 Mar 1917); F�hnrich (17 Sep 1917); Leutnant (17 Jan 1916); Hauptmann (01 Jun 1934); Major (01 Apr 1939); Oberstleutnant (01 Feb 1942); Oberst (01 Aug 1943); Generalmajor (01 May 1945) Career:
Entered Army Service (01 Dec 1916)
Fahnenjunker in the Replacement-Battalion of the 1st Bavarian Foot-Artillery-Regiment (01 Dec 1916-07 Dec 1916)
Transferred to the 2nd Replacement-Battalion of the 2nd Bavarian Foot-Artillery-Regiment (07 Dec 1916-27 Jun 1917)
Detached to Course at the Prussian Foot Artillery Firing School J�terbog (09 May 1917-07 Jun 1917)
Gun-Leader, later Platoon-Leader in the mobile 1st Bavarian Foot-Artillery-Regiment (27 Jun 1917-17 Jan 1918)
Battery-Officer in the 1st Bavarian Foot-Artillery-Regiment (17 Jan 1918-15 Oct 1918)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of II. Battalion of the 1st Bavarian Foot-Artillery-Regiment (15 Oct 1918-15 Feb 1919)
Granted Leave for Studies (15 Feb 1919-25 Apr 1919)
Volunteer in the Heavy Field-Howitzer-Battery of Volunteer-Detachment Probstmayr (25 Apr 1919-05 May 1919)
Transferred to the Replacement-Battalion of Freikorps Epp (05 May 1919-22 May 1919)
Company-Leader of the Depot-Company of the Supplemental-Battalion of the Bavarian Rifle-Corps (Epp) (22 May 1919-16 Jun 1919)
Transferred to Volunteer-Battery F�rholzer (16 Jun 1919-30 Jun 1919)
Transferred to 1st Battery of the 22nd Heavy Reichswehr-Artillery-Battalion (30 Jun 1919-27 Jun 1919)
Detached to the Bavarian Firing School Lager Lechfeld (05 Aug 1919-27 Aug 1919)
Transferred to 3rd Battery of the 23rd Light Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (27 Jun 1919-20 Oct 1919)
Detached to Sports-Course in Munich (17 Sep 1919-19 Oct 1919)
Transferred to 4th Battery of the 23rd Light Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (20 Oct 1919-01 Oct 1920)
Transferred to the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-30 Apr 1924)
Retired (30 Apr 1924)
Reactivated to Army Service (01 Jun 1934)
Battery-Chief in the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Jun 1934-01 Oct 1934)
Battery-Chief in Artillery-Regiment N�rnberg (01 Oct 1934-14 Oct 1935)
Battery-Chief in the 5th then 35th Artillery-Regiment (14 Oct 1935-01 Dec 1938)
Lecturer at the Artillery School (01 Dec 1938-01 Sep 1939)
Course-Director at the Artillery-School, Instruction-Staff A (01 Sep 1939-08 Jun 1940)
Commander of IV. Battalion of the 79th Mountain-Artillery-Regiment (08 Jun 1940-23 Jul 1941)
Staff-Officer of Artillery with Army High Command 17 (23 Jul 1941-01 Jan 1942)
With the Staff of Higher Artillery Commander 304 (01 Jan 1942-23 Dec 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve (23 Dec 1942-17 Jan 1943)
Commander of the 112th Mountain-Artillery-Regiment (17 Jan 1943-11 Oct 1944)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 3rd Mountain-Division (28 May 1944-03 Jul 1944)
F�hrer-Reserve (11 Oct 1944-01 Jan 1945)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 100th J�ger-Division (01 Jan 1945-31 Jan 1945)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (09 Feb 1945-17 Mar 1945)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 117th J�ger-Division (17 Mar 1945-01 May 1945)
Commander of the 117th J�ger-Division (01 May 1945-09 May 1945)
In US Captivity (09 May 1945-27 Jun 1947)
Released (27 Jun 1947)
Awards & Decorations:
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (20 Jan 1944)
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