Generalmajor Paul Lettow Born: 08 Jul 1890 in Malmedy Died: 23 Sep 1972 in M�llheim Promotions:
F�hnrich (18 Nov 1911); Leutnant (18 Aug 1912); Oberleutnant (27 Jan 1916); Charakter als Hauptmann (09 Apr 1920); Polizei-Hauptmann (06 May 1920); SS-Obersturmbannf�hrer (10 Mar 1934); SS-Standartenf�hrer (28 Aug 1934); Oberstleutnant der Landespolizei (30 Jan 1935); Oberstleutnant (15 Oct 1935); Oberst (01 Jun 1938); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1942) Career:
Entered Army Service (23 Mar 1911)
Fahnenjunker in the 135th Infantry-Regiment (23 Mar 1911-02 Aug 1914)
Adjutant of III. Battalion of the 135th Infantry-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-28 Sep 1914)
Wounded, in Hospital (28 Sep 1914-08 Oct 1914)
In Private Care in Bonn (treatment in Reserve-Hospital 2 Bonn) (08 Oct 1914-09 Mar 1916)
Back at the Front, Adjutant of III. Battalion of the 135th Infantry-Regiment (28 Oct 1914-18 Mar 1916)
Taken ill with Rheumatoid Arthritis, in Field-Hospital 1 Marcq, from 18 Mar 1916 in Reserve-Hospital 2 Ludwigsburg and from 12 May 1916 in Officers Sanatorium Wildbad (09 Mar 1916-22 Jun 1916)
With the Replacement-Battalion of the 135th Infantry-Regiment (22 Jun 1916-09 Aug 1916)
Back at the Front & Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 135th Infantry-Regiment (09 Aug 1916-20 Sep 1916)
Leader of 3rd MG-Company of the 135th Infantry-Regiment (20 Sep 1916-13 Dec 1916)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 135th Infantry-Regiment (13 Dec 1916-01 Jul 1917)
Acting 2nd General-Staff-Officer of 33rd Infantry-Division (0-1 Jul 1917-03 Jul 1917)
Auxiliary-Officer to the Operations Department of the General-Command of XVI. Army-Corps (03 Jul 1917-09 Jul 1917)
Acting 2nd General-Staff-Officer of the 33rd Infantry-Division (09 Jul 1917-18 Jul 1917)
Wounded near Cheppy (Grenade fragments in the left-back of the head) (10 Aug 1917-12 Aug 1917)
Granted Leave for medical treatment to D�sseldorf (12 Aug 1917-15 Oct 1917)
Temporary Adjutant of the 66th Infantry-Brigade (15 Oct 1917-08 Dec 1917)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 135th Infantry-Regiment (08 Dec 1917-16 Jul 1918)
Wounded on the Marne near Chavenay (Grenade fragments in the right thigh) (16 Jul 1918-17 Jul 1918)
Granted Leave for medical treatment to D�sseldorf (in medical treatment with the Replacement-Battalion of the 135th Infantry-Regiment) (17 Jul 1918-12 Oct 1918)
Temporary Adjutant of the 66th Infantry-Brigade (12 Oct 1918-09 Nov 1918)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 135th Infantry-Regiment (09 Nov 1918-05 Oct 1919)
With the 2nd Landesj�ger-Regiment Torgau, Volunteer Landesj�gerkorps (05 Oct 1919-10 Oct 1919)
With the Processing-Staff of the 135th Infantry-Regiment (10 Oct 1919-27 Oct 1919)
With the Processing-Office of XVI. Army-Corps (27 Oct 1919-26 Jan 1920)
With the Processing-Office of the 135th Infantry-Regiment (26 Jan 1920-22 Mar 1920)
Detached to the Reichs Processing Office (22 Mar 1920-09 Apr 1920)
Retired (mit der Erlaubnis zum Tragen der bisherigen Regimentsuniform) (09 Apr 1920)
Entered Police Service (06 May 1920)
With the Security Police in Potsdam (06 May 1920-01 Oct 1925)
Transferred to the Police-School Brandenburg, Inspection-Adjutant, Instructor at the Higher Police School (01 Oct 1925-01 Mar 1934)
Detached from the State Police for Service with the SS (01 Mar 1934-28 Feb 1935)
Entered the SS (08 Mar 1934)
SS-Leader with Special Duties in the Staff RFSS (Command of the Leader-School Bad T�lz) (10 Mar 1934-01 Apr 1934)
Tactics-Instructor at the SS-Leader-School T�lz (01 Apr 1934-01 Oct 1934)
Leader of the SS-Leader-School T�lz (12 Jun 1934-16 Jul 1935)
Granted further Leave from the State Police without pay for Service with the Leadership-Staff of the SS in Munich (01 Mar 1935-16 Jul 1935)
Retired from the SS on his own request for Service in the Wehrmacht (16 Jul 1935)
Detached to the Staff of II. Battalion of the 33rd Infantry-Regiment (30 Aug 1935-04 Oct 1935)
Transferred to Army Service (04 Oct 1935)
Commander of II. Battalion of the 33rd Infantry-Regiment (04 Oct 1935-01 Aug 1938)
Field-Equipment-Commander VIII (01 Aug 1938-18 Apr 1940)
Field-Equipment-Commander with Army High Command 6 (18 Apr 1940-31 Aug 1940)
Field-Equipment-Commander VIII (31 Aug 1940-19 Feb 1941)
Commander of Senior-Field-Equipment-Staff 3 (19 Feb 1941-15 May 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve, lastly with Military-District-Command VIII (Breslau) (15 May 1942-01 Nov 1942)
Placed to Disposal (Army) (01 Nov 1942)
Retired (31 May 1944)
Awards & Decorations:
Ritterkreuz des k�niglichen Hausordens von Hausorden mit Schwertern (11 May 1918)
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