Vizeadmiral Walter Georg Lohmann Born: 11 Dec 1891 in Siegen, Westphalia (Westfalen) Died: 13 Apr 1955 in Hamburg-Bergedorf Promotions:
F�hnrich zur See (15 Apr 1911); Leutnant zur See (27 Sep 1913); Oberleutnant zur See (22 Mar 1916); Kapit�nleutnant (01 Jan 1921); Korvettenkapit�n (01 Dec 1928); Fregattenkapit�n (01 Jul 1934); Kapit�n zur See (01 Jan 1936); Konteradmiral (01 Jan 1940); Vizeadmiral (01 Mar 1942) Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett and Attended Basic-Training and On Board the Heavy Cruiser �Freya� (01 Apr 1910-28 Mar 1911)
Naval-School M�rwik and Special-Briefings (29 Mar 1911-30 Sep 1912)
On Board the Liner �Lothringen� (01 Dec 1912-30 Sep 1913)
Transferred to the Ships-Youth-Division and School-Ship �K�nig Wilhelm� (01 Oct 1913-31 Mar 1914)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser �Hansa� (01 Apr 1914-01 Aug 1914)
Battalion-Adjutant with the I. Sailor-Division (02 Aug 1914-04 Aug 1914)
Adjutant, Signals and Radio Officer on the Heavy Cruiser �Prinz Heinrich� (05 Aug 1914-26 Aug 1915)
Training with the Submarine-Battalion and Submarine-School (27 Aug 1915-27 Nov 1915)
Watch-Officer with the IV. Submarine-Flotilla (28 Nov 1915-31 Dec 1915)
Course on Board the School-Ship �W�rttemberg� (01 Jan 1916-01 Mar 1916)
Adjutant and Watch-Officer on the Torpedo-Boat �T 137� of the III. Submarine-Flotilla (02 Mar 1916-13 Jun 1916)
Flag-Lieutenant in the Staff of the Commander of Submarines (14 Jun 1916-10 Nov 1917)
Placed to the Disposal of the II. Submarine-Flotilla (11 Nov 1917-27 Nov 1917)
Watch-Officer on �U 46� of the III. Submarine-Flotilla (28 Nov 1917-16 Jun 1918)
2nd Admiral-Staff-Officer in the Staff of the Commander of Submarines (17 Jun 1918-05 Feb 1919)
Processing of the Service-Office of the Commander of Submarines and Granted Leave (05 Feb 1919-23 Sep 1919)
Detached for Service to the Staff of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (24 Sep 1919-09 Sep 1920)
Inspection-Officer at the Naval-School M�rwik (10 Sep 1920-16 Mar 1922)
At the same time, On Board the Sail-Tender �Niobe� (01 Apr 1921-30 May 1921)
At the same time, Commandant of the Minesweeper �M 90� (08 Aug 1921-20 Aug 1921)
Company-Chief in the Naval-School M�rwik (17 Mar 1922-31 Mar 1924)
At the same time, Commandant of the Sail-Tender �Niobe� (26 Aug 1922-16 Oct 1922)
Acting-Assistant with the Torpedo-Test-Institute (01 Apr 1924-18 May 1924)
Temporary-Adjutant and Advisor with the Inspection of Training Affairs of the Navy (19 May 1924-30 Sep 1924)
Course and Ship-Cadre on �Hessen�, Torpedo-School (01 Oct 1924-05 Jan 1925)
Torpedo-Officer on the Liner �Hessen� (06 Jan 1925-20 Sep 1926)
At the same time, Subsidiary-Leadership-Course with the Inspection of Training Affairs of the Navy (08 Feb 1926-20 Mar 1926)
Assistant and Advisor at the Torpedo-Test-Institute Eckernf�rde (21 Sep 1926-30 Sep 1928)
Advisor for New-Officers and Training-Questions at the Naval Command (01 Oct 1928-25 Sep 1931)
First Officer on the Cruiser �K�nigsberg� (26 Sep 1931-27 Sep 1933)
Admiral-Staff-Officer in the Staff of the Admiral of the Reichsmarine-Service-Office Hamburg (01 Feb 1935-03 Jul 1935)
Admiral-Staff-Officer in the Staff of the Admiral of the Kriegsmarine-Service-Office Hamburg (04 Jul 1935-25 Aug 1936)
At the same time, Command-Indoctrination-Journey with the �Wahehe� to Africa (14 Aug 1935-18 Dec 1935)
Commandant of the Cruiser �Emden� (26 Aug 1936-19 Jun 1937)
Leader of the Kriegsmarine-Service-Office K�nigsberg (20 Jun 1937-28 Sep 1937)
Chief of the Naval Household Department, OKM (29 Sep 1937-12 Oct 1939)
Commander of the Naval-School M�rwik (13 Oct 1939-30 Sep 1942)
Admiral of the Kriegsmarine-Service-Office Hamburg and Commander of the Naval-Board-Flak-Brigade North (01 Oct 1942-22 Feb 1945)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of Naval-High-Command North and Granted Leave (23 Feb 1945-30 Apr 1945)
Retired (30 Apr 1945)
Decorations & Awards:
Deutsches Kreuz in Silber (09 Mar 1945)
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