Ltn.d.L. Dr. Eugen Seldis
Schütze Wilhelm Krauter
Ludwig Harry Löwenwarter
Dr. Paul Plaut
Generalleutnant |
Generalleutnant Erich Denecke, born on October 18, 1885, in Dresden-Alt, Saxony, was a German military officer with a notable career in 2 wars. Denecke's military service began on April 1, 1904, as a One-Year Volunteer in the I. See-Bataillon, Kiel. He steadily progressed through the ranks, achieving promotions such as Generalmajor on October 1, 1937, and Generalleutnant on December 1, 1939. Throughout his career, Denecke held various commands and assignments, including roles as a regimental adjutant, company leader, and staff officer. Notably, he commanded the 246th Infantry Division during the early stages of World War II, contributing to the German invasion of France. As the war progressed, Denecke assumed diverse roles, serving as Army High Command Leader Reserve, Commandant of Smolensk, and Commander of Division Nr. 471. However, on May 2, 1945, he was captured in Schwerin and became a prisoner of war. He spent time in British captivity, including a period at Island Farm Special Camp 11. Denecke received several decorations and awards for his military service, including the Prussian Iron Cross (1st and 2nd Class), the Saxon Military St. Henry Order, and the Turkish War Medal ("Iron Crescent"). After the war, Denecke passed away on March 7, 1963, in Darmstadt. |
Lt.d.R. Richard Wanka
Richard Wanka was born on the 27th of April 1870 in Neustadt / Unterfranken, he joined the German Army on the 1st of November 1890. At the beginning of the First World War, the regiment mobilized on 2 August 1914. Together with the 2nd Infantry Division, it first took part in the border battles and the Battle of Lorraine, fought at Nancy-Épinal and from October 1914 went over to trench warfare on the Somme. A year later, it was in Flanders and Artois, took part in the Battle of Verdun from May to July 1916 and the Battle of the Somme in October/November 1916. Afterwards we went between the Meuse and the Moselle. On 16 April 1917, the regiment was directly subordinated to the Army Field Artillery, where it remained until the armistice. |
Grenadier Georg Geertz
| Georg Geertz was in the 1st Replacement Battalion "Leib Grenadier Regiment 100" the unit was assembled in Dresden - Neustadt, after their training they would be attached to the XII Army Corps as part of the 23rd Division and see plenty of action in the battles of the Marne and Aisne to name a few. On the 6th of April 1915 he would get hurt somehow forcing him to a military hospital, he would return to the 11th company a month later. On the 15th of October the same year he was badly wounded, this wound would be serious enough to get him medically discharged from the German Army. He survived the war. |
The Reserve Jäger Battalion 24 was fully made up of volunteers at the beginning of the war they would be from their mobilization on in 1914 to armistice day in 1918 attached to the 52nd Division. This division fell under the XVI Army Corps and participated in the Battles of Ypres, Yser, Pilkem, Langemarck, Somme, Champagne, Reims, Artois, Kemmel, Monchy-Bapaume, Siegfried Line, Lys, Scheldt and the Battle of Antwerp-Maas, they would be This division, primarily composed of volunteers, was established at the onset of the First World War as part of mobilization. In 1914, it fell under the XVI Army Corps and was exclusively deployed on the Western Front for the entire war. |
Oberfeldwebel Willi Pätz
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