Bio of Generalleutnant Heinrich Kannengiesser

 

 

Born: 06 Feb 1880 in Bautzen
Died: 25 Jul 1970 in Lüneburg 

Promotions:
Fähnrich (28 Mar 1899); Leutnant (24 Aug 1900); Oberleutnant (01 Jun 1925); Hauptmann (14 Aug 1913); Major (23 Jan 1918); Oberstleutnant (01 Jun 1925); Oberst (01 Apr 1929); Charakter als Generalmajor (28 Feb 1931); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1937); Generalleutnant z.V. (01 Apr 1941) 

Career:
Entered Army Service (28 Mar 1899)
Fähnrich in the 103rd Infantry-Regiment (28 Mar 1899-01 Apr 1913)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1908-00 Jul 1911)
Detached to the Grand General Staff (01 Apr 1913-01 Aug 1914)
Transferred to the General-Staff of XII. Army-Corps (01 Aug 1941-1916)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in ther Staff of the 58th Infantry-Regiment (1916-07 Sep 1918)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of Government Antwerp (07 Sep 1918-00 Dec 1918)
Battalion-Commander in the 101st Grenadier-Regiment (00 Dec 1918-1919)
In the General-Staff of the Saxon Ministry for Army Matters (1919-1919)
With the Staff of Command-Office Dresden (1919-1919)
Chief of Staff of the Processing-Office of XII. Army-Battalion (1919-01 Oct 1919)
With the Staff of the 23rd Border-Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 2919-01 Jan 1921)
Commander of III. Battalion of the 10th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-01 Oct 1923)
With the Staff of 4th Division (01 Oct 1923-01 Oct 1926)
Tactics-Instructor at the Infantry-School (01 Oct 1926-01 Oct 1928)
With the Staff of the 10th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1928-01 Nov 1930)
With the Staff of Group-Command 1 (01 Nov 1930-28 Feb 1931)
Retired (28 Feb 1931)
Employed by the Army (01 Mar 1931)
Economics-Officer with the Staff of 4th Division (01 Mar 1931-01 Oct 1933)
Entered Army Service as A Territorial-Officer (01 Oct 1933); Supplemental-Officer (05 Mar 1935); Active-Officer (01 Oct 1937)
Economics-Officer in Dresden (01 Oct 1933-01 Apr 1935)
Military-Economics-Inspector IV, Dresden (01 Apr 1935-01 Oct 1935)
Military-Economics-Inspector XI, Hannover (01 Oct 1935-31 Oct 1938)
Placed to Disposal (Army) (22 Oct 1939)
Commander of the 411th Infantry-Division (Landesschützen) (22 Oct 1939-31 Dec 1942)
Retired (28 Feb 1943)

Awards & Decorations:
- RK des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
- RK des Kgl. Sächs. Militär St. Heinrichs-Ordens: 06.10.1916
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- RK I. Klasse des Kgl. Sächs. Albrechts-Ordens mit Schwertern und mit der Krone
- RK I. Klasse des Kgl. Sächs. Verdienstordens mit Schwertern
- RK I. Klasse des Kgl. Württembg. Friedrichs-Ordens mit Schwertern
- RK II. Klasse des Grossherzoglich Badischen Ordens vom Zähringer Löwen mit Schwertern und Eichenlaub
- Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Kgl. Sächs. Silberne Rettungsmedaille
- Kgl. Sächs. Dienstauszeichnungskreuz
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse

Source :

https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2294037#p2294037

http://www.oocities.org/~orion47/WEHRMACHT/HEER/Generalleutnant2/KANNENGIESSER_HEINRICH.html