General der Artillerie Friedrich von Boetticher Born: 14 Oct 1881 in Berthelddorf by Herrnhut, District Bunzlau Died: 28 Sep 1967 in Bielefeld Promotions:
F�hnrich (21 Oct 1900); Leutnant (25 Aug 1901); Oberleutnant (22 May 1909); Hauptmann (01 Oct 1913); Major (18 May 1918); Oberstleutnant (01 Nov 1924); Oberst (01 Mar 1927); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1931); Generalleutnant (01 Oct 1933); Charakter als General der Artillerie (01 Apr 1940); General der Artillerie (01 Sep 1940) Career:
Entered Army Service (01 Apr 1900)
Fahnenjunker in the 28th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1900-011901); Transferred into the 64th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1901-02 Aug 1914)
Detached to the War Academy in Berlin (01 Oct 1910-21 Jul 1913)
Detached to the Prussian Grand General Staff, Railway-Department (01 Feb 1914-02 Aug 1914)
Assigned to the General-Staff of the Chief of Field Railway Affairs in the Grand Headquarters (02 Aug 1914-05 Aug 1914)
Transferred into the Army General Staff and Assigned to the General-Staff of the Field Army (05 Aug 1914-13 Dec 1914)
Assigned to the Staff of the Field-Railway-Chief II (13 Dec 1914-15 Feb 1915)
Rail-Agent with Army-Group von Gallwitz (15 Feb 1915-11 May 1915)
Assigned again with the Staff of the Field-Railway-Chief II (11 May 1915-18 May 1915)
Chief Supply Officer (Ib) in the General-Staff of XXVII. Reserve-Corps (18 May 1915-10 Nov 1915)
Transferred to the Field-Railway-Chief for use with the Rail-Plenipotentiary G in Sofia (10 Nov 1915-09 Mar 1917)
Plenipotentiary General Staff Officer in Sofia (09 Mar 1917-23 Jun 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the Saxon War Ministry (23 Jun 1918-01 Jul 1918)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the 241st Infantry-Division (01 Jul 1918-14 Oct 1918)
Placed to the Disposal of the Supreme Army Command and Member of the Armistice-Commission as Chairman of the Commission for Transport-Affairs (14 Oct 1918-28 Apr 1919)
Transferred as Representative of the Armistice-Commission to the German Peace Mission as a Member (28 Apr 1919-25 Jun 1919)
Assigned to the Grand General Staff, Railway-Department (25 Jun 1919-01 Sep 1919)
Assigned to the 2nd Department of the Grand General Staff (01 Sep 1919-01 Oct 1919)
Transferred as Advisor in Department T1 in the RWM (01 Oct 1919-01 Jun 1920)
Delegated with the Direction of the Statistical Department/T3 in the RWM (01 Jun 1920-26 Jul 1920)
Department-Director T3 in RWM (26 Jul 1920�01 Sep 1924)
Participant at the London Conference (27 Feb 1921-09 Mar 1921)
Detached for Troop Exercises of 7th Division (09 Sep 1921-20 Sep 1921)
Commander of the III. Battalion of the 4th Artillery-Regiment (01 Sep 1924-01 Jul 1926)
Detached to Firing-Course for Artillery-Officers on the Troop-Exercise-Grounds M�nsingen (04 Jun 1925-15 Jul 1925)
Detached to the RWM (09 Jun 1926-01 Jul 1926)
Transferred to the RWM, Participant at the Proceedings in Geneva (01 Jul 1926-01 Apr 1927)
Transferred into the League Of Nations Department of the RWM (01 Apr 1927-01 Feb 1928)
Detached to the 4th Artillery-Regiment on the Troop-Exercise-Grounds D�beritz (14 Aug 1927-31 Aug 1927)
Military Plenipotentiary with the League Of Nations, Geneva (01 Feb 1928-01 Oct 1929)
Detached to the 1st Infantry-Regiment on the Troop-Exercise-Grounds J�terbog (14 Aug 1928-25 Aug 1928)
Detached to Battle School Course in D�beritz (25 Oct 1928-01 Nov 1928)
Detached to Artillery Framework Exercise 1929 with Group-Command 2 (08 Jun 1929-15 Jun 1929)
Detached to the 16th Infantry-Regiment on the Troop-Exercise-Grounds D�beritz (24 Jun 1929-02 Jul 1929)
Commander of the Artillery School (01 Oct 1929-20 Feb 1933)
Detached to the RWM (20 Feb 1933-01 Mar 1933)
Transferred to the Staff of Group-Command 2 (01 Mar 1933-01 Apr 1933)
Military and Air Attach� at the Embassy in Washington (01 Apr 1933-01 Jun 1942)
At the same time, also Military Attach� at the Legation in Mexico with Seat in Washington (01 Feb 1938-01 Jun 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (01 Jun 1942-09 Dec 1942)
Chief of the Wehrmacht-Central-Department, OKW (09 Dec 1942-30 Apr 1945)
In captivity (30 Apr 1945-1947)
Released (1947)
Awards & Decorations:
- Ritterkreuz des Kriegsverdienstkreuzes mit Schwertern: am 27.05.1942 als General der Artillerie und Milit�r-und Luftattach� an der Botschaft in Washington
- Ritterkreuz des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern: 03.05.1918
- Ritterkreuz des Kgl. S�chs. Milit�r St. Heinrichs-Ordens: 09.11.1918
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Bayer. Milit�r-Verdienstorden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Ritterkreuz I. Klasse des Kgl. S�chs. Verdienstordens mit Schwertern
- Ritterkreuz I. Klasse des Kgl. S�chs. Albrechts-Ordens mit Schwertern
- Ritterkreuz I. Klasse des Kgl. W�rttembg. Friedrichs-Ordens mit Schwertern
- Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- k.u.k. �sterr. Milit�r-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- T�rkischer Osmani�-Orden IV. Klasse mit Schwertern
- T�rkische Silberne Liakat-Medaille
- T�rkischer Eiserner Halbmond
- Kgl. Bulgar. Tapferkeitsorden IV. Klasse, I. Stufe
- Offizierkreuz des Kgl. Bulgar. St. Alexander-Ordens
- Kommandeurkreuz des Kgl. Bulgar. Milit�r-Verdienstordens
- Kgl. Preuss. Dienstauszeichnungskreuz
- Ehrenritter des Johanniter-Ordens
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer 1914/1918
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern
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