Generalleutnant Albrecht Baron Digeon von Monteton Born: 08 Dec 1887 in Bernburg, Saale Died: 03 Feb 1946 in Riga (Hanged) Promotions:
F�hnrich (19 Jun 1912); Leutnant (18 Feb 1913); Oberleutnant (06 Jun 1916); Rittmeister (01 Mar 1923); Major (01 Jun 1933); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1936); Oberst (01 Jun 1938); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1942); Generalleutnant (01 Jun 1943) Career:
Entered Army Service (01 Oct 1911)
One Year Volunteer in the 46th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1911-15 Apr 1912)
Fahnenjunker in the 46th Field-Artillery-Regiment (15 Apr 1912-13 Sep 1914)
Wounded, in Hospital (13 Sep 1914-01 Apr 1915)
With the Replacement-Battalion of the 46th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1915-08 May 1915)
With the Regiment in the Field (08 May 1915-18 May 1915)
Adjutant of the I. Battalion of the 46th Field-Artillery-Regiment (18 May 1915-06 Oct 1915)
Wounded, in Hospital (06 Oct 1915-16 Oct 1915)
Transferred to the II. Replacement-Battalion of the 46th Field-Artillery-Regiment (16 Oct 1915-11 Nov 1915)
With the Regiment in the Field (11 Nov 1915-12 Nov 1915)
Adjutant of the I. Battalion of the 46th Field-Artillery-Regiment (12 Nov 1915-12 Jul 1916)
Temporary-Battery-Leader in the 46th Field-Artillery-Regiment (12 Jul 1916-01 Aug 1916)
Battery-Leader in the 46th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Aug 1916-06 Aug 1916)
2nd Adjutant of the 20th Infantry-Division (06 Aug 1916-11 Jan 1917)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 20th Infantry-Division (11 Jan 1917-05 Aug 1917)
Transferred back into the 46th Field-Artillery-Regiment (05 Aug 1917-10 Aug 1917)
Transferred into the General-Staff of the 20th Infantry-Division (10 Aug 1917-12 Dec 1918)
Transferred back into the 46th Field-Artillery-Regiment (12 Dec 1918-23 Dec 1918)
Adjutant of the 20th Field-Artillery-Brigade (23 Dec 1918-21 May 1919)
Adjutant of the Artillery-Leader 10 (21 May 1919-28 Oct 1919)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of Artillery-Leader 10 (28 Oct 1919-05 May 1920)
Transferred into the 13th Mounted-Regiment (05 May 1920-01 Oct 1921)
Detached to Subsidiary-Leadership-Training with the Staff of the 5th Division (01 Oct 1921-14 Oct 1925)
Squadron-Chief in the 2nd Mounted-Regiment (14 Oct 1925-01 Apr 1929)
Squadron-Chief in the 13th Mounted-Regiment (01 Apr 1929-01 Feb 1931)
Location-Senior in L�neburg (01 Feb 1931-01 Oct 1933)
In the RWM (01 Oct 1933-01 Oct 1934)
With the Staff of Army-Service-Office Kassel (01 Oct 1934-01 May 1935)
In the General-Staff of the IX. Army-Corps (01 May 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 15th Cavalry-Regiment (06 Oct 1936-01 Mar 1938)
Commander of the 15th Cavalry-Regiment (01 Mar 1938-01 Sep 1939)
Commander of the 167th Infantry-Regiment (01 Sep 1939-01 May 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve (01 May 1942-10 May 1942)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 342nd Infantry-Division (10 May 1942-10 Jul 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve (10 Jul 1942-10 Sep 1942)
Commander of the 391st Field-Training-Division (10 Sep 1942-05 Sep 1944)
Commander of the Security-Division 52 (05 Sep 1944-01 Oct 1944)
Commandant of Libau (now Liepaja, Latvia) (01 Oct 1944-08 May 1945)
In Soviet captivity (08 May 1945-03 Feb 1946)
Sentenced to Death by a Soviet War Crimes Tribunal at Riga for atrocities committed in that district, hanged the same day (03 Feb 1946)
Awards & Decorations:
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 02.01.1942 als Oberst und Komm. Infanterie-Regiment 167
- 1939 EK I �S-
- 1939 EK II �S-
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- Braunschweigisches Kriegsverdienstkreuz II Klasse
- Braunschweigisches Kriegsverdienstkreuz I Klasse
- Anhaltisches Friedrich-Kreuz
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung I Klasse
- Medaille �Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942�
- �rmelband �Kurland�???
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