(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Friedrich (Fritz) von Buch
Born: 24 Jan 1876 in Braunsberg, East Prussia (Ostpreu�en)
Died: 04 Apr 1959 in Kassel
Promotions:
F�hnrich (01 Nov 1894); Sekondeleutnant (18 Aug 1895); Oberleutnant (27 Jan 1907); Hauptmann (21 Dec 1909); Major (22 Mar 1916); Charakter als Oberstleutnant (31 Jan 1920); Oberst (01 Aug 1940); Generalmajor (01 Mar 1943)
Career:
Entered Army Service (14 Apr 1894)
Fahnenjunker and Battery-Officer in the 2nd Guards-Field-Artillery-Regiment (14 Apr 1894-18 Sep 1899)
Battery-Officer in the 4th Guards-Field-Artillery-Regiment (18 Sep 1899-18 Aug 1900)
Battery-Officer in the East Asian Field-Artillery-Regiment (18 Aug 1900-18 Sep 1902)
Battery-Officer in the 3rd Guards-Field-Artillery-Regiment (18 Sep 1902-01 Oct 1903)
Adjutant of the II. Battalion of the 3rd Guards-Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1903-01 Feb 1906)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 3rd Guards-Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Feb 1906-13 Apr 1909)
Adjutant of the Prussian War-Minister (13 Apr 1909-22 Apr 1912)
Battery-Chief in the 1st Guards-Field-Artillery-Regiment (22 Apr 1912-15 Jan 1915)
Battalion-Commander in the 63rd Reserve-Field-Artillery-Regiment (15 Jan 1915-1915)
Battalion-Commander in the 1st Guards-Field-Artillery-Regiment (1915-20 Dec 1916)
Staff-Officer of Artillery in the General-Command of the XXII. Reserve-Corps (20 Dec 1916-01 Jun 1918)
Commander of the 7th Guards-Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Jun 1918-31 Jan 1920)
Transferred into to Police Service (31 Jan 1920)
Police-Commander in Kassel (31 Jan 1920-01 Apr 1924)
Retired from Police-Service (01 Apr 1924)
Placed to Disposal (Army) (01 Jul 1938)
Commander of the 9th Artillery-Replacement-Regiment (26 Aug 1939-01 Oct 1940)
Commander of the 606th Motorised-Special-Purpose-Artillery-Regiments-Staff (01 Oct 1940-10 Nov 1941)
Commander of the 128th Panzer-Artillery-Regiment (10 Nov 1941-21 Dec 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (21 Dec 1942-24 Jan 1943)
Artillery-Commander 19 (24 Jan 1943-01 May 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (01 May 1943-15 Jun 1943)
Transferred into the Luftwaffe (16 Jun 1943)
Tactics-Instructor at the Ground-Battle-School of the Luftwaffe (15 Jun 1943-01 Mar 1944)
Higher Artillery Commander of the Parachute-Army (01 Mar 1944-01 Feb 1945)
Commander of the School, later, Inspector for the Officers-Training in the Staff of the Commanding General of the Training and Replacement Troops of the Parachute-Army (01 Feb 1945-31 Mar 1945)
Retired from Army-Service (31 Mar 1945)
Awards & Decorations
- - Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 26.06.1942 als Oberst und Komm. Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 128
- - Ritterkreuz des kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
- - 1939 EK I �S-
- - 1939 EK II �S-
- - 1914 EK I
- - 1914 EK II
- - Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- - Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung
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