Generalmajor Erich Grosse Born: 23 Jun 1885 in Barmen Died: 01 Dec 1942 in Stalingrad (Killed) Promotions:
F�hnrich (01 Oct 1905); Leutnant (1906); Oberleutnant (19 Jun 1914); Hauptmann (24 Jul 1915); Charakter als Major (31 Jan 1920); Polizei-Hauptmann (31 Jan 1920); Polizei-Major (04 May 1920); Major (09 Nov 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Dec 1938); Oberst (01 Oct 1940); Generalmajor (nachtr�glich) (01 Apr 1943) Career:
Entered Army Service (01 Oct 1904)
One Year Volunteer in the 15th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1904-01 Oct 1905)
F�hnrich in the 15th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1905-1912)
Detached to Unteroffiziers-School Annaburg (1912-01 Oct 1913)
Transferred into the 173rd Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1913-01 Aug 1914)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1913-01 Aug 1914)
Company-Leader in the 173rd Infantry-Regiment (01 Aug 1914-1915)
Wounded, in Hospital (1915-00 Jul 1915)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 368th Infantry-Regiment (00 Jul 1915-00 Sep 1915)
Adjutant of the 25th Replacement-Brigade, later renamed 216th Infantry-Brigade (00 Sep 1915-1917)
General-Staff-Course in Sedan (1917-00 Mar 1917)
Intelligence Officer (Ic) in the General-Staff of Army High Command Coastal-Fortifications (00 Mar 1917-1919)
With Freikorps Eulenburg (1919-31 Jan 1920)
Transferred to Police Service (31 Jan 1920)
With the Protection-Police in Rhineland-Westphalia (31 Jan 1920-31 Jan 1922)
Retired (31 Jan 1922)
Entered into the Volunteer Work-Service (RAD) (15 Nov 1932)
Work-Service-Leader with RAD-Group XVI (15 Nov 1932-09 Nov 1934)
Entered Army Service as a Supplemental-Officer (09 Nov 1934); Active-Officer (01 Jun 1941)
Major in the Training-Regiment Ludwigsburg (09 Nov 1934-00 Jan 1937)
With the Condor Legion in Spain as a Training-Director of the Officers-School Teteda (00 Jan 1937-31 May 1939)
With the Staff of Supplemental-Troop XVII and Detached to the War School Wiener-Neustadt (01 Jul 1939-00 Mar 1940)
Commander of an Infantry-Regiment (West) (00 Mar 1940-00 Jun 1941)
Commander of the 276th Infantry-Regiment (00 Jun 1941-01 Dec 1942)
Killed-in-Action (01 Dec 1942)
Awards & Decorations:
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (25 Jan 1943)
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