Generalmajor Erich Gruner Born: 10 Sep 1894 in Berlin Died: 12 May 1944 in the Crimea (Killed) Promotions:
F�hnrich (18 Jul 1914); Offiziers-Stellvertreter (02 Aug 1914); Leutnant (02 Oct 1914); Oberleutnant (20 Jun 1918); Polizei-Oberleutnant (21 May 1920); Polizei-Hauptmann (13 Jul 1921); Polizei-Major (01 Apr 1933); Major (15 Oct 1935); Oberstleutnant (01 Apr 1937); Oberst (01 Apr 1940); Generalmajor (01 Sep 1943) Career:
Entered Army Service (29 Sep 1913)
Fahnenjunker in the 21st Infantry-Regiment (29 Sep 1913-01 Jul 1914)
Detached to the War School in Danzig (01 Jul 1914-02 Aug 1914)
Platoon-Leader in the 21st Infantry-Regiment (02 Aug 1914-07 Dec 1914)
Company-Leader in the 21st Infantry-Regiment (07 Dec 1914-00 Dec 1914)
Severely wounded, in Hospital (00 Dec 1914-24 Jan 1916)
Educator at the Unteroffiziers-Preparatory-School M�lln (24 Jan 1916-04 Jan 1918)
Transferred to the Replacement-Battalion of the 21st Infantry-Regiment (04 Jan 1918-15 Jan 1918)
Detached to District-Command Thorn (15 Jan 1918-01 May 1918)
Adjutant of District-Command Thorn (01 May 1918-09 Jan 1920)
Transferred back into the 21st Infantry-Regiment (09 Jan 1920-01 Mar 1920)
Company-Leader in the 109th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (01 Mar 1920-01 May 1920)
Delegated with the Leadership of the III. Battalion of the 109th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (01 May 1920-20 May 1920)
Retired (20 May 1920)
Entered Police Service (21 May 1920)
With the Protection-Police Stettin, Department-Adjutant and Administrator with the Command of the Protection-Police Stettin (21 May 1920-13 Jul 1921)
Unit-Leader and Inspection-Adjutant with the Protection-Police Stettin (13 Jul 1921-10 Jan 1923)
Transferred to the Protection-Police Anklam (10 Jan 1943-01 Apr 1926)
Transferred to the Protection-Police Bochum-Gelsenkirchen (01 Apr 1926-01 Jan 1927)
Transferred to the Protection-Police Berlin (01 Jan 1927-15 Aug 1933)
Course at the Police-School for Physical Training (16 Jul 1928-10 Aug 1928)
Major-Aspirant-Course at the Higher Police School Eiche (04 Oct 1932-28 Jan 1933)
Leader of the Supply Department with the Staff of the State-Police-Inspection Brandenburg (15 Aug 1933-02 Jan 1934)
Leader of the Operations Department with the Staff of the State-Police-Inspection Brandenburg (02 Jan 1934-01 Jun 1934)
Major in the State-Police-Operations-Staff Berlin (01 Jun 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Transferred to Army Service (15 Oct 1935)
Company-Chief in the 39th Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-15 May 1936)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 78th Infantry-Regiment (15 May 1936-06 Oct 1937)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 77th Infantry-Regiment (06 Oct 1937-12 Oct 1937)
Commander of the III. Battalion of the 78th Infantry-Regiment (12 Oct 1937-06 Feb 1940)
Commander of the 517th Infantry-Regiment (06 Feb 1940-15 Dec 1940)
Commander of the 589th Infantry-Regiment (15 Dec 1940-08 Jul 1941)
Commander of the 429th Infantry-Regiment (08 Jul 1941-31 Oct 1942)
F�hrer-Reserve OKH (31 Oct 1942-22 Dec 1942)
Leader of the 62nd Infantry-Division (22 Dec 1942-31 Jan 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve with Army-Group A for use as a Divisional-Leader (05 May 1943-13 May 1943)
Leader of the 73rd Infantry-Division (13 May 1943-03 Jun 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve with Army-Group A for use as a Divisional-Leader (03 Jun 1943-01 Nov 1943)
Commander of the 111th Infantry-Division (01 Nov 1943-12 May 1944)
Killed-in-Action (12 May 1944)
Awards & Decorations:
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (09 Oct 1942)
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