General der Luftnachrichtentruppe Walter Surén Born: 15 Aug 1880 in Thorn Died: 08 Mar 1976 in Rottach-Egern Promotions:
Fähnrich (09 Feb 1900); Leutnant (18 Jan 1901); Oberleutnant (01 Oct 1907); Hauptmann (10 Sep 1913); Charakter als Major (09 Feb 1920); Major (01 Oct 1934); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1935); Oberst (01 Apr 1937); Generalmajor (01 Apr 1939); Generalleutnant (01 Apr 1941); General der Luftnachrichtentruppe (30 Jan 1945) Career:
Entered Army Service as a Fahnenjunker and Company-Officer in the 1st Railway-Regiment (09 Feb 1900-18 Oct 1905)
In the Enterprise-Company of the Railway-Brigade (19 Oct 1905-30 Sep 1907)
Detached to the Military Technical Academy (01 Oct 1907-30 Sep 1911)
Adjutant of the Director of Military Railways (01 Oct 1911-12 Sep 1912)
Company-Officer in the 5tn Telegraph-Battalion (13 Sep 1912-30 Sep 1913)
Company-Chief in the 1st Telegraph-Battalion (01 Oct 1913-01 Aug 1914)
Commander of the Motor-Vehicle-Telephone-Battalion in the Grand Headquarters (02 Aug 1914-24 Nov 1915)
Commander of the 7th Telephone-Battalion (25 Nov 1915-12 Oct 1916)
Staff-Officer of Signals Troops with Army High Command 1 (13 Oct 1916-31 Dec 1916)
Commander of the 11th Telephone-Battalion (01 Jan 1917-14 Mar 1917)
Group-Telephone-Commander 11/XI. Army-Corps (15 Mar 1917-12 Aug 1917)
Signals-Advisor in the General-Staff of Army-Group Deutscher Kronprinz (13 Aug 1917-31 Jan 1919)
Group-Signals-Commander with the Special-Purpose-General-Command 52, Border-Protection East (01 Feb 1919-29 Apr 1919)
Leader of the 104th Brigade-Signals-Battalion (30 Apr 1919-09 Feb 1920)
Retired (09 Feb 1920)
Representative and Engineer of German Railway-Companies in Yugoslavia (1920-1933)
Employed by the Army with the Commander Berlin (01 Nov 1933-28 Feb 1934)
Entered Luftwaffe Service as a Supplemental-Officer (Active-Officer from 01 Apr 1938) and Delegated with the Formation of Wire-Signals-Affairs of Air-Signals-Troop, RLM (01 Mar 1934-30 Jun 1938)
Signals-Leader with Luftwaffe-Group-Command 3 and Commander of the 3rd Air-Signals-Regiment (01 Jul 1938-31 Jan 1939)
Signals-Leader with Air-Fleet-Command 3 and Commander of the 3rd Air-Signals-Regiment (01 Feb 1939-31 Aug 1939)
Higher Signals Leader with Air-Fleet-Command 3 (01 Sep 1939-18 Sep 1940)
Higher Signals Leader with Air-Fleet-Command 4 (19 Sep 1940-17 Nov 1942)
Higher Wehrmacht Signals Leader with Commander-in-Chief South (18 Nov 1942-30 Sep 1943)
Wire-Signals-Inspector of the Luftwaffe in the Staff of the Chief of Communication-Affairs then of the General-Signals-Leader of the Luftwaffe, RLM (01 Oct 1943-31 Dec 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKL (01 Jan 1945-28 Feb 1945)
Retired (28 Feb 1945)
Signals-Leader with the General-Plenipotentiary for the Reichsbahn Field-Marshal Milch (15 Mar 1945-00 Mar 1945)
Decorations & Awards:
- Deutsches Kreuz in Silber: am 21.09.1942 als Generalleutnant und Höherer Nachrichtenführer beim Luftflottenkommando 4
- RK des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis II. Klasse
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 01.10.1938 mit Spange "Prager Burg"
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz II. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Kriegsverdienstkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern
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