SOME OF THE PRISONERS HELD AT
SPECIAL CAMP 11

 
Veith as a POW as Island Farm
Special Camp 11.

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NAME: Generalleutnant Richard Veith

PW NO:          A451669
RANK:            Generalleutnant
CAPTURED:   Hamburg
DATE:             27 May 1945

PERSONAL
DATE OF BIRTH:       13 June 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH:     Amberg/Bayern
DATE OF DEATH:
PLACE OF DEATH:
NATIONALITY:         German
RELIGION:                 Evangelical
OCCUPATION:          Regular Soldier
HEIGHT:                      6'
WEIGHT:                    189 lbs
HAIR COLOUR:         Brown
EYE COLOUR:           Blue
NEXT OF KIN:           Gertrud Bveith, Dietmannsried/Allgaeu (US Zone)

Promotions (included):

  • Cadet
  • Fähnrich: 7 July 1909
  • Leutnant (Royal Bavarian 2.Infanterie-Regiment Kronprinz): 26 October 1911
  • Hauptmann: 27 January 1918
  • Oberstleutnant: 1 July 1934
  • Oberst: 1 August 1936
  • Generalmajor: 1 August 1940
  • Generalleutnant: 1 August 1942

Commands & Assignments (included):

  • 1 April 1937: Member of the Reichskreigsgericht [Supreme Court of Justice of the Armed Forces].
  • 10 November 1939: Commander of Infantry Regiment 135 of the 45th Infantry Division. [Commanded by Generalleutnant Friedrich Materna, the 45th Infantry Division took part in the invasion of France in May-June 1940.]
  • 15 November 1940-18 December 1941: Commander of Division Nr. 191. [Based in Braunschweig, this training and replacement division provided basic training for new recruits.]
  • 30 December 1941-10 April 1942: Commander of the 90th Light Infantry Division in North Africa. [On 10 December 1941, Generalmajor Max Sümmermann, commander of the 90th Light Infantry Division, was killed in a British air attack on his command vehicle. Oberst Johann Mickl assumed temporary leadership of the division until Generalmajor Veith arrived in North Africa to take permanent command. Generalmajor Ulrich Kleemann in turn, succeeded Veith on 10 April 1942 as divisional commander.]
  • 25 June 1942: General for Special Employment with Army Group North on the Eastern Front.
  • 20 March 1944: General for Special Employment with Army Group Center on the Eastern Front.   
  • 27 May 1945-17 May 1948: Prisoner of war in British captivity.
    • 9 January 1946 transferred to Island Farm Special Camp 11 from Camp 1
    • 12 May 1948 transferred to Camp 186 for repatriation.

Decorations & Awards (included):

  • Prussian Iron Cross, 1st Class (1914)
  • Prussian Iron Cross, 2nd Class (1914)
  • Bavarian Military Merit Order, 4th Class with Swords and Crown
  • Cross of Honor for Combatants 1914-1918
  • Armed Forces Long Service Award, 1st Class (25-year Service Cross)
  • Armed Forces Long Service Award, 3rd Class (12-year Service Medal)
  • Wound Badge in Black – World War I award

NOTE: Veith’s World War II decorations, if any, are not known. However, he was not a recipient of any high decorations such as the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, Knight's Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords, or the German Cross in Gold/Silver. It is probable he received the 1939 Bars to his World War I Prussian Iron Crosses.

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