SOME OF THE PRISONERS HELD AT
SPECIAL CAMP
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NAME:
Generalmajor Rudolf Wulf
PW NO: 560329
RANK: Generalmajor
CAPTURED: Jersey, British Channel Islands
DATE: 9 May 1945
PERSONAL
DATE OF BIRTH:
12 December 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH: Elmshorn
DATE OF DEATH: 14 November 1972
PLACE OF DEATH:
NATIONALITY: German
RELIGION: Evangelical
OCCUPATION: Regular Soldier
HEIGHT: 6'
WEIGHT: 187
lbs
HAIR COLOUR:
Brown
EYE COLOUR: Blue
NEXT OF KIN: Heiligenhafen / Holstein. Ratsapotheke, bei.Grasshoff (British Zone)
- Fahnenjunker (Infantry Regiment 6): 1 April 1924
- Leutnant (Infantry Regiment 2): 1 March 1928
- Oberstleutnant: 17 December 1942 (RDA 1 April 1942)
- Oberst: 1 May 1943
- Generalmajor: 1 March 1945
- 1 September 1937: Inspection Chief at the München War School.
- (As of 1 September 1939): Ordnance Officer on the staff of the 46th Infantry Division.
- 1 May 1940: Inspection Chief at the Döberitz Infantry School.
- 1 May 1941: Commander of the III. Battalion of Infantry Regiment 89 of the12th Infantry Division.
- 17 October 1942-December 1944: Commander of Infantry (later Grenadier) Regiment 422 of the 126th Infantry Division on the Eastern Front.
- 1945: Division Leader Course.
- 1 March 1945-9 May 1945: Commander of the 319th Infantry Division garrisoning the British Channel Islands (succeeded Generalleutnant Rudolf Graf von Schmettow). [Commanded by Brigadier A. E. Snow OBE, Force 135 conducted Operation “Nest Egg,” the peaceful and unopposed liberation of the Channel Channels, after negotiating the surrender of the 25,500-man German garrison on 9 May 1945. A few hours after Generalmajor Siegfried Heine (see profile) surrendered the island of Guernsey, Generalmajor Wulf signed the surrender of the island of Jersey aboard the British destroyer HMS Beagle in St. Helier harbor.]
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Courtesy of Mark Lamerton |
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This is a dedication
which appeared in a hand written and illustrated book on the ancient
castles of Jersey. |
