Generalmajor Wilhelm Heider

SOME OF THE PRISONERS HELD AT
SPECIAL CAMP 11

NAME: Generalmajor Wilhelm Heider

PW NO: 560276

RANK: Generalmajor

CAPTURED: Luebeck

DATE: 3rd May 1945

PERSONAL
DATE OF BIRTH: 14th December 1884

PLACE OF BIRTH: Koeln / Rhein

DATE OF DEATH: 27 March 1966

PLACE OF DEATH: Wiesbaden

NATIONALITY: German

RELIGION: Roman Catholic

OCCUPATION: Regular Soldier

HEIGHT: 6'1"

WEIGHT: 150lbs

HAIR COLOUR: Dark Brown

EYE COLOUR: Blue

NEXT OF KIN: Elisabeth Heider, (British Zone)

Promotions:

One-Year Volunteer: 1 April 1904
Fahnenjunker: 28 August 1904
Fähnrich: 15 November 1904
Leutnant: 1 August 1905 (Patent 17 February 1904)
Oberleutnant: 21 February 1913
Hauptmann: 24 December 1914
Major (E): 1 November 1935 (RDA 1 February 1934)
Oberstleutnant: 1 August 1939
Oberst: 1 February 1942
Generalmajor: 1 March 1944

Commands & Assignments:

1 April 1904: Entered Army service as a One-Year Volunteer in the Garde-Füsilier-Regiment.
28 August 1904: Named a Fahnenjunker in the 6. Rheinisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 68.
1 August 1908-31 July 1912: Adjutant of the I. Battalion of Infantry Regiment 68.
1 October 1912-21 July 1914: Detached to the War Academy.
13 August 1914: Court Officer in Infantry Regiment 68.
4 September 1914: Regimental Adjutant of Infantry Regiment 68.
19 December 1914: Adjutant of the 30th Infantry Brigade.
1 April 1916: Ordnance Officer on the staff of the 15th Infantry Division.
9 May 1916: Transferred to a General Staff position in Army High Command 7.
7 September 1916: While retaining his previous position, transferred into the General Staff of the Army.
4 October 1916: Deputy Operations Officer (Ia) on the staff of the 15th Infantry Division.
1 November 1916: Transferred to the General Staff of Army High Command 7.
16 December 1916: Operations Officer (Ia) on the staff of the 17th Infantry Division.
19 February 1918: Operations Officer (Ia) on the staff of the 46th Reserve Division.
1 July 1918: Transferred to the General Command of XII Army Corps.
4 July 1918: Commander of the II. Battalion of Reserve Infantry Regiment 51.
2 September 1918: Prisoner of war in British captivity.
29 December 1919: Released from captivity and transferred to the Processing Establishment of Infantry Regiment 68.
31 March 1920: Separated from the Army.
1 November 1935: Returned to Army service as a Supplemental Officer with the rank of Major and assigned as a Group Leader to the Regional Recruitment Inspectorate Dortmund.
17 November 1936: Detached to the General Staff of the General Command of VI Army Corps, Münster.
1 April 1937: Assigned as Group Leader (Ib) in the General Staff of the VI Army Corps, Münster.
26 August 1939: Group Leader (Ib) in the General Staff of the Deputy General Command of VI Army Corps, Münster.
31 October 1939: Detached to the General Staff of the Army.
20 April 1940: Transferred into the General Staff of the Army.
25 October 1940: Chief of the General Staff of the Deputy VI Army Corps (Wehrkreis VI), Münster.
1 April 1941: Reactivated.
15 December 1943: Führer Reserve.
20 December 1943: Chief of the General Staff of the Military Commander of Belgium and Northern France (General der Infanterie z.V. Alexander von Falkenhausen).
18 July 1944: Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Commander Belgium-Northern France.
25 August 1944: Führer Reserve.
1 September 1944-5 May 1945: Chief of the General Staff of Fortress Area East / C-D-Linie to Generaloberst Adolf Strauß.
5 May 1945-17 May 1948: Prisoner of war in British captivity.
- 9th January 1946 transferred to Island Farm Special Camp 11 from Camp 1
- 12th May 1948 transferred to Camp 186 for repatriation.

Decorations & Awards (included):

Prussian Royal Hohenzollern House Order, Knight’s Cross with Swords
Prussian Iron Cross, 1st Class (1914)
Prussian Iron Cross, 2nd Class (1914)
War Merit Cross, 1st Class with Swords
War Merit Cross, 2nd Class with Swords
Mecklenburg-Schwerin Military Merit Cross, 1st Class
Mecklenburg-Schwerin Military Merit Cross, 2nd Class
Cross of Honor for Combatants 1914-1918
Armed Forces Long Service Awards

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