SOME OF THE PRISONERS HELD AT
SPECIAL CAMP 11

	Kurz as a POW at Island Farm Special Camp 11

NAME: Generalleutnant Alfred Kurz

PW NO:          560260

RANK:            Generalleutnant

CAPTURED:   Lübeck

DATE:             2 May 1945

 

PERSONAL
DATE OF BIRTH:      7 September 1879

PLACE OF BIRTH:   Singhofen/Unterlahnkreis

DATE OF DEATH:    17 October 1963

PLACE OF DEATH:  Dörnigheim bei Hanau/Main

NATIONALITY:       German

RELIGION:               Evangelical

OCCUPATION:        Regular Soldier

HEIGHT:                    5' 10"

WEIGHT:                   Unknown
HAIR COLOUR:       Grey
EYE COLOUR:         Brown

NEXT OF KIN:         Edwin Kurz, Hamburg (British Zone)

 

Promotions:

• Fahnenjunker: 7 March 1896
• Fähnrich: 18 November 1896
• Leutnant: 20 July 1897
• Oberleutnant: 18 October 1907
• Hauptmann: 1 October 1912
• Major: 18 October 1918
• Oberst a.D.: 1 February 1931
• Charakter als Generalmajor: 1 October 1937
• Generalmajor: 1 March 1939 (11)
• Generalleutnant: 1 March 1942 (8)

Commands & Assignments:

• 7 March 1896: Entered the Army as a Fahnenjunker in the Infanterie-Regiment Margraf Ludwig Wilhelm (3. Badisches) Nr.111.
• 1 October 1901-30 September 1905: Adjutant of the II. Battalion of Infantry Regiment 111.
• 1 October 1907-30 September 1912: Regimental Adjutant of Infantry Regiment 111.
• 1 October 1912: Adjutant of the 69th Infantry Brigade.
• 1914-1918: Served in adjutant and troop positions during World War I.
• 2 August 1914: Adjutant of the 69th Infantry Brigade.
• 15 May 1915: Adjutant of the 209th Infantry Brigade.
• 5 September 1916: Severely wounded/hospitalized.
• 2 December 1916: Leader of the II. Battalion of the Infanterie-Regiment von Borcke (4. Pommersches) Nr.21.
• 1919: Leader of the 1st Brigade of the German Legion in Courland.
• February 1920: Entered the Security Police in East Prussia.
• 10 May 1920: Formally separated from the Army.
• 1 February 1924: Landesschützen (“Territorial Forces”) Employee with Wehrkreis [Military District] Command I, Königsberg.
• 1 October 1930: Landesschützen Officer in the Reich Defense Ministry.
• 1 October 1933: Commander of the Lübeck Military Sector Command.
• 1 October 1934: Reactivated in the Army and appointed the Regional Recruiting Inspector Schleswig-Holstein based at Altona, later Hamburg.
• 1 November 1939: Regional Recruiting Inspector Elbing, later Danzig.
• 28 February 1945: Retired from the Army.
• 1 March 1945: Placed at the disposal of the Army for employment with the Deputy General Command of the XX Army Corps, Danzig-West Prussia.
• 14 March 1945: On the General Staff of the 2nd Army.
• 4 April 1945: Leader of the remaining staff of the Deputy General Command of the XX Army Corps (Danzig-West Prussia) to Lübeck.
• 2 May 1945-26 October 1947: Prisoner of war.
  • 9th January 1946 transferred to Island Farm Special Camp 11 from Camp 1
  • 10th October 1947 repatriated to Hamburg on board the ship El Nil

• Prussian Royal Hohenzollern House Order, Knight’s Cross with Swords
• Prussian Iron Cross, 1st Class (1914)
• Prussian Iron Cross, 2nd Class (1914)
• 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)
• Commemorative Medal of 1 October 1938
• Austrian Military Merit Cross, 3rd Class with War Decoration
• Wound Badge in (Black?) – World War I award