SOME OF THE PRISONERS HELD AT
SPECIAL CAMP 11

• Fahnenjunker: 14 March 1914
• Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier: 19 July 1914
• Fähnrich: 21 October 1914
• Leutnant: 4 December 1914 – Patent 22 June 1913
• Oberleutnant: 18 October 1918 – RDA later changed to 20 June 1918 (125)
• Rittmeister/Hauptmann: 1 November 1927 (7)
• Major: 1 May 1934 (1)
• Oberstleutnant: 1 October 1936 (1)
• Oberst: 1 April 1939 (1)
• Generalmajor: 1 February 1942 – RDA 1 April 1942 (31)
• Generalleutnant: 1 April 1943 (6)

• Easter 1905-Easter 1914: Attended the Grand Ducal Domschule (Humanistic Gymnasium) in Güstrow, Mecklenburg; obtained his Abitur or certificate of graduation from that institution.
• 14 March 1914: Entered the Army as a Fahnenjunker in the 3. Posensches Infanterie-Regiment Nr.58.
• 7 August 1914: In the field with the 3rd Company of Infantry Regiment 58.
• 22 August 1914: Wounded/treated at the front and remained with the troops.
• 27 September 1914: Wounded/treated at the front and remained with the troops.
• 24 October 1914: Wounded/treated at the front and remained with the troops.
• 27 October 1914: Wounded/transferred to the Reserve Hospital at Zabern.
• 8 November 1914: Transferred to the I. Replacement Battalion of Infantry Regiment 58.
• 14 April 1915: In the field with Infantry Regiment 58.
• 2 May 1915: Wounded/treated at the front and remained with the troops.
• 4 May 1915: Wounded/transferred to the Reserve Hospital at Passau and then to the Military Association Hospital in Güstrow, Mecklenburg.
• 13 December 1915: Transferred to the I. Replacement Battalion of Infantry Regiment 58.
• 27 December 1915: Detached to the Deputy General Staff as an Ordonnanz-Offizier.
• 19 February 1917: Detached to the Railway Department of the Deputy General Staff as Adjutant.
• 29 March 1917: Transferred to the Department of Transportation Military Science/Chief of the Field Railway Service.
• 21 May 1917: Placed at the disposal of the General Command of the I Army Corps in the Zloczow District for employment.
• 5 January 1918: Placed at the disposal of the Department of Transportation Military Science/Chief of the Field Railway Service for employment.
• 26 March 1918: Detached to Line Commandant F at Karlsruhe.
• 19 April 1918: Detached to the Chief of the Kiev Field Railway.
• 1 June 1918: Transferred to the Warsaw Military Railway Directorate while retaining his previous post with the Chief of the Kiev Field Railway.
• 20 July 1918: Transferred to the staff of the Chief of the Kiev Field Railway as Adjutant.
• 12 November 1918: Placed at the disposal of the XXVII Reserve Corps for employment.
• 17 November 1918: Transferred to Infantry Regiment 434 and detached to the District Commandant 350 to serve as Adjutant.
• 25 November 1918: Transferred to the District Commandant 350 as Adjutant.
• 26 January 1919: Leader of Volunteer Battalion 41. [Formed in Povursk from elements of the XXVII Reserve Corps, Weckmann’s volunteer battalion served under the Schutztruppe Bug (later Brigade Olita) along the Bug River during the German withdrawal from the east.]
• 21 October 1919: Leader of Company “Weckmann” formed from Volunteer Battalion 41.
• 1 May 1920: Leader of the 2nd Company of Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 39 of Reichswehr-Brigade 20.
• 1 October 1920: Transferred as a Platoon Leader to the 1st Company of the 2nd (Prussian) Infantry Regiment upon the formation of the new Reichsheer from the Übergangsheer or Transitional Army.
• 15 January 1921: Detached to the staff of the I. Battalion of the 2nd (Prussian) Infantry Regiment as Adjutant.
• 8 April 1921: Returned to the 1st Company of the 2nd (Prussian) Infantry Regiment.
• 1 May 1922: Adjutant of the III. Battalion of the 2nd (Prussian) Infantry Regiment.
• 1 July 1922: Adjutant of the Training Battalion of the 2nd (Prussian) Infantry Regiment.
• 1 October 1923: Transferred to the 2nd (Prussian) Reiter [Mounted]-Regiment and detached to the staff of Wehrkreis [Military District] Command I, Königsberg.
• 1 October 1924: Transferred to the regimental staff of the 2nd (Prussian) Infantry Regiment.
• 1 February 1925: Transferred to the 7th Company of the 2nd (Prussian) Infantry Regiment.
• 1 October 1925: Transferred to the 4th (Machinegun) Company of the 2nd (Prussian) Infantry Regiment.
• 11 January 1926-13 February 1926: Detached to the 1st (Prussian) Artillery Regiment.
• 1 October 1926: Transferred to the Reich Defense Ministry.
• 1 October 1927: Transferred to the 1st Squadron of the 13th (Prussian) Reiter-Regiment and detached to the staff of the 4th Division.
• 2-30 June 1927: Detached to the 5th Signals Battalion.
• 2-31 August 1927: Detached to the 5th Pioneer Battalion.
• 2-30 September 1927: Detached to the 5th Motorized Battalion.
• 1 April 1928: Transferred to the Training Squadron of the 12th (Saxon) Reiter-Regiment.
• 24 February 1929-3 March 1929: Detached to Gas Protection Course E in Berlin.
• 1 January 1930: Transferred to the regimental staff of the 12th (Saxon) Reiter-Regiment. 
• 1 April 1930: Transferred to the 9th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment and appointed Chief of the 11th Company – reverted to the rank title of Hauptmann.
• 1 February 1933-30 April 1933: Detached to the staff of Group Command 1, Berlin.
• 1 April 1933: Transferred to the staff of Artillery Leader II, Stettin (detached service to Group Command 1 cancelled effective this date).
• 1 October 1933: Wehrgauleitung [Military District Command] Stettin (Artillery Leader II).
• 1 October 1934: Transferred to the General Staff of Artillery Leader II, Stettin.
• 15 October 1935: Transferred to the General Staff of the 2nd Division.
• 2 July 1936: Transferred to the General Staff of Heeresdienststelle [Army Command Center] 7, Stuttgart.
• 31 July 1936: Transferred to the General Staff of Heeresdienststelle 9, Dortmund
• 1 August 1938: Transferred to the General Staff of the War Academy as a Tactics Instructor.
• 30 September 1939-24 October 1939: Operations Officer (Ia) in the General Staff of the XXX Army Corps. [While the cream of the German military invaded Poland in September 1939, the XXX Army Corps, commanded by General der Artillerie Otto Hartmann, served on border defense duty along the western frontier of Germany as a component of General der Infanterie Curt Liebmann’s 5th Army. The corps later transferred to the control of Generaloberst Erwin von Witzleben’s 1st Army in the Saarland facing the French Maginot Line in Lorraine.]
• 25 October 1939-25 October 1940: Chief of the General Staff of the XXX Army Corps. [Manning the West Wall fortifications (“Siegfried Line”) opposite the Maginot Line, the 1st Army remained on the defensive during the first phase of the German invasion of the Low Countries and France. On 14 June 1940, the 1st Army finally went over to the offensive in Operation “Tiger” and, after penetrating the Maginot Line in several locations, advanced into the Vosges. Operating in conjunction with the adjacent 7th Army (General der Artillerie Friedrich Dollmann) and Panzer Group Guderian (General der Panzertruppe Heinz Guderian) sweeping down from the northeast, the 1st Army helped encircle over 400,000 troops of the French 2nd Army Group in Alsace-Lorraine.]
• 25 October 1940-14 January 1942: Chief of the General Staff of the 9th Army. [Commanded by Generaloberst Adolf Strauß, the 9th Army took part in the invasion of the Soviet Union from 22 June 1941 as the northernmost army of Generalfeldmarschall Fedor von Bock’s Army Group Center. After advancing across central Russia during the summer of 1941, the 9th Army participated in Operation “Taifun” (Typhoon), Army Group Center’s drive on Moscow. Jumping off on 30 September 1941, the army group unleashed its three panzer groups and four infantry armies against the Soviet West Front and Bryansk Front arrayed before the Russian capital. Sweeping around the Russian flanks and penetrating the front boundaries, the German offensive led to the double envelopment battle of Vyasma and Bryansk. By mid-October, the Germans had reduced the two large pockets taking 663,000 prisoners in the Vyasma pocket and about 100,000 prisoners in the pocket near Bryansk.]
• 16 October 1941: Severely wounded/hospitalized. [While Oberst Weckmann remained the titular chief of staff of the 9th Army, Oberst Otto Hofmann deputized in his stead from 27 October 1941-14 January 1942. On 14 January 1942, Generalmajor Hans Krebs assumed the permanent post of army chief of staff after Oberst Hofmann was hospitalized due to illness.]
• 14 January 1942-20 February 1942: Army High Command Leader Reserve – duties determined by the Deputy Commanding General of the III Army Corps and the Commander of Wehrkreis III, Berlin.
• 20 February 1942-1 March 1943: Commander of the General Staff Course.
• 1 March 1943-1 June 1944: Commander of the War Academy.
• 1 June 1944-27 October 1944: Army High Command Leader Reserve – duties determined by the Deputy Commanding General of the V Army Corps and the Commander of Wehrkreis V, Stuttgart.
• 27 October 1944-26 December 1944: Delegated with the leadership of the 274th Infantry Division in Norway.
• 26 December 1944-8 July 1945: Commander of the 274th Infantry Division in Norway. [Headquartered at Lyngdal in Vest Agder, the 274th Infantry Division served under General der Artillerie Hermann Tittel’s LXX Army Corps as part of the German garrison in southern Norway. At the time of the German surrender, Generalleutnant Weckmann’s division consisted of Fortress Regiments 862 and 865, Artillery Regiment 274, and divisional support units numbered 274.]
• 8 July 1945-17 May 1948: Prisoner of war in British captivity
  • 9th January 1946 transferred from Camp 1 to Island Farm Special Camp 11
  • 28th January 1947 transferred to Camp 99 (General Hospital)
  • 21st March 1947 transferred to Island Farm Special Camp 11
  • 12th May 1948 transferred to Camp 186 for repatriation.

• German Cross in Gold: 26 February 1942, Oberst, Chief of the General Staff of the 9th Army.
• Prussian Iron Cross, 1st Class (1914): 6 November 1918.
• Prussian Iron Cross, 2nd Class (1914): 24 October 1914.
• 1939 Bar to the Prussian Iron Cross, 1st Class
• 1939 Bar to the Prussian Iron Cross, 2nd Class
• Mecklenburg-Schwerin Military Merit Cross, 1st Class: 4 October 1917.
• Mecklenburg-Schwerin Military Merit Cross, 2nd Class: 16 March 1915.
• Cross of Honor for Combatants 1914-1918: 20 December 1934.
• 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 Gold – World War I award: 22 June 1918.
• Bug Star (Bugstern): 26 February 1919.
• Finnish Order of the Cross of Liberty, 1st Class with Swords: 15 August 1943.

• 1-3 May 1915: Battle of Gorlice-Tarnow.
• 4 May 1915: Breakthrough following the Battle of Gorlice-Tarnow (wounded).
• 30 June 1917-6 July 1917: Defensive battle east of Zloczow.
• 7-18 July 1917: Positional combat east of Zloczow.
• 19-28 July 1917: Breakthrough battle in Eastern Galicia.
• 29 July 1917-7 December 1917: Positional combat on the Sereth River.
• 19 April 1918-21 June 1918: Combat in support of the Ukraine.
• 22 June 1918-15 November 1918: Occupation of the Ukraine.
• 16 November 1918-24 January 1919: Evacuation of the Ukraine.