Generalmajor Erich Voß (Generalmajor Erich Voss)

SOME OF THE PRISONERS HELD AT
SPECIAL CAMP 11

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This profile is based on a copy of Generalmajor Voß’ microfilmed service record housed at the United States National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C.

NAME: Generalmajor Erich Arnold Paul Karl Voß

PW NO: A967242

RANK: Generalmajor

CAPTURED: Unknown

DATE: 4 May 1945

PERSONAL
DATE OF BIRTH: 13 July 1891

PLACE OF BIRTH: Köln am Rhein/Prussia

DATE OF DEATH:

PLACE OF DEATH:

NATIONALITY: German

RELIGION: Roman Catholic

OCCUPATION: Regular Soldier

HEIGHT: 5' 9"

WEIGHT: 148 lbs

HAIR COLOUR: Brown
EYE COLOUR: Blue Grey

NEXT OF KIN: Antonie Voss, Koeln, Nippes (British Zone)

Parents: Fritz and Erika (née Legnis) Voß. The elder Voß, a machine manufacturer, died on 6 February 1911 in Köln.

Wife: Married Antonie Gamersbach (born 28 October 1898) on 29 August 1925 in Köln – one daughter.

Promotions:

15 March 1910: Entered the Army as a Fahnenjunker in Telegraph Battalion 1, Berlin-Treptow.
8 October 1910-1 July 1911: Detached to the Engers War School.
1 October 1913: Transferred to Fortress Telephone Company 1, Thorn.
23 July 1915: Leader of the Telephone Platoon of the 35th Reserve Division (later Telephone Platoon 632 of the Beskiden Corps).
10 January 1916: Transferred to Telegraph Battalion 1.
17 May 1916: Transferred to Telegraph Battalion 6.
17 November 1916: Leader of Telephone Double Platoon 301 (later Telephone Double Platoon 555).
September 1917: Transferred to the 12th Infantry Division (later Reichswehr-Brigade 8) as Commander of the Signals Troops.
June 1917-July 1917: Detached to the Army Signals School at Namur.
Spring 1918: Detached to the Leader Course at Wörth.
27-29 June 1918: Detached to the Antenna Course at Gent.
1918-1919: Leader of the Signals Battalion of Reichswehr-Brigade 8.
September 1919: Leader of Brigade Telephone Battalion 208.
1 October 1919: Transferred to the staff of Reichswehr-Brigade 4 as the Signals Officer.
February-March 1920: Detached as Brigade Signals Commander to Reichswehr-Brigade 11 at Kassel.
16 May 1920: Leader of Brigade Telephone Battalion 120.
18 September 1920: Leader of the 2nd Company of Reichswehr Brigade Signals Battalion 8.
1 January 1921: Transferred to the 1st (Prussian) Signals Battalion as a Company Chief upon the formation of the new Reichsheer from the Übergangsheer or Transitional Army.
1 February 1922: Transferred to the staff of the Fortress Commandant of Königsberg as the Fortress Signals Officer.
21 February 1924-31 March 1924: Detached to the Course for Senior Signals Officers at Jüterbog.
1 May 1924: Detached to the Inspectorate of Weapons and Equipment/Reich Defense Ministry.
1 June 1924: Transferred to the Inspectorate of Weapons and Equipment/Reich Defense Ministry.
1 October 1927: Hauptmann on the Staff and Welfare Officer of the 2nd (Prussian) Signals Battalion, Stettin.
1 April 1931: Transferred to the staff of the 2nd Cavalry Division, Breslau.
1 October 1934: Commander of Signals Battalion “Breslau.”
15 October 1935: Commander of Signals Troops VIII.
20 May 1936: Authorized to carry the Uniform of Signals Battalion 8.
1 April 1937: Commander of Signals Equipment Inspectorate 3.
26 August 1939-25 October 1939: Field Signals Commandant 3.
26 October 1939-31 March 1940: Signals Leader of Border District Command Center.
1 April 1940-24 April 1942: Commander of Signals Troops VIII.
25 April 1942-8 May 1945: Commander of the Prisoner of War Camps in Wehrkreis [Military District] IX, Kassel. [An officer evaluation dated 1 March 1944 prepared by General der Infanterie Otto Schellert, the Deputy Commanding General of the IX Army Corps and Commander of Wehrkreis IX, and endorsed by Generaloberst Friedrich (Fritz) Fromm, the Chief of Army Armaments and Commander of the Replacement Army, assessed Voß’ professional and personal qualifications: Simple, humorous and vivacious personality, active and lively. Proven in the Polish Campaign as a signals commandant. Understands his duties, sets high demands of his subordinates, leads his command with determination. Mentally agile, physically fully efficient. While Schellert observed his subordinate was resolute and energetic as well as a good companion possessed of a strong sense for the practical, he noted he was occasionally somewhat talkative and prone to letting go!]
31 August 1942-9 September 1942: Detached to a course for prisoner of war affairs at Wien.
4 May 1945-17 May 1948: Prisoner of war in British captivity.
- 9 January 1946 transferred to Island Farm Special Camp 11 from Camp 1
- 9 April 1946 transferred to LDC (London District Cage) from Island Farm Special Camp 11
- 16 April 1946 transferred from Island Farm Special Camp 11 to LDC
- 12 May 1948 transferred to Camp 186 for repatriation.

23-31 August 1914: Battle of Tannenberg.
5-15 September 1914: Battle of the Masurian Lakes.
9-19 October 1914: Battle of Warsaw.
22-28 October 1914: Combat on the Rawka.
16 November 1914-14 December 1914: Combat at Czenstochau.
19 December 1914-28 March 1915: Combat on the Lososina and at Czarna.
2-13 April 1915: Easter Battle at Laborczatal.
6-13 June 1915: Combat at Przemysl.
17-22 June 1915: Battle of Lemberg.
22 June 1915-16 July 1915: Pursuit action on the Galician-Polish border.
13-18 July 1915: Battle of Grabowiec.
19-30 July 1915: Battle of Wojslawice.
1-3 August 1915: Battle of Cholm.
7-12 August 1915: Battle on the Ucherka.
13-17 August 1915: Battle of Wlodawa.
19-24 August 1915: Attack on Brest-Litovsk.
25-26 August 1915: Capture of Brest-Litovsk.
1-9 September 1915: Combat on the Jasiolda—Zelwianka.
13-18 September 1915: Battle of Slonim.
19-24 September 1915: Combat on the upper Schtschara—Serwetsch.
2 December 1916-17 July 1917: Positional combat before Dünaburg.
18-25 July 1917: Defensive battle at Dünaburg.
26 July 1917-13 September 1917: Positional combat before Dünaburg.

20 January 1918-24 February 1918: Positional combat in Lorraine.
13-20 March 1918: Deployment for the Great Battle in France.
21 March 1918-6 April 1918: Great Battle in France (“Ludendorff Offensive”).
10-18 April 1918: Battle of Armentières.
19 April 1918-28 May 1918: Positional combat in French Flanders.
19 July 1918-28 August 1918: Positional combat in Flanders.
31 August 1918-2 September 1918: Battle of Monchy—Bapaume.
3-26 September 1918: Combat on the “Siegfried” Front.
27 September 1918-7 October 1918: Defensive battle between Cambrai and St. Quentin.
8-14 October 1918: Combat on the Armentières—Lens Front.
15-19 October 1918: Combat between the Deule Canal and the Schelde.
20 October 1918-4 November 1918: Combat in the “Hermann” Position on the Schelde.
5-11 November 1918: Retreat from the Antwerp-Maas Position.
12 November 1918-1 December 1918: Withdrawal from the occupied territories and the return home.
2 December 1918-30 January 1920: Border defense in Silesia.