SOME OF THE PRISONERS HELD AT
SPECIAL
CAMP 11
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NAME:
Generalmajor
Gottfried Menny
PW NO: A451672
RANK: Generalmajor
CAPTURED:
Oslo
DATE: 1st July 1945
PERSONAL
DATE OF BIRTH: 6 October 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH: Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH: Unknown:
PLACE OF DEATH: Unknown
NATIONALITY: German
RELIGION: Evangelical
OCCUPATION: Regular Soldier
HEIGHT: 6'
WEIGHT: 150lbs
HAIR COLOUR: Blonde
EYE COLOUR: Blue
NEXT OF KIN: Hilde Menny, (British
Zone)
Promotions (included):
- Fahnenjunker: 17
March 1914
- Leutnant (Telegraphen-Bataillon
Nr.1): 17 January 1915
- Oberstleutnant:
1 August 1937
- Oberst: 1 July 1940
- Generalmajor: 1
January 1944
- 1 September 1920:
Separated from the Army and joined the Police.
- 1 May 1936: Returned
to the Army as a Major and appointed commander of Signals Battalion 11.
- 1 September 1939:
Commander of a signals battalion; later commander of Signals Regiment
639.
- 15 April 1941: Signals
Leader to the Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Norway.
- 1 April 1943: Signals Leader, 20th Mountain Army in Finland and Norway.
- Known POW Camp transfers:
- 9 January 1946 transferred to Island Farm Special Camp 11 from Camp 1
- 26 July 1946 transferred to LDC (London District Cage) from Island Farm Special Camp 11
- 19 August 1946 transferred to Island Farm Special Camp 11 from LDC
- 5 October 1947 transferred via Camp 43 to Camp 2 WC Holding Centre Fishhack
- 21 December
1948 transferred to Camp 6 CIC Neuengamme (Civil
Internment Camp).
Decorations
& Awards (included):