Generalmajor Gustav Geiger

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NAME: Generalmajor Gustav Geiger

PW NO: B33412

RANK: Generalmajor

CAPTURED: Hohenfels

DATE: 21st April 1945

PERSONAL
DATE OF BIRTH: 31 March 1887

PLACE OF BIRTH: Nürnberg

DATE OF DEATH: 2 January 1967

PLACE OF DEATH:

NATIONALITY: German

RELIGION: Roman Catholic

OCCUPATION: Regular Soldier

HEIGHT: 169cm

WEIGHT: 143lbs

HAIR COLOUR: Brown, Partly bald
EYE COLOUR: Blue Grey

NEXT OF KIN: Barbara Geiger, Bayern (US Zone)

Promotions:

7 July 1907: Entered the Royal Bavarian Army as a Fähnrich in the Bavarian 5. Infanterie-Regiment Großherzog Ernst Ludwig von Hessen after passing out from the Bavarian Cadet Corps.
22 April 1908-21 March 1909: Detached to War School München.
22 March 1909-1 May 1909: Detached to the Military Firing School Lechfeld.
20 April 1914-16 May 1914: Detached to the Rifle Factory in Spandau.
18 May 1914-23 May 1914: Detached to the Artillery Work Shop in Spandau.
2 August 1914: Adjutant of the III. Battalion of the Bavarian 5th Infantry Regiment.
10 August 1914: Platoon Leader in the Machinegun Company of the Bavarian 5th Infantry Regiment.
2 November 1914: Adjutant of the III. Battalion of the Bavarian 5th Infantry Regiment.
8 December 1914: Company Leader in the Bavarian 9. Infanterie-Regiment Wrede.
16 December 1914: Company Leader in the Bavarian 5th Infantry Regiment.
3 January 1915: Adjutant of the III. Battalion of the Bavarian 5th Infantry Regiment.
26 March 1915: Leader of the 10th Company of the Bavarian 5th Infantry Regiment.
30 April 1915: Leader of the 2nd Company of the Bavarian 5th Infantry Regiment.
14 June 1915: Leader of the Machinegun School of the Bavarian 5th Infantry Regiment.
10 June 1916: Leader of the 1st Machinegun Company of the Bavarian 5th Infantry Regiment.
19 October 1916: Leader of the Machinegun School of Group Lille.
28 February 1917-7 March 1917: Detached to the Machinegun Training Course.
4 May 1918: Machinegun Officer on Staff of the Bavarian 5th Infantry Regiment.
11 June 1918: Transferred to the staff of the II. Battalion of the Bavarian 5th Infantry Regiment.
7 January 1919: Company Leader in the Bavarian 5th Infantry Regiment.
20 May 1919: Allocated to the Processing Center of the Bavarian 5th Infantry Regiment.
28 May 1919: Leader of the 2nd Machinegun Company of Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 46.
21 August 1920: Separated from the Army.
25 August 1920: Entered the Polizei [Police] and appointed Leader of the 20th 100-Man Detachment in the Land Police Nürnberg-Fürth.
20 September 1920: Leader of the 1st 100-Man Detachment in the Land Police Bamberg.
24 September 1926: Leader of the Security Battalion of the Land Police Bamberg.
1 September 1927: Officer in the Teaching Battalion of the Police Preparatory School Bamberg.
5 October 1928-16 October 1928: At the same time, Leader of the Machinegun Training Courses in Grafenwöhr.
19 October 1929-20 December 1929: At the same time, Leader of the Machinegun Training Courses in Grafenwöhr.
1 October 1932: Personnel Consultant in Sector Command III of the Protection Police Command Nürnberg-Fürth.
7 June 1933: Police-B and Welfare Consultant in the Land Police Command Nürnberg-Fürth.
16 October 1933-31 October 1933: At the same time, Leader of the Machinegun Firing Courses in Grafenwöhr.
1 October 1934: Commander of the Police Sector Fürth.
1 July 1935: Detached to the Military Recruitment Inspectorate Nürnberg.
12 August 1935: Detached to the Commandant of Regensburg with the Amberg Garrison.
15 September 1935: Accepted into the Army as a Supplemental Officer and appointed Training Leader Amberg.
29 November 1935-21 December 1935: At the same time, detached for Border Protection Training in Grafenwöhr.
25 February 1936: Training Leader Weiden.
6 October 1936: Training Leader Amberg.
25 October 1940: Commander of Infantry Ersatz [Replacement]-Regiment 73 of the 173rd Division. [Based in Würzburg, this training and replacement regiment provided basic training for new recruits.]
1 June 1941: While retaining this position, transferred into Active Officer Status.
27 January 1942: Commander of Infantry Regiment 546 of the 389th Infantry Division then undergoing formation at the Troop Training Area Milowitz near Prague.
26 March 1942: Commander of Landesschützen (“Territorial” or Local Defense Forces) Regiment 51 of the 405th Division “for Special Employment” in Wehrkreis [Military District] V, Stuttgart.
13 March 1943: Führer Reserve in the Army High Command.
1 February 1944: Detached to the Commandant of Troop Training Area Grafenwöhr.
1 March 1944: Delegated with the post of Commandant of Troop Training Area Hohenfels.
1 April 1944-8 May 1945: Commandant of Troop Training Area Hohenfels.
8 May 1945-1948: Prisoner of war.
- 23rd March 1946 transferred to Island Farm Special Camp 11 from LDC (London District Cage)
- 12th May 1948 transferred to Camp 186 for repatriation

Decorations & Awards:

Geiger’s World War I and II decorations are not known. However, he was not a recipient of any high decorations such as the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, Knight's Cross of the War Merit Cross with Swords, or the German Cross in Gold/Silver in World War II.

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