Promotions:

• Seekadett: 1 April 1909
• Fähnrich zur See: 12 April 1910
• Leutnant zur See: 19 September 1912
• Oberleutnant zur See: 30 January 1920 (RDA 2 May 1915)
• Charakter als Kapitänleutnant: 30 January 1920 (RDA 21 January 1920)
• Kapitänleutnant: 7 July 1920 (RDA 21 January 1920)
• Korvettenkapitän: 1 January 1928
• Fregattenkapitän: 1 January 1933
• Kapitän zur See: 1 October 1934
• Konteradmiral: 1 October 1938
• Vizeadmiral: 1 January 1941

Commands & Assignments:

• 1 April 1909: Entered the Imperial German Navy as a Sea Cadet.
• 1 April 1909-31 March 1910: Initial training aboard the protected cruiser Freya.
• 1 April 1910-30 September 1911: Naval School Mürwick and Special Course.
• 1 October 1911-30 September 1913: Assigned to the battleship Nassau.
• 1 October 1913-20 April 1914: Company Officer in the Cadre Detachment of the Matrosen-Artillery Battalion Kiautschou.
• 21 April 1914-10 June 1914: Outward voyage to Tsingtau, China.
• 11 June 1914-7 August 1914: Watch Officer aboard the gunboat Iltis in the German East Asia Squadron. [On 27 January 1903, Kaiser Wilhelm II awarded the Prussian Order Pour le Mérite to the gunboat Iltis for distinction in action during the bombardment of the Taku Forts on 17 June 1900 during the Chinese Boxer Rebellion. This was the only vessel of the Imperial German Navy to be so decorated. On 28 September 1914, the Iltis was burned and scuttled to prevent its capture by the Japanese at Tsingtau (see below). The gunboat’s weapons were removed and, along with the crew, incorporated into the German land defenses of Tsingtao.]  
• 8 August 1914-7 November 1914: Commander of Battery VIII on the landward side of Fortress Tsingtau. [A German colony and naval base since 1897, Tsingtau was home to the German East Asia Squadron. On 18 September 1914, shortly after the outbreak of World War I, a powerful Japanese Army force that ultimately numbered 60,000 troops with attached British Army elements commanded by Lieutenant General Mitsuomi Kamio landed north of Lao Shan Bay to besiege Tsintau from the landward side. The Japanese Navy, with the British pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Triumph attached, blockaded the port from the Yellow Sea. Approximately 4,800 German defenders, including many recently recalled reservists, volunteers and members of ships’ companies, manned a series of strong redoubts on the landward side of the colony. After holding out under heavy attack from siege guns, naval and air bombardment, and determined Japanese infantry assaults for as long as possible, the German Governor, Kapitän zur See Alfred von Meyer-Waldeck, surrendered Tsingtau on 7 November 1914.]
• 8 November 1914-26 December 1919: Prisoner of war in Japanese captivity.
• 27 December 1919-26 February 1920: Return voyage to Germany from Japan aboard the steamship Hafuken Maru.
• 27 February 1920-30 May 1920: Placed in “awaiting orders” status and on leave.
• 31 May 1920-23 October 1920: Company Leader in II. Battalion of Coast Defense Regiment Wilhelmshaven.
• 24 October 1920-11 April 1921: Company Leader in II. Battalion of the North Sea Schiffsstammdivision [Ship’s Cadre Division].
• 12 April 1921-28 February 1922: Company Leader in I. Battalion of the North Sea Schiffsstammdivision.
• 1 March 1922-24 September 1923: Third Artillery Officer aboard the pre-dreadnought battleship Braunschweig.
• 25 September 1923-2 October 1927: Instructor at the Coastal Artillery School.
• 3 October 1927-27 September 1928: Second Artillery Officer aboard the pre-dreadnought battleship Schlesien.
• 28 September 1928-24 February 1930: Second Artillery Officer aboard the pre-dreadnought battleship Schleswig-Holstein.
•  25 February 1930-3 September 1930: First Artillery Officer aboard the pre-dreadnought battleship Hannover.
• 4 September 1930-24 September 1936: Commander of the Coastal Artillery School and, at the same time, Leader of the Land Artillery Testing Command.
• 25 September 1936-29 September 1937: Commander of the pre-dreadnought battleship Schlesien.
• 30 September 1937-29 March 1939: Commandant of Fortifications of the Pomeranian Coast.
• 23 January 1939-2 April 1939: At the same time, delegated with the secondary duty position of Inspector of Naval Artillery and, at the same time, presided over the Ship’s Artillery Testing Command and the Land Artillery Testing Command.
• 3 April 1939-3 June 1941: Inspector of Naval Artillery and, at the same time, presided over the Ship’s Artillery Testing Command and the Land Artillery Testing Command.
• 7 April 1940-30 June 1941: At the same time, Coastal Commander of the Western Baltic Sea.
• 4 June 1941-7 September 1941: On sick leave.
• 8 September 1941-31 March 1943: Inspector of Naval Artillery and, at the same time, presided over the Ship’s Artillery Testing Command and the Land Artillery Testing Command.
• 1 April 1943-31 May 1943: At the disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy.
• 31 May 1943: Retired from the Navy and placed on “zur Verfügung” status (“at the disposal” of the Navy for the duration of World War II).
• 1 July 1943-8 May 1945: Artillery Inspector and Admiral for Special Employment in the Navy High Command Norway.
• 2nd July 1945 -15 October 1947: Prisoner of war in British captivity.
  • 21st March 1947 transferred from Camp 99 to Island Farm Special Camp 11
  • 10th October 1947 transferred to Hamburg via ship "El Nil"

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