(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Paul Gerhardt
Born: 20 Apr 1881 in Ruhrort, Rhine
Died: 12 Oct 1953 in Berlin
Promotions:
Leutnant (22 Mar 1901); Oberleutnant (16 Jun 1910); Hauptmann (08 Oct 1914); Major (01 Apr 1923); Oberstleutnant (01 Jan 1929); Oberst (01 May 1931); Oberst (E) (01 Apr 1935); Charakter als Generalmajor (31 May 1935); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1937); Charakter als Generalleutnant (01 Nov 1939); Generalleutnant (01 Feb 1941)
Career:
Entered Army Service (22 Mar 1901)
Leutnant in the 147th Infantry-Regiment (22 Mar 1901-02 Aug 1914)
Adjutant of the II. Battalion of the 147th Infantry-Regiment, at the same time, Court-Officer (15 Oct 1905-31 Oct 1908)
Adjutant and Court-Officer with the Landwehr-Commander Lötzen (01 Oct 1909-30 Sep 1912)
Adjutant of the 72nd Reserve-Infantry-Brigade (02 Aug 1914-10 Jan 1918)
At the same time, Leader of the II. Battalion of the 59th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (15 Jun 1916-26 Jun 1916)
Leader of the III. Battalion of the 55th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (10 Jan 1918-12 Oct 1918)
Transferred to the Replacement-Battalion of the 55th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (12 Oct 1918-03 Dec 1918)
Company-Leader in the 55th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (03 Dec 1918-15 Apr 1919)
Transferred back into the 147th Infantry-Regiment (15 Apr 1919-21 Jul 1919)
Company-Chief in the 39th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (Freikorps Hindenburg) (21 Jul 1919-01 Oct 1920)
Company-Chief in the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-01 May 1922)
With the Staff of the Training-Battalion of the 2nd Infantry-Regiment (01 May 1922-01 May 1923)
Adjutant of the Inspection for Weapons and Equipment, later in the Army Weapons Office, Department Testing Affairs (01 May 1923-01 Feb 1928)
Commander of the III. (Jäger) Battalion of the 15th Infantry-Regiment (01 Feb 1928-01 Feb 1930)
Adjutant with the Staff of Group-Command 2 (01 Feb 1930-01 Apr 1931)
Commander of the 7th Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1931-01 Oct 1933)
Territorial-Officer (01 Oct 1933); Supplemental-Officer (01 Apr 1935); Active-Officer again (01 Aug 1936)
Commander of Military-District-Command Eisenach (01 Oct 1933-01 Aug 1936)
Military-Replacement-Inspector Allenstein (01 Aug 1936-10 Nov 1939)
Commander of the 311th Infantry-Division (10 Nov 1939-01 Aug 1940)
Military-Replacement-Inspector Allenstein (01 Aug 1940-19 Jan 1945)
Führer-Reserve OKH (19 Jan 1945-08 May 1945)
Retired - No Captivity (08 May 1945)

Decorations & Awards:
- RK des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse


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