Lemcke, Gerhard (Grenadier-Regiment 89)
- Date of birth:
- January 23rd, 1913 (Stettin/Pomerania, Germany)
- Date of death:
- May 19th, 2004 (Hude/Lower Saxony, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Promotions:
April 1st, 1936: Leutnant (RDA: -840-);
April 1st, 1939: Oberleutnant (RDA: -120-);
March 1st, 1942: Hauptmann (RDA: -95-);
July 1st, Major (RDA: -36a-);
November 9th, 1944: Oberstleutnant (RDA: -118-).
Career:
October 7th, 1936: 10. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 48, Güstrow;
October 12th, 1937: 4. (MG) Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 27, Güstrow;
November 10th, 1938: 12. (MG) Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 27, Rostock;
June 1943: Hauptmann, Kommandeur, II. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 48;
November 1944: Oberstleutnant, Kommandeur, Grenadier-Regiment 89;
April 1945: US POW;
August 1945: released.
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Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- December 4th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 18th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 11th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 18th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, II. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 48, 12. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- June 23rd, 1943
Unit written in Patzwall / Scherzer as Gren.Rgt. 48
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- December 1st, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- January 3rd, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Major
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, II. Bataillon, Grenadier-Regiment 48, 12. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- April 2nd, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Grenadier-Regiment 89, 12. Volksgrenadier-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- January 12th, 1945
Sources
- Photo 1: Willi Schumacher
- Photo: Willi Schumacher collection
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Armee Tagesbefehl Nr. 12, Armee Oberkommando 4, 3 Mai 1944
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Ehrenblatt des Deutschen Heeres dated April 5th 1944
- das-ritterkreuz.de
- Oberstleutnant Gerhard Lemcke - Axis History Forum
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