Date of birth:

August 28th, 1903 (Rudolstadt/Thuringia, Germany)

Date of death:

February 27th, 1979 (Bad Münstereifel-Houverath/Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Hans-Horst von Necker finally reached the rank of Generalmajor. He was a Prisoner-of-War to the British between May 8th, 1945 and June 7th, 1947.

Fähnrich (01 Oct 1925);
Leutnant (01 Dec 1926);
Oberleutnant (01 Jul 1929);
Rittmeister (01 Jan 1935);
Major (01 Jan 1940);
Oberstleutnant (01 Mar 1942);
Oberst (01 Jan 1943);
Generalmajor (01 Jan 1945).

Entered the Army as an Fahnenjunker and Squadron-Officer in the 16th Mounted-Regiment (01 Apr 1923-30 Sep 1934)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1934-30 Jun 1936)
Detached to the Staff of the 3rd Panzer-Division (01 Jul 1936-31 Dec 1936)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the 3rd Panzer-Division (01 Jan 1937-31 Mar 1938)
Chief Supply Officer (Ib) in the Staff of the 4th Light Division (01 Apr 1938-14 Dec 1939)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the 9th Panzer-Division (15 Dec 1939-13 Dec 1942)
Wounded, in Hospital and Führer-Reserve OKH (13 Dec 1942-28 Feb 1943)
Training-Officer with the Group New-Formation Division ‘Hermann Göring’ in Mont-de-Marsan (01 Mar 1943-30 Apr 1943)
Chief Of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the 16th Army (01 May 1943-05 Dec 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKH (05 Dec 1943-06 Mar 1944)
Transferred to Luftwaffe Service as Commander of the 2nd Parachute-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment ‘Hermann Göring’ (07 Mar 1944-23 Sep 1944)
Commander of the Parachute-Panzer-Division 1 ‘Hermann Göring’ (24 Sep 1944-05 Feb 1945)
Führer-Reserve (05 Feb 1945-13 Apr 1945)
Transferred to Army Service and Battle-Commandant of Swinemünde and of the Island of Usedom (14 Apr 1945-08 May 1945)
In British Captivity (08 May 1945-07 Jun 1947)
Released (07 Jun 1947)

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• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
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  - Generalmajor Hanns-Horst von Necker - Lexikon der Wehrmacht
  - http://www.ritterkreuztraeger.info/rk/n/N025Necker.pdf