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Meyer, Hubert

Date of birth:
December 5th, 1913 (Berlin)
Date of death:
November 16th, 2012 (Leverkusen/Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Service number:
SS Nr. 266 464
Nationality:
German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Promotions:
20.04.1937: SS-Untersturmführer
09.11.1938: SS-Obersturmführer
09.11.1940: SS-Hauptsturmführer
20.04.1943: SS-Sturmbannführer
09.11.1944: SS-Obersturmbannführer

Career:
15.07.1933: entered the SS
04.08.1933: 12./ SS-Rgt. 'Deutschland'
1936: SS-Junkerschule Bad Tölz

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain)
Unit:
1.SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler"
Awarded on:
May 6th, 1943
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Obersturmführer (Lieutenant)
Awarded on:
November 8th, 1939
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain)
Awarded on:
July 7th, 1941
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain)
Awarded on:
September 1st, 1941
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain)
Awarded on:
March 11th, 1942
in Bronze
Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
SS-Hauptsturmführer (Captain)
Awarded on:
August 25th, 1942
Medaille

Sources

  • Photo 1: Chris O'Connor
  • - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
    - Patzwall K., Scherzer V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Geschichte und Inhaber Band II, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001, ISBN 3-931533-45-X

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