Date of birth:

August 13th, 1901 (Graudenz/Westernprussia, Germany)

Date of death:

December 17th, 1991

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Kurt Weyher was the commanding officer of the sailing school ship "Horst Wessel" from Januari until September 1939. From December he took over the command of the Auxiliary Cruiser "Orion", and in November 1941 was taken in the Command stucture HQ of the Admiraal in the Ägäis, I.Asto. Here he served until March 1942. After this he served from April that year until Januari 1944 with the HQ of the Marine Gruppenkommando Süd, l. Asto. As the Chef der Deutschen Marinekommandos Konstanza he served the same time as commanding officer of 10.Sicherungs-Division, Geleitchef Schwarzes Meer and the Deutscher Chef des Stabes der Rumänische Marine, until June 1944.
Between June 1944 and October 1944, Kurt Weyher was the Naval commander of Crete and after that he served until his capture as Naval commander of Ostfriesland. On Januari 1st 1945 he wat promoted to Konteradmirad (Vice-admiral). He was released as POW on June 7th 1947.

Promotions:
February 21st, 1920: Fähnrich zur See;
April 1st, 1921: Oberfähnrich zur See;
April 1st, 1922: Leutnant zur See;
April 1st, 1925: Oberleutnant zur See;
December 1st, 1932: Kapitänleutnant;
October 1st, 1936: Korvettenkapitän;
1940: Fregattenkapitän;
June 1st, 1942: Kapitän zur See;
January 1st, 1945: Konteradmiral.

Awarded the Bewährungsabzeichen II. und I. Klasse der III. Marine-Brigade von Loewenfeld

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• Photo 1: Willi Schumacher Collection
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