Becker, Fritz (370. Infanterie-Division)

Date of birth:: March 7th, 1892 (Heidberg/Hannover, Germany)
Date of death:: June 11th, 1967 (Herzberg/Lowersaxony, Germany)
Nationality:: German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Biography

Fritz Becker served with Infanterie-Regiment 60, 370. Infanterie-division, as stellvertretender Führer XXIV. Panzerkorps, with 389. Infanterie-Division and as Kampfkommandant Bremen. Between April 27th, 1945 and January 6th, 1948 he was a Prisoner-of-War to the British.

Promotions:
16.06.1913: Unteroffizier
18.10.1913: Fahnenjunker
20.05.1914: Leutnant
18.06.1917: Oberleutnant
01.03.1925: Hauptmann
01.04.1934: Major
01.08.1936: Oberstleutnant
01.04.1939: Oberst
20.04.1942: Generalmajor
20.04.1943: Generalleutnant

Career:
Entered Army Service (29 Jan 1913)
Fahnenjunker in the 69th Infantry-Regiment (29 Jan 1913-03 Aug 1914)
Platoon-Leader in the I. Battalion of the 69th Infantry-Regiment (03 Aug 1914-29 Aug 1914)
Company-Leader in the 69th Infantry-Regiment (29 Aug 1914-03 Sep 1914)
Wounded, in Hospital (03 Sep 1914-08 Dec 1914)
Transferred into the 257th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (08 Dec 1914-28 Jul 1915)
Adjutant of the I. Battalion of the 257th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (28 Jul 1915-23 Jun 1917)
Company-Leader in the 257th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (23 Jun 1917-07 Oct 1917)
Temporary-Regiments-Adjutant of the 257th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (19 Nov 1917-09 Dec 1917)
Temporary-Regiments-Adjutant of the 257th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (22 Dec 1917-26 Mar 1918)
Temporary-Adjutant of the 77th Reserve-Infantry-Brigade (07 May 1918-10 Jun 1918)
Temporary-Adjutant of the 77th Reserve-Infantry-Brigade (12 Aug 1918-22 Aug 1918)
Temporary 2nd General-Staff-Officer of the 77th Reserve-Division (10 Sep 1918-11 Sep 1918)
Temporary-Adjutant of the 77th Reserve-Division (11 Sep 1918-06 Oct 1918)
Ordinance-Officer in the V. Army-Corps (07 Oct 1918-16 Mar 1919)
Transferred back into the 69th Infantry-Regiment (16 Mar 1919-01 Apr 1919)
Transferred to Reichswehr-Battalion Rheinland (01 Apr 1919-01 Jun 1919)
Adjutant of Reichswehr-Battalion Rheinland (01 Jun 1919-15 Sep 1919)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 16th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (15 Sep 1919-03 Jan 1921)
Detached to the 6th Division (03 Jan 1921-12 May 1921)
Detached to the III. Battalion of the 6th Artillery-Regiment (12 May 1921-01 Oct 1921)
Transferred into the 16th Mounted-Regiment and Detached for Subsidiary-Leadership-training with the Staff of the 6th Division (01 Oct 1921-01 Oct 1922)
Transferred back into the 16th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1922-01 Oct 1927)
Company-Chief in the 16th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1927-01 Oct 1930)
Detached to the Staff of Group-Command 1 (01 Oct 1930-01 Oct 1931)
Transferred into the 9th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1931-01 Apr 1933)
Auxiliary-Officer with the Staff of Group-Command 1 (01 Apr 1933-01 Oct 1934)
Commander of the I. Battalion of Infantry-Regiment Münster (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 64th Infantry-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-26 Aug 1939)
Commander of the 60th Infantry-Regiment (26 Aug 1939-14 May 1942)
Assigned with the Senior Field Commandant 365 (15 Jul 1942-15 Sep 1942)
Commander of the 370th Infantry-Division (15 Sep 1942-01 Jun 1944)
Führer-Reserve OKH (01 Jun 1944-03 Jul 1944)
Course for Commanding Generals (12 Jun 1944-08 Jul 1944)
Delegated with the Temporary-Leadership of the XXXXVI. Panzer-Corps (03 Jul 1944-26 Jul 1944)
Führer-Reserve, Army-Group North Ukraine (26 Jul 1944-20 Aug 1944)
Delegated with the Leadership of the XXIV. Panzer-Corps (20 Aug 1944-30 Sep 1944)
Commander of the 389th Infantry-Division (30 Sep 1944-25 Mar 1945)
Führer-Reserve OKH (25 Mar 1945-29 Mar 1945)
Injured due to an air-attack, in Hospital in Neutief (29 Mar 1945-05 Apr 1945)
Commander of Defence-District Bremen (05 Apr 1945-27 Apr 1945)
In British captivity (27 Apr 1945-06 Oct 1947)
Released, but later interned (06 Oct 1947-06 Jan 1948)
Released from Internment (06 Jan 1948)

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Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Major
Awarded on:: December 13th, 1934

Deutsches Kreuz in Gold

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:: Kdr, Infanterie-Regiment 60 (motorisiert), 16. Infanterie-Division, XLVIII Panzerkorps, 2. Armee, Heeresgruppe Mitte
Awarded on:: November 22nd, 1941

doc signed by Generalfeldmarschall v. Brauchitsch

Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberst (Colonel)
Awarded on:: November 24th, 1941

in Bronze
doc signed by Generalleutnant Henrici

Medaille "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42" (Ostmedaille)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Generalmajor (Brigadier)
Awarded on:: September 3rd, 1942

Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Generalmajor (Brigadier)
Unit:: Kommandeur, 370. Infanterie-Division, 17. Armee, Heeresgruppe A
Awarded on:: April 6th, 1943

Awarded for distinguishing himself with his Division during the fighting for the Kuban bridgehead, where they achieved a particularly noteworthy defensive achievement. While fighting along the Protoka river (specifically in the Slawjanskaja area) they successfully fended off all attacks by the Soviet 37th Army.