Date of birth:

April 21st, 1898 (Rattwitz/Silesia, Germany)

Date of death:

December 27th, 1943 (Degmanow (Deymanowo)/Belarus, Soviet Union)

Buried on:

Soviet War Graves Shchatkovo
Grave: UNK.

Nationality:

German (1933-1945, Third Reich)

Died on 27th December 1943 as Kommandeur Grenadier-Regiment (motorisiert) "Feldherrnhalle" with the rank of Oberst.

17.08.1915: Kriegsfeiwilliger Infanterie-Regiment 23 - Artois, Somme, Flandern, Champagne
00.00.1917: Dünaburg then Flandern then Isonzo
00.00.1918: Lothringen/Lorraine and Vogesen/Vosges
29.03.1920: promoted to Leutnant der Reserve
SA-Verwaltungs-Oberführer
01.06.1934: promoted to Hauptmann
23.07.1937: Hauptmann, Chef, 9. Kompanie, Infanterie-Regiment 28
00.00.1939: Hauptmann, campaign in Poland
09.03.1940: Hauptmann, Kommandeur, III. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 28, 8. Infanterie-Division
01.04.1940: promoted to Major (39)
00.05.1940: Major, campaign in France, Schelde near Bouchain
21.11.1940: Major, Kdr, I. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 233
24.02.1941: Major, Kdr, III. Bataillon "Feldherrnhalle", Infanterie-Regiment 271
01.02.1942: promoted to Oberstleutnant (240a)
20.05.1942: Oberstleutnant , Kdr, Infanterie-Regiment 271
09.08.1942: Oberstleutnant, Kdr, Infanterie-Regiments (mot.) "Feldherrnhalle" (renaming)
07.06.1942: Oberstleutnant, proposed for the EL of the RK
21.10.1942: again proposed for the EL of the RK
01.01.1943: promoted to Oberst (74f)
27.12.1943: Oberst, KIA region Degmanow/Witebsk

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

October 2nd, 1939

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Awarded on:

November 29th, 1939

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Major

Unit:

Kommandeur, III. Bataillon, Infanterie-Regiment 28, 8. Infanterie-Division

Awarded on:

July 19th, 1940

The following wartime excerpt describes why Böhme was awarded the Knight’s Cross…

“Starting on the 23.05.1940 his Division began an opposed crossing over the Scheldt Canal near Bouchain. Despite strong enemy MG and artillery fire, Major Böhme worked his way forward to one of the canal bridges near an enemy redoubt. From here he led the attack with great bravery, ruthlessness and prudence. The redoubt fell in the late afternoon, and with this the city of Bouchain finally fell at the end of a 4 day battle.”

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• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1992.
  - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
  - Card of KIA, Wehrmacht
  

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