Date of birth:

December 23rd, 1893 (Hechthausen/Hannover, Germany)

Date of death:

February 17th, 1954 (Wiesbaden/Hesse, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Promotions:
1st March 1926: Hauptmann (RDA 35);
?: Major;
1st January 1937: Oberstleutnant;
1st October 1939: Oberst;
1st April 1943: Generalmajor.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Generalmajor (Brigadier)

Unit:

Kommandeur Obarbaustab 7

Awarded on:

April 6th, 1943

The following newspaper excerpt (dated 14.04.1943) describes why Meyer was awarded the Knight’s Cross…

“Generalmajor Meyer defended a strongpoint near Voronezh with a Kampfgruppe that was primarily composed of construction troops. Thereafter he and his men broke out of the enemy’s encirclement ring around the strongpoint.”

• - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
  - Die Grenz-Zeitung (Edition 103)