Menche, Heinz-Eduard
- Date of birth:
- March 6th, 1886 (Rheydt)
- Date of death:
- December 25th, 1961 (Bad Godesberg)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Promotions:
1903: Seekadett
15.04.1904: Fähnrich zur See
28.09.1906: Leutnant zur See
12.12.1908: Oberleutnant zur See
18.11.1914: Kapitänleutnant - Kommandant Torpedoboot S125
1918: Kommandant -Torpedoboot B110 - sabotaged in Scapa Flow
22.06.1919-06.02.1920: british POW
01.09.1921: Korvettenkapitän
01.10.1928: Fregattenkapitän - Kommandeur - Torpedo- und Nachrichtenschule
01.04.1930: Kapitän zur See - Leiter der Reichsmarinedienststelle - Hamburg
30.11.1932: Konteradmiral
1939: reactivated
1941: Chef der Kriegsmarinedienststelle - Bordeaux
01.02.1942: Konteradmiral z.V. - Seetransportchef - Marseille
1943: Leiter - Kriegsmarinedienststelle - Marseille
1944: Reserve - Oberbefehlshabers des Marinegruppenkommandos West
31.08.1944: retired
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Deutsches Kreuz in Silber
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Konteradmiral z.V.
- Unit:
- Chef Kriegsmarinedienststelle Marseille
- Awarded on:
- August 28th, 1944
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Konteradmiral (Commodore)
- Awarded on:
- March 20th, 1942
Eisernes Kreuz 1.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Komtur I. Klasse zum Friedrichs-Orden
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Militärverdienstkreuz 2.Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Konteradmiral (Commodore)
- Awarded on:
- September 1st, 1941
Ridder af Dannebrog
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro - Cavaliere
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- 1937
Sources
- - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
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