Schwerin, Graf von, Bogislav (Generalleutnant)
- Date of birth:
- October 19th, 1892 (Berlin, Germany)
- Date of death:
- September 17th, 1944 (by Tammistu, Tartu, Dorpat, Estonia)
- Buried on:
- German War Cemetery Narwa / Narva
Grave: UNK. - Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Generalleutnant Bogislav Axel Karl Ulrich Graf von Schwerin was the son of General der Infanterie a.D. Bogislav Graf von Schwerin (1851-1926)
Promotions:
22.03.1913: Charakter Fähnrich
18.10.1913: Fähnrich
06.08.1914: Leutnant without Patent
02.09.1914: Patent
01.07.1922: new RDA
01.04.1924: Oberleutnant
01.02.1929: Hauptmann
01.06.1933: Major
01.02.1938: Oberstleutnant
01.01.1941: Oberst
17.12.1941: new RDA
01.10.1943: Generalmajor
01.09.1944: Generalleutnant - RDA 01.09.1944 (Posthumous)
Career:
22.03.1913: entered the Heer as Fähnrich
08.08.1914: 2. Garderegiment zu Fuß
03.10.1914: Bataillonsadjutant
28.02.1915: Regimentsstab
06.11.1915: Stab, 7. Reservedivision
12.12.1916: Ordonnanzoffizier, Brigadestab
11.02.1917: Regimentsadjutant
18.09.1918: Brigadeadjutant
17.03.1919: Infanterieführer
10.05.1920: Bataillonsadjutant
01.04.1924: 11. / Infanterieregiment 9 (Berlin)
01.05.1925: 5. / Infanterieregiment 9 (Berlin)
01.05.1928: Stab, Infanterieregiment 9 (Potsdam)
01.05.1930: Chef, 1. / Infanterieregiment 9 (Potsdam)
01.10.1934: Stab, Infanterieregiment 9 (Potsdam)
15.10.1935: Stab, 23. Division (Potsdam)
12.10.1937: Adjutant;, 23. Division (Potsdam)
10.11.1938: Kommandeur, I. / Infanterieregiment 8 (Frankfurt / Oder)
13.10.1939: Adjutant, VIII. Armeekorps
23.10.1940: Adjutant, 16. Armee
22.09.1943: Führerreserve OKH (III)
15.12.1943: Heeresgruppe Mitte
01.01.1944: Kommandeur, Division z.b.V. 442
20.02.1944: Führer, 221. Sicherungsdivision
28.04.1944: Kommandeur, 207. Sicherungsdivision
17.09.1944: KIA near Tammistu, 15 km north east of Tartu, Dorpat, Estonia
18.09.1944: proposed for the award of the Ritterkreuz
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Eisernes Kreuz 2.Klasse (1914)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Friedrich Kreuz I Klasse
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- February 28th, 1916
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- June 19th, 1918
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- December 1934
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- October 2nd, 1936
- Awarded on:
- 1938
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 23rd, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 25th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- October 25th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- July 30th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberst (Colonel)
- Unit:
- IIa, Armeeoberkommando 16, AOK 16
- Awarded on:
- September 7th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Awarded on:
- September 10th, 1944
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