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Sigismund-Helmut von Dawans

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Sigismund-Helmut von Dawans
Born23 September 1899
Erfurt
DiedJune 10, 1944(1944-06-10) (aged 44)
La Caine, Normandy, France
Buried
La Cambe German war cemetery
Allegiance Nazi Germany
Service/branchWehrmacht
RankGeneralmajor
Battles/warsWorld War II
AwardsGerman Cross in Gold

Generalmajor Sigismund-Helmut Konrad Alfred Felix Georg Ritter[1] und Edler von Dawans[2] (23 September 1899 – 10 June 1944)[3] was a general in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a recipient of the German Cross in Gold on 26 August 1942.[4]

Sigismund-Helmut von Dawans was born on 23 September 1899. He married Ingeborg Hane on 6 April 1923 at Blankensee.

Von Dawans was killed during the RAF's attack on Panzer Group West's headquarters at La Caine on 10 June 1944.[5] After the war, von Dawans was buried at La Cambe German war cemetery.

References

Citations
  1. ^ Regarding personal names: Ritter was a title before 1919, but now is regarded as part of the surname. It is translated as Knight. Before the August 1919 abolition of nobility as a legal class, titles preceded the full name when given (Graf Helmuth James von Moltke). Since 1919, these titles, along with any nobiliary prefix (von, zu, etc.), can be used, but are regarded as a dependent part of the surname, and thus come after any given names (Helmuth James Graf von Moltke). Titles and all dependent parts of surnames are ignored in alphabetical sorting. There is no equivalent feminine form.
  2. ^ Military Career of Sigismund-Hellmut Ritter und Edler von Dawans (German) at www.ordersofbattle.com
  3. ^ Lundy, Darryl. "ThePeerage.com - Person Page 6485". The Peerage.[unreliable source]
  4. ^ Patzwall 2001, p. 79
  5. ^ Page en construction ! at debarquement.com
Bibliography
  • Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  • Otto von Knobelsdorff, Geschichte der niedersächsischen 19. Panzer-Division 1939 - 1945, Podzun, 1958, 312 pages (2nd printing 1988)
  • Rolf Hinze, Die 19. Panzer-Division 1939 - 1945 (Bildband), Podzun-Pallas-Verlag, 1982, 176 pages


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