Kurt from the Chevallerie

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Kurt Wilhelm Gustav Erdmann from the Chevallerie (* December 23, 1891 in Berlin ; † after April 18, 1945 , missing in the Kolberg area , Western Pomerania ) was a German officer , most recently a general of the infantry in World War II, as well as commander-in-chief of the 1 Army .

Life

origin

Kurt came from the old Huguenot and noble family of the Chevallerie , who came to Prussia in 1660 . He was the son of the Prussian Major General Hans von der Chevallerie (1857-1946) and his wife Margarete, born von Schulz (1866-1945).

Military career

Chevallerie occurred on 24 February 1910 as an ensign in the Grenadier Guards Regiment. 5 in Spandau and was there on October 18 for Ensign appointed. From October 24, 1910 to June 12, 1911 he was sent to the Neisse War School for further training .

First World War

With the outbreak of the First World War , Chevallerie came to the front with his regiment and was company commander from November 15 to 25, 1914 , before he was transferred to the Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 262 in the same function. After a serious wound on July 21, 1915, he was promoted to lieutenant on August 11, 1915 while he was recovering . After Chevallerie was able to work again, he took up his previous position. On July 26, 1916, he joined the staff of the Litzmann Army Group as an orderly officer . From 6 to 16 September 1916 he was briefly an orderly officer in the staff of the XXXX. Reserve Corps , was then until October 20, 1916 liaison officer of the VI. Army Corps to the 70th Honved Troop Division and then came as an adjutant to the 108th Infantry Division . He was transferred to the 34th Landwehr Infantry Brigade on December 5, 1916, where he served as an adjutant. Chevallerie, who had been captain since September 20, 1918 , retained this position beyond the end of the war until December 15, 1918.

Between the world wars

Chevallerie has been restored to its stem regiment and joined by its demobilization a formed therefrom free corps on. He was accepted into the provisional Reichswehr on May 1, 1920 and used as a company commander in the Reichswehr Infantry Regiment 102. From October 1, 1920 Chevallerie was company commander in the 4th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment for five years and was then transferred to the Reichswehr Ministry in Berlin for three years . After that, he was employed in the 3rd (Prussian) cavalry regiment and was promoted to major on February 1, 1931. From January 1, 1932 to September 1, 1933, Chevallerie was on the staff of the 6th Division in Münster . He then became commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 17th Infantry Regiment in Göttingen . On July 1, 1933 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel and on July 1, 1935 to colonel . He became commander of the 82nd Infantry Regiment, chief of the 10th department in the Army General Staff and finally chief of the Central Department of the General Staff (August 15, 1938 to December 1, 1939).

Second World War

Promoted to major general on March 1, 1939 , he was commander of the 83rd Infantry Division at the start of the war . On December 10, 1940 he took over the 99th light division , where he was promoted to lieutenant general on January 1, 1941 . With his division he took part in the German-Soviet War and received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on October 23, 1941 for the services of the division in the advance into southern Ukraine .

From December 1 to December 28, 1941, Chevallerie was in the Führerreserve . On December 28th, he became the leader of the LIX. Army corps and, after his promotion to general of the infantry on February 1, 1942, commanding general of the corps. For the defensive performance of his corps in the Kiev area in November 1943, he was awarded the Knight's Cross Oak Leaves on December 19, 1943. During the fighting to break out of the Kamenez-Podolski pocket (March / April 1944) he commanded the northern pocket front with the LIX. Army and XXIV Panzer Corps. From June 2, 1944 to September 5, 1944 Chevallerie was entrusted with the deputy command of the 1st Army in France , with which he fought his way back to Lorraine in the summer of 1944 under extremely difficult circumstances . He was then transferred to the Reserve Command of the Army High Command (OKH) and retired from active service on January 31, 1945.

Since April 18, 1945 he has been missing in the Kolberg area in Western Pomerania.

Awards

family

On December 18, 1918, Chevallerie married Dorothea Zander (born May 3, 1895 in Rybnik ; † October 14, 1957 in Göttingen ), the daughter of the secret medical councilor Dr. med. Rudolf Zander and his wife Charlotte Eiss. The couple had a son Hans-Rudolf ( lieutenant , fallen 1940) and three daughters.

literature

  • Dermot Bradley (Ed.): The Generals of the Army 1921–1945 The military careers of the generals, as well as the doctors, veterinarians, intendants, judges and ministerial officials in the general rank. Volume 2: v. Blanckensee – v. Czettritz and Neuhauß, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2424-7 , pp. 425-426
  • Genealogical handbook of the nobility , noble houses B volume VI, page 73 with photo, volume 32 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1964

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres , Ed .: Reichswehrministerium , Mittler & Sohn Verlag , Berlin 1930, p. 133.
  2. ↑ Veit Scherzer : Knight's Cross bearers 1939-1945. The holders of the Iron Cross of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and armed forces allied with Germany according to the documents of the Federal Archives. 2nd Edition. Scherzers Militaer-Verlag, Ranis / Jena 2007, ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2 , p. 258.
personal data
SURNAME Chevallerie, Kurt from the
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chevallerie, Kurt Wilhelm Gustav Erdmann from the (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer, most recently General of the Infantry in World War II
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH after April 18, 1945
Place of death Kolberg