Mortimer from Kessel
Guido Ernst Alfred Constantin Mortimer von Kessel (born May 25, 1893 in Arnswalde , † January 8, 1981 in Goslar ) was a German officer , most recently a general of the armored forces in World War II .
Life
Kessel began his military career on August 1, 1914, when he joined the Thuringian Hussar Regiment No. 12 of the Prussian Army as a flagjunker at the beginning of the First World War . On March 22, 1915 he was promoted to lieutenant and served as a regimental adjutant in his main unit from September 1916.
After the war he was accepted into the Reichswehr and served in the 10th (Prussian) cavalry regiment . From October 1, 1926 to January 31, 1928 he was regimental adjutant here and then until September 30, 1933 chief of the 3rd Squadron in Züllichau .
Kessel served as commander of the 20th Panzer Division on the Eastern Front during World War II and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross during this time . In the final phase of the war he led the VII Panzer Corps from December 27, 1944 as commanding general . Kessel was a US prisoner of war from May 2, 1945 to June 5, 1947 .
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
- Knight's Cross II. Class of the House Order of the White Falcon with Swords
- Clasp for the Iron Cross, 2nd and 1st class
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Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with oak leaves
- Knight's Cross on December 28, 1943
- Oak leaves on October 16, 1944 (611th award)
literature
- Dermot Bradley (Ed.): The Generals of the Army 1921–1945 Volume 6: Hochbaum-Klutmann, The military careers of the generals, as well as the doctors, veterinarians, intendants, judges and ministerial officials in the general rank , Biblio Verlag, Bissendorf 2002, ISBN 3- 7648-2538-3 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans Friedrich von Ehrenkrook : Genealogical manual of the nobility. Volume 31, CA Starke, 1963, p. 195, ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).
- ↑ a b Ranking list of the German Reichsheeres , Ed .: Reichswehrministerium , Mittler & Sohn Verlag , Berlin 1930, p. 148
- ↑ 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. 438.
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SURNAME | Kessel, Mortimer from |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kessel, Guido Ernst Alfred Constantin Mortimer von (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer, most recently General of the Armored Force in World War II |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1893 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Arnswalde |
DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 1981 |
Place of death | Goslar |