Bio of General der Infanterie Erwin Vierow (1890-1982)

General der Infanterie Erwin Vierow

Born: 15.05.1890 in Berlin.
Died: 01.02.1982.

Promotions:
21.09.1908 Fahnenjunker:
27.01.1910 Leutnant (mit Patent vom 29.01.1908)
27.01.1915 Oberleutnant
18.04.1917 Hauptmann
01.01.1929 Major
01.10.1932 Oberstleutnant
01.09.1934 Oberst
01.01.1938 Generalmajor
01.08.1940 Generalleutnant
01.01.1941 General der Infanterie

Career:
21.09.1908 Entered service as Fahnenjunker, assigned to Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 64.

01.06.1912 - 01.12.1914 Adjutant of II.Bataillon / Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 64.
01.12.1914 - 00.12.1917 (?) Adjutnant of Infanterie-Regiment 64.
13.05.1916 Wounded in action.
00.12.1917 - 00.11.1918 (?) Assigned to the Generalstab beim Chef des Feldeisenbahnwesens.
ca. 1919 - 00.00.192_ Chef of __.Kompanie / Infanterie-Regiment 9.
00.00.192_ - 00.00.192_ Assigned to the Generalstab of 6.Division.
[01.01.1929] - 01.10.1933 (?) Assigned to the Reichswehrministerium.
01.10.1933 - 01.10.1935 Kommandeur of II.Bataillon / Infanterie-Regiment 36.
01.10.1935 - 01.10.1936 Kommandeur of Infanterie-Regiment 36.
01.10.1936 - 12.10.1937 Kommandeur of Infanterie-Regiment 105.
12.10.1937 - 15.09.1939 Chef des Generalstabes of XI.Armee-Korps.
15.09.1939 - 01.08.1940 Kommandeur of 96.Infanterie-Division.
01.08.1940 - 01.01.1941 Kommandeur of 9.Infanterie-Division.
01.01.1941 - 14.02.1943 Kommandierender General of LV.Armee-Korps.
14.02.1943 - 10.03.1943 Führer of XX.Armee-Korps.
01.07.1943 - 00.06.1944 Militärbefehlshaber Militärverwaltungs-Bezirks A (Befehlshaber in Nordwestfrankreich; this district encompassed the regions of Laon, Orléans, and Rouen, as well as the Channel Islands). Succeeded Generalleutnant Fritz von der Lippe. Last holder of this post.
00.06.1944 - 01.09.1944 Kommandierender General Generalkommando Somme.

Allied Captivity:
Captured by British troops on the Western Front, 01.09.1944. Held in German POW Camp, Clinton, Mississippi until 00.00.194_.

Decorations & Awards:
15.11.1941 Ritterkreuz des Eisernes Kreuzes as General der Infanterie and Kom. Gen. LV.Armee-Korps
1939 Spange zum 1914 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
1939 Spange zum 1914 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
1914 Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse
1914 Eisernes Kreuz II. Klasse
ca. 1934 Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
00.00.194_ Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnungen

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Erwin Vierow served on the General Staff of the Reichswehr between the war and in the infantry and by the outbreak of World War II he had reached the rank of Generalmajor in the Wehrmacht. In August 1940 was appointed as commander of the 9th Infantry Division. Serving on the Eastern Front as commander of 55th Army Corps he became the military commandant of the city of Kharkov upon its capture on 24 October 1941. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on November 15, 1941.

On 1 July 1943 he was appointed commander of the army in northwest France, covering the regions of Laon, Orléans and Rouen and held this command until September 1944 when he was appointed chief of the ad hoc ‘General Command Somme’. He held this post until he surrendered to the British forces.

Source :
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Erwin_Vierow
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2440654#p2440654
https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Erwin_Vierow
https://www.oocities.org/~orion47/WEHRMACHT/HEER/General2/VIEROW_ERWIN.html
https://sylviolassance.blogspot.com/2013/04/vierow-erwin-1505189001021982.html