(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Gerhard Berthold
Born: 12 Mar 1891 in Schneeberg, District Schwarzenberg, Erz Mountains (Erzgebirge)
Died: 14 Apr 1942 bu Yuchnov, Korolewka, USSR
Promotions:
Vizefeldwebel (07 Aug 1914); Fähnrich (05 Mar 1915); Leutnant (16 May 1915); Oberleutnant (20 Jun 1918); Hauptmann (01 Dec 1926); Major (01 Apr 1933); Oberstleutnant (01 Oct 1935); Oberst (01 Mar 1938); Generalmajor (01 Sep 1941); Generalleutnant posthum (10 Jun 1943)
Career:
One Year Volunteer in the 106th Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1910-30 Mar 1911)
Discharged to Reserve (30 Mar 1911)
Drafted into the Army (07 Aug 1914); Active-Officer (05 Mar 1915)
Platoon-Leader, Company-Leader and Adjutant in the 102nd Infantry-Regiment (07 Aug 1914-01 Oct 1919) Transferred into the 24th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1919-01 Oct 1920)
Transferred into the 10th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-01 Oct 1921)
Transferred into the 11th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1921-01 Feb 1927)
With the Staff of the 1st Division (01 Feb 1927-01 Mar 1929)
Company-Chief in the 10th Infantry-Regiment (01 Mar 1929-01 Apr 1930)
With the Wehrmacht-Department of the RWM (While on the list of the 2nd Mounted-Regiment) (01 Apr 1930-01 May 1932)
Company-Chief in the 10th Infantry-Regiment (01 May 1932-01 Jul 1935)
With the Army General Staff (01 Jul 1935-01 Oct 1937)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of the VIII. Army-Corps (01 Oct 1937-10 Nov 1938)
With the Staff of the 17th Infantry-Regiment (10 Nov 1938-26 Aug 1939)
Commander of the 82nd Infantry-Regiment (26 Aug 1939-01 Dec 1939)
Commander of the 17th Infantry-Regiment (01 Dec 1939-15 Aug 1941)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 31st Infantry-Division (15 Aug 1941-01 Sep 1941)
Commander of the 31st Infantry-Division (01 Sep 1941-20 Jan 1942)
Delegated with the Leadership of the XXXXIII. Army-Corps (20 Jan 1942-24 Feb 1942)
Commander of the 31st Infantry-Division (24 Feb 1942-14 Apr 1942)
Killed-in-Action at an assault on Saizewa-Gora (14 Apr 1942)

Awards & Decorations:
- - Ritterkreuz (701): am 04.12.1941 als Generalmajor und Komm. 31. Infanteriedivision/ LIII Armeekorps/ 2. Armee/ Heeresgruppe Mitte
- - 1939 EK I –S-: 01.10.1939
- - 1939 EK II –S-: 15.09.1939
- - 1914 EK I
- - 1914 EK II
- - Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- - Kgl. Bayer. Militär-Verdienstorden IV Klasse mit Schwertern
- - Ritterkreuz II Klasse des kgl. Sächs. Verdienstordens mit Schwertern
- - Ritterkreuz II Klasse des kgl. Sächs. Albrechts-Orden mit Schwertern
- - Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- - Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung I Klasse
- - Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938 mit Spange “Prager Burg”
- - Medaille “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/1942”???(posthume)


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