Engelken, Gerhard (SS-Regiment "Der Führer")
- Date of birth:
- January 8th, 1913 (Wahn in Emsland/Hannover, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
24.04.1936 : entered the Waffen-SS
1937 : appointed to the 12.SS "Germania" in Wolterdingen near Soltau
From May 1938 : appointed to the SS-Standarte "Der Führer" in Klagenfurt
1938 : Sudetenland and Österreich campaigns
1939-40 : SS-Unterscharführer, appointed to the Westwal and in Pribram / Westfalen
1940 : French campaign until Biarritz
July 1940 - March 1941 : appointed in Holland (Almelo) and France (Langres, Vesoul)
Summer 1941 : Balkans and Russia campaigns
1942 : Minsk, Smolensk, Kiew, Wjasma, Rusa, Idtra to Moskau
Summer 1942 : rest in France (Mayenne, Rennes)
1943 : SS-Oberscharführer - 6 weeks near Charkow
Beginning 1945 : instructor in the replacement unit in Prague
WIA 4 times and stayed 15 months in hospital - survived the war.
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Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Unterscharführer (Sergeant)
- Unit:
- SS-Verfügungstruppe-Standarte Der Führer, SS-Verfügungs-Division, Waffen-SS
- Awarded on:
- 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Unterscharführer (Sergeant)
- Awarded on:
- July 25th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Unterscharführer (Sergeant)
- Unit:
- SS-Verfügungstruppe-Standarte Der Führer, SS-Verfügungs-Division, Waffen-SS
- Awarded on:
- July 30th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Unterscharführer (Sergeant)
- Unit:
- SS-Regiment Der Führer, SS-Division Reich, Waffen-SS
- Awarded on:
- October 8th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Unterscharführer (Sergeant)
- Unit:
- SS-Regiment Der Führer, SS-Division Das Reich, Waffen-SS
- Awarded on:
- December 25th, 1941
doc signed by SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Otto Kumm
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Unterscharführer (Sergeant)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Oberscharführer (Staff Sergeant)
- Unit:
- 10. Kompanie, III. Bataillon, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4, SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Das Reich, Waffen-SS
- Awarded on:
- January 10th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Oberscharführer (Staff Sergeant)
- Unit:
- SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4, 2. SS-Panzer-Division Das Reich, Waffen-SS
- Awarded on:
- November 25th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- SS-Oberscharführer (Staff Sergeant)
- Awarded on:
- March 3rd, 1944
Sources
- - Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht
- DkiG Gruppe SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 ?Der F�hrer?, 9.990,00
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