Reuß, Prinz, Heinrich XXXVII.

Date of birth:: August 1st, 1888 (Ludwigslust/Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany)
Date of death:: February 9th, 1964 (Garmisch-Partenkirchen/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:: German

Biography

Heinrich Reuß finally reached the rank of Generalleutnant.

Promotions:
22.03.1907: Charakter als Leutnant zur See
27.09.1911: Leutnant zue See
27.09.1913: Oberleutnant zur See
26.04.1917: Kapitänleutnant
01.05.1935: Major
01.03.1938: Oberstleutnant
01.08.1939: Oberst
01.02.1943: Generalmajor
01.04.1944: Generalleutnant

Career:
22.03.-01.04.1907: Entered the Navy
02.04.1907-29.09.1911: Training on Board the School-Ship ‘Charlotte’ and at the Naval-School Mürwik, Special-Briefings and Officer-Service on Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Blücher’
30.09.1911-26.09.1913: 2nd Torpedo-Officer on the Heavy Cruiser ‘Moltke’
27.09.1913-11.08.1914: Company-Leader with the I. Sailor-Artillery-Battalion
12.08.1914-01.1915: Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘T 60’
01.1915-04.1916: With the High-Command of the Straits in the Dardanelle, Turkey, Commander of the Torpedo-Battery, at the same time, Leader of Mine-Affairs and Leader of Flying
04.-13.05.1917: Submarine-Training
01.10.1916-30.03.1917: At the same time, Commandant of the School-Boat ‘U 28’
14.05.1917-18.06.1918: Commandant of the ‘UC 54’ of the Submarine-Flotilla Mediterranean
22.06.-17.11.1918: Commandant of the ‘UB 130’ of the I. Submarine-Flotilla
18.11.1918-17.03.1919: Detached to the Admiral-Staff of the Navy
18.03.-19.09.1919: Adjutant in the Staff of Freikorps Dohna
20.09.1919-30.06.1920: Company-Leader with the III. Naval-Brigade
01.-20.07.1920: Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of Naval Command
21.07.1920-31.03.1921: Company-Leader with the Coastal-Defence-Battalion V, Pillau
31.03.1921: Retired
14.01.1935-31.03.1937: Supplemental-Officer-Aspirant (Supplemental-Officer from 01 May 1935 and Active-Officer from 01 Oct 1938) and Advisor in the Central-Department, RLM
01.04.-30.09.1937: Detached to the I. Battalion of the 13th Flak-Regiment
01.10.1937-31.03.1938: Battery-Chief in the 13th Flak-Regiment
01.04-30.09.1938: Delegated with the Leadership of Flak-Battalion I/3
01.10.1938-08.10.1939: Commander of the I. Battalion of the 3rd Flak-Regiment
01.09.-08.10.1939: At the same time, Commander of Flak-Group 8, Breslau
08.10.1939-22.10.1940: Commander of the 123rd Flak-Regiment
23.10.1940-25.11.1942: Commander of Flight-Defence-Command Denmark
26.11.1942-09.03.1943: Commander of Flak-Brigade IV, Munich
10.03.1943-31.01.1944: Commander of the 18th Flak-Division
31.01.-30.04.1944: Officer with Special Duties of the RLM and C-in-C Luftwaffe
30.04.1944: Retired