Eichstedt, von, Werner (Inf.Reg. 436)

Date of birth:: January 1st, 1896 (Saerbeck/Westphalia, Germany)
Date of death:: August 26th, 1944 (near Mansier, Romania)
Nationality:: German

Biography

Werner Bernhard Franz von Eichstedt finally reached the rank of Generalmajor.

Promotions:
29.12.1914: Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter
22.01.1915: Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier
22.03.1915: Fähnrich
14.07.1915: Leutnant
31.07.1925: Oberleutnant
01.05.1930: Hauptmann
01.12.1935: Major
01.01.1939: Oberstleutnant
01.11.1941: Oberst
01.03.1944: Generalmajor (01 Mar 1944)

Career:
07.08.1914: entered the Heer
07.08.1914-01.09.1914: Fahnenjunker in the 13th Infantry-Regiment
01.09.1914-04.10.1914: in the Field
04.10.1914: retired due to illness
22.12.1914: reactivated
22.12.1914-30.05.1915: replacement-Battalion of the 13th Infantry-Regiment
28.12.1914-13.05.1915: Fahnenjunker-Course in Döberitz
30.05.1915-14.02.1916: in the Field with the 13th Infantry-Regiment
03.12.1915-1.01.1916: temporary-Battalion-Adjutant in the 13th Infantry-Regiment
14.02.1916-16.04.1916: in Hospital
16.04.1916-02.08.1916: replacement-Battalion of the 13th Infantry-Regiment
02.08.1916-01.09.1916: 1st Replacement-MG-Company of the VII. Army-Corps
01.09.1916-11.10.1916: company-Leader in the 56th Infantry-Regiment
11.10.1916-16.04.1917: WIA - in Hospital
16.04.1917-01.05.1917: 1st Replacement-MG-Company of the VII. Army-Corps
01.05.1917-01.10.1917: company-Leader in the 611th Infantry-Regiment
01.10.1917-23.10.1917: Company-Leader in the 13th Infantry-Regiment
23.10.1917-14.03.1920: In French Captivity
14.03.1920-14.05.1920: granted Leave
14.05.1920-01.01.1921: 13th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment
01.01.1921-01.12.1926: 18th Infantry-Regiment
08.10.1921-19.11.1921: training in Pioneer-Service to the 6th Pioneer-Battalion
01.10.1925-15.02.1926: Officers-Weapons-School-Course in Dresden
01.12.1926-01.11.1929: 7th Infantry-Regiment
01.11.1929-01.05.1930: Welfare-Officer of the Training-Battalion of the 7th Infantry-Regiment
01.05.1930-01.05.1931: Hauptmann, Staff, Training-Battalion, 7th Infantry-Regiment
01.05.1931-01.10.1934: company-Chief in the 7th Infantry-Regiment
01.10.1934-15.10.1935: company-Chief in Infantry-Regiment Breslau
15.10.1935-06.10.1936: company-Chief in the 28th Infantry-Regiment
06.10.1936-26.08.1939: Instructor at the War School in Dresden
26.08.1939-15.03.1940: Kdr, II. Battalion, 52nd Infantry-Regiment
15.03.1940-08.06.1940: Führer-Reserve OKH
08.06.1940-05.10.1940: Signals-Officer Dresden
05.10.1940-21.04.1941: Kdr, 4th Infantry-Regiment
21.04.1941-01.10.1941: Führer-Reserve OKH
01.10.1941-22.02.1943: Kdr, 436th Infantry-Regiment
22.02.1943-10.09.1943: Führer-Reserve OKH
10.09.1943-13.10.1943: detached to Army-Group South – for use as a Divisional-Commander
13.10.1943-24.12.1943: temporary-Leadership of the 387th Infantry-Division
24.12.1943-01.03.1944: leadership of the 294th Infantry-Division
01.03.1944-26.08.1944: Kdr, 294th Infantry-Division
26.08.1944: KIA in Kishinev, Moldova, Romania

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Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Oberst (Colonel)
Unit:: Kommandeur, Infanterie-Regiment 436, 132. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on:: August 18th, 1942

According to Oberst von Eichstedt himself he received the Knight’s Cross for the storming of Kertsch on the 18.05.1942. The following press excerpt describes this action as such…

“Oberst Werner von Eichstedt had a significant share in the final destruction of the enemy on the Kertsch peninsula through his audacity and decisive leadership.”