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Butler, von, Peter-Richard

Date of birth:
November 28th, 1913 (Heldritt/Bavaria, Germany)
Date of death:
September 25th, 2010 (Heldritt/Bavaria, Germany)
Nationality:
German

Biography

After the war, Peter-Richard von Butler served with the Bundeswehr and there finally reached the rank of Generalleutnant.

1934: Leutnant
01.10.1937: Oberleutnant (22)
01.04.1944 : Oberstleutnant i.G. (196)
1945: Oberst i.G.
1958: Brigadegeneral
01.04.1964: Generalmajor
10.1967: Generalleutnant
1936: Reiter-Regiment 7
12.10.1937: Adjutant, Stab/ Panzer-Regiment 2
01.04.1939: Chef, 2./ Panzer-Regiment 2
01.02.1940: 1. Ordonnanz-Offizier, Stab/ XI. Armeekorps
06.01.1941-15.03.1941: 4. Generalstabs-Lehrgang
10.04.1941: Ic, Stab/ 6. Panzer-Division
30.01.1942: Generalstab
06.03.1942: Ib, Stab/ 10. Panzer-Division
01.08.1942: Generalstab
15.10.1942: Führer-Reserve
29.10.1942: Quartiermeister, Stab/ XXIV. Armeekorps
05.07.1943: Ia, Stab/ LVII. Panzerkorps
15.11.1943: Ia, Stab/ 14. Panzer-Division
01.09.1944: Führer-Reserve
10.09.1944: Organisations-Abteilung/ Generalstab des Heeres
25.02.1945: Führer-Reserve
01.03.1945-19.04.1945: P1 Heerespersonalamt
20.04.1945: Chef des Generalstabs des XX. Armeekorps, 12. Armee Wenck
05.1945: POW
1947: released
1956: entered the Bundeswehr

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Oberstleutnant im Generalstab (Lieutenant-colonel to the General Staff)
Unit:
Ia, Stab, 14.Panzer-Division
Awarded on:
July 26th, 1944
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 9th, 1943
Eisernes Kreuz 1. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 14th, 1939
Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1939
WIA 09.1939
Verwundetenabzeichen 1939 in Schwarz

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