Töniges, Werner
- Date of birth:
- January 7th, 1910 (Oberhausen, Germany)
- Date of death:
- January 25th, 1995 (Essen, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German
Biography
Werner Töniges left the Merchant Marine in 1935 to join the Kriegsmarine. In 1936 he was appointed to the Battlecruiser Graf Spee and saw action during the Spanish Civil War.
Töniges became a commander of a Schnellboot (MTB) in 1937 and was appointed deputy commander of the 1.Schnellbootflotille in 1940. Het left the sea for a job as Commanding officer at the Naval school at Flensburg-Mürwick in Septembre 1942. A year later he was appointed Referent and Reichsinspector for the Marine-HJ (Hitler youth of the Kriegsmarine) with the Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine. Between May 1945 and June 1946 het was a Prisoner of War with the British.
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Dienstauszeichnung der Wehrmacht 4.Klasse, 4 Jahre
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant zur See
- Unit:
- Kommandant S.10
- Awarded on:
- April 5th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant zur See
- Unit:
- Kommandant S.10
- Awarded on:
- June 6th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant zur See
- Unit:
- Kommandant S.10
- Awarded on:
- December 20th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant zur See
- Awarded on:
- June 24th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant zur See
- Awarded on:
- July 6th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant zur See
- Unit:
- Kommandant S.102
- Awarded on:
- January 28th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant zur See
- Unit:
- Kommandant S 102
- Awarded on:
- February 25th, 1941
Vapaudenristin 4.luokka (VR 4)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Kapitänleutnant (Captain-lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Kommandant S.102
- Awarded on:
- November 4th, 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Käpitanleutnant (Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Kompaniechef, 1. Abteilung, Marineschule Mürwick, Kriegsmarine
- Awarded on:
- November 13th, 1942
143rd Award.
At the moment of the action he still served as Kommandant "S 102".
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Kapitänleutnant (Captain-lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Kompaniechef i.d. 1.Abteilung Marineschule Mürwick
- Awarded on:
- November 16th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Kapitänleutnant (Captain-lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Kompaniechef i.d. 1.Abteilung Marineschule Mürwick
- Awarded on:
- August 16th, 1943
Sources
- Photo 1: Wilco Vermeer
- - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- THOMAS, FRANZ & WEGMANN, GÜNTER, Die Eichenlaubträger 1940-1945, Biblio-Verlag, 1998.
- Internationales Militaria Magazine, oktober-november 1996, nr 84, VDM, 1996
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