Date of birth:

June 1st, 1919 (Schwerin/Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany)

Date of death:

November 17th, 1994 (Ruppichteroth/North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)

Nationality:

German

Lemm eventually reached the rank of Generalleutnant in the Bundeswehr.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Leutnant (Second-lieutenant)

Unit:

Reiterzugführer Infanterie-Regiment 27/12. Infanterie-Division/3. Armee

Awarded on:

October 6th, 1939

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Leutnant (Second-lieutenant)

Unit:

Bataillonsadjutant III./Infanterie-Regiment 27/12. Infanterie-Division

Awarded on:

December 31st, 1940

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Leutnant (Second-lieutenant)

Unit:

Bataillonsadjutant III./Infanterie-Regiment 27/12. Infanterie-Division

Silver version.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberleutnant (Lieutenant)

Unit:

Kompaniechef 2./I./Infanterie-Regiment 27/12. Infanterie-Division/16. Armee

Awarded on:

December 19th, 1941

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Hauptmann (Captain)

Unit:

Kommandeur 2./I./Infanterie-Regiment 27/12. Infanterie-Division/II. Armeekorps/16. Armee

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Hauptmann (Captain)

Unit:

Kommandeur I./Füsilier-Regiment 27/12. Infanterie-Division/16. Armee

Awarded on:

April 14th, 1943

Awarded for his leadership of the I./Füsilier-Regiment 27 near Penna (south of Staraja Russa). Here Lemm’s Füsiliers, along with the Sturmgeschütze of Hauptmann Hegele, were able to destroy 46 Soviet tanks within the space of three days. After this, following a penetration by fresh Soviet forces, Lemm and his men (again supported by Hegele’s Sturmgeschütze) were able to eliminate the hostile penetration while destroying 5 tanks.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Major

Unit:

Kommandeur I./Füsilier-Regiment 27/12. Infanterie-Division/16. Armee

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Major

Unit:

Kommandeur I./Füsilier-Regiment 27/12. Infanterie-Division/4. Armee

Awarded on:

July 11th, 1944

On the 22.06.1944 Lemm and his Bataillon stood in the Pronja bridgehead (near Tschaussy), in the Mogilev sector. Over the next 72 hours Lemm and his men formed the rearguard of the retreating 12. Infanterie-Division. As commander of a Kampfgruppe, he broke out of the Mogilev area towards the Beresina and soon established contact with his old Division. Lemm would be decorated with the Oakleaves for managing to escape the jaws of Operation Bagration where so many others had failed.

525th Award.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)

Unit:

Kommandeur Füsilier-Regiment 27/12. Volks-Grenadier-Division/15. Armee

Awarded on:

March 15th, 1945

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)

Unit:

Kommandeur Füsilier-Regiment 27/12. Volks-Grenadier-Division/15. Armee

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Generalmajor

Unit:

Kommandeur, 5. Panzerdivision, Bundesheer

Awarded on:

1972

Rank:

Generalleutnant

Unit:

Chef, Truppenamt der Bundeswehr, Bundeswehr

Awarded on:

1979

Rank:

Generalleutnant

Unit:

Chef, Truppenamt der Bundeswehr, Bundeswehr

Awarded on:

1979

• Photo 1: Peter van Holsteijn
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