Date of birth:

March 23rd, 1898 (Radelübbe)

Date of death:

January 4th, 1972 (Kassel)

Nationality:

German

Wolff-Ehrenreich Hermann Ernst Werner von Arnswaldt

Promotions:
Bootsmannsmaat (27 Jan 1916);
Fähnrich zur See (19 Apr 1916);
Leutnant zur See (17 Sep 1917);
Oberleutnant zur See (10 Jan 1921);
Kapitänleutnant (01 Apr 1928);
Korvettenkapitän (01 Mar 1935);
Fregattenkapitän (01 Apr 1938);
Kapitän zur See (01 Jan 1940);
Konteradmiral (01 Jan 1945).

Career:
Entered the Navy as a War Volunteer and attending Ground-Training (05 Jul 1915-07 Aug 1915)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Freya’ (08 Aug 1915-23 Oct 1915)
On Board the Liner ‘Lothringen’ (24 Oct 1915-04 Mar 1916)
On Board the Liner ‘Hannover’ (05 Mar 1916-25 Apr 1916)
On Board the Small Cruiser ‘Rostock’ (26 Apr 1916-31 May 1916)
On Board the Small Cruiser ‘Danzig’ (12 Jul 1916-14 Mar 1917)
On Board the Torpedo-School-Ship ‘Württemberg’ (15 Mar 1917-15 May 1917)
On Board the Small Cruiser ‘Danzig’ (16 May 1917-20 Nov 1917)
Watch-Officer with the 17th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (21 Nov 1917-23 Sep 1918)
With the Navy-School in Mürwik (24 Sep 1918-30 Nov 1918)
Watch-Officer with the 9th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (01 Dec 1918-16 Dec 1918)
Watch-Officer and Adjutant on Board the Special-Ship ‘Zieten’ (16 Dec 1918-05 Jul 1919)
Company-Officer with the 16th Reichswehr-Brigade (07 Jul 1919-24 Aug 1919)
Company-Officer in the II. Battalion of the Coastal-Defence-Regiment Wilhelmshaven (25 Aug 1919-25 Oct 1920)
Company-Officer in the Coastal-Defence-Battalion II (26 Oct 1920-15 Jun 1921)
Company-Officer with the Ship’s-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (16 Jun 1921-14 Apr 1924)
2nd Torpedo-Officer on the Liner ‘Elsaß’ (15 Apr 1924-29 Sep 1925)
Company-Officer with the Coastal-Defence-Battalion VI (30 Sep 1925-30 Sep 1926)
Company-Leader in the VI. Navy-Artillery-Battalion (01 Oct 1926-29 Sep 1929)
Roll-Officer on the Liner ‘Schlesien’ (30 Sep 1929-04 Oct 1931)
Advisor at the Coastal-Artillery-School (05 Oct 1931-08 Dec 1931)
Adjutant to the Commander of Swinemünde (09 Dec 1931-28 Sep 1933)
Teacher at the Coastal-Artillery-School (29 Sep 1933-29 Sep 1935)
1st Artillery-Officer on the Armoured-Ship ‘Deutschland’ (30 Sep 1935-25 Aug 1937)
Placed to the Disposal of the Ship-Artillery-School (26 Aug 1937-14 Sep 1937)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commanding Admiral of the Navy-Station of the Baltic Sea (15 Sep 1937-08 Mar 1938)
At the same time, Detached for Service with the Operations-Department of the Navy High Command (15 Nov 1937-08 Mar 1938)
2nd Admiral-Staff-Officer with the Staff of the Navy-Station of the Baltic Sea (09 Mar 1938-30 Sep 1939)
1st Admiral-Staff-Officer with the Staff of the Navy-Station of the East (01 Oct 1939-22 Jul 1940)
Commandant of Sea-Defence, Flaunders (23 Jul 1940-12 Feb 1941)
Chief Of Staff in the Staff of Navy-Commander B (13 Feb 1941-04 Apr 1941)
Chief Of Staff of the Staff of the German Navy Mission in Rumania (05 Apr 1941-30 Jun 1941)
Chief Of Staff in the Staff of the Commanding Admiral Black Sea (01 Jul 1941-07 Jun 1943)
Chief Of Staff of the Inspection of Navy-Artillery (20 Jun 1943-28 Jul 1944)
Commandant of the Sea-Defences Latvia (Kurland Bridgehead) (29 Jul 1944-09 May 1945)
In Russian Captivity (09 May 1945-00 Jan 1956)
Released (00 Jan 1956)

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