(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Friedrich Bergmann
Born: 10 May 1883 in Ingolstadt
Died: 21 Dec 1941 by Syavki, USSR (KIA)
Promotions:
Fähnrich (29 Jan 1903); Leutnant (09 Mar 1904); Oberleutnant (07 Mar 1912); Hauptmann (09 Aug 1915); Major (01 Feb 1926); Oberstleutnant (01 Nov 1930); Oberst (01 Apr 1933); Generalmajor (01 Mar 1936); Generalleutnant (01 Mar 1938)
Career:
Entered Army Service (15 Jul 1902)
Two Year Volunteer, later Fahnenjunker in the 1st Bavarian Foot-Artillery-Regiment (15 Jul 1902-1913)
Detached to the Artillery and Engineering School (01 Oct 1906-1909)
Detached to the 4th Bavarian Field-Artillery-Regiment (1909-1913)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 1st Bavarian Foot-Artillery-Regiment (1913-16 May 1915)
Battery-Leader in the 1st Bavarian Reserve-Foot-Artillery-Regiment (16 May 1915-12 Jan 1917)
Transferred into the Staff of the General of Foot-Artillery 2 (12 Jan 1917-13 Feb 1917)
Battery-Leader in the 6th Bavarian Reserve-Foot-Artillery-Regiment (13 Mar 1917-10 Apr 1917)
Staff-Officer of the Artillery in the General-Command of the III. Bavarian Army-Corps (10 Apr 1917-24 Dec 1917)
Assigned to the 1st Bavarian Infantry-Division as General-Staff-Candidate (24 Dec 1917-11 Feb 1918)
Detached to the General-Staff-Course at Sedan (10 Jan 1918-08 Feb 1918)
2nd General-Staff-Officer of the 6th Bavarian Reserve-Division (11 Feb 1918-27 Dec 1918)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 1st Bavarian Foot-Artillery-Regiment (27 Dec 1918-18 Jan 1919)
Battery-Leader in the 1st Bavarian Foot-Artillery-Regiment (18 Jan 1919-10 May 1919)
Leader of the Volunteer-Battery Bergmann in the Freikorps Epp (10 May 1919-15 May 1919)
Special-Duties-Staff-Officer in the Staff of the Artillery-Leader 24 (15 May 1919-01 Oct 1920)
Transferred into the Staff of the 24th Reichswehr-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-01 Jan 1921)
Hauptmann with the Staff and Battery-Chief in the 7th Artillery-Regiment (01 Jan 1921-01 Feb 1926)
Major with the Battalion-Staff of the 7th Artillery-Regiment and Garrison-Officer in Nuremberg (01 Feb 1926-01 Nov 1927)
Transferred into the Inspection of the Artillery, RWM (01 Nov 1927-01 Feb 1931)
Commander of the 7th Transport-Battalion (01 Feb 1931-01 Feb 1933)
Transferred into the Staff of the Artillery-Leader VII (01 Feb 1933-01 Mar 1933)
Chief of Staff of the Inspection of the Artillery, RWM (01 Mar 1933-15 Oct 1935)
Artillery Commander 5 (15 Oct 1935-01 Jan 1937)
Commander of the 27th Infantry-Division (01 Jan 1937-08 Oct 1940)
Commander of the 137th Infantry-Division (08 Oct 1940-21 Dec 1941)
Killed-in-Action (21 Dec 1942)

Awards & Decorations:
- Deutsches Kreuz in Gold: am 19.12.1941 als Generalleutnant und Kommandeur 137. Infanterie-Division
- Ritterkreuz des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern: 24.11.1917
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Bayer. Prinz Regent Luitpold Jubiläums-Medaille
- Kgl. Bayer. Militär-Verdienstorden IV. Klasse mit der Krone und Schwertern
- k.u.k. Österr. Militär-Verdienstkreuz III. Klasse mit der Kriegsdekoration
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer 1914/1918
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 13.03.1938
- Spange zum EK I
- Spange zum EK II


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