(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Wolf Boysen
Born: 26 Apr 1889 in Bitsch, Alsace (Elsaß)
Died: 20 Jan 1971 in Gütersloh
Promotions:
Leutnant (14 Mar 1907); Oberleutnant (25 Dec 1914); Hauptmann (05 Oct 1916); Polizei-Hauptmann (20 Apr 1920); Polizei-Major (23 Dec 1923); Polizei-Oberstleutnant (01 Jun 1934); Oberst (01 Oct 1935); Generalmajor (01 Aug 1939); Generalleutnant (01 Sep 1942)
Career:
Entered Army Service (14 Mar 1907)
Leutnant in the 66th Infantry-Regiment (14 Mar 1907-24 Dec 1914)
Detached to the 4th Pioneer-Battalion (01 Oct 1910-30 Sep 1911)
Adjutant of the III. Battalion of the 66th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1911-26 Aug 1914)
Company-Leader in the 66th Infantry-Regiment (24 Dec 1914-12 Mar 1915)
Leader of the 52nd Bicycle-Company (12 Mar 1915-28 Oct 1916)
Battalion-Leader in the 170th Infantry-Regiment (28 Oct 1916-01 Jan 1917)
Battalion-Leader in the 169th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1917-25 Jan 1917)
Battalion-Leader in the 170th Infantry-Regiment (25 Jan 1917-25 Mar 1917)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 52nd Infantry-Division (25 Mar 1917-06 Jan 1918)
Battalion-Leader in the 170th Infantry-Regiment (19 Jun 1917-13 Jul 1917)
Battalion-Leader in the 169th Infantry-Regiment (22 Aug 1917-31 Aug 1917)
Battalion-Leader in the 169th Infantry-Regiment (07 Sep 1917-12 Sep 1917)
Battalion-Leader in the 169th Infantry-Regiment (28 Oct 1917-13 Nov 1917)
Battalion-Leader in the 111th Infantry-Regiment (15 Sep 1917-17 Oct 1917)
Battalion-Leader in the 111th Infantry-Regiment (13 Nov 1917-30 Nov 1917)
Battalion-Leader in the 169th Infantry-Regiment (06 Jan 1918-18 Mar 1918)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 170th Infantry-Regiment (18 Mar 1918-02 Sep 1918)
In British captivity (02 Sep 1918-04 Nov 1919)
With the Staff of the I. Battalion of the 104th Reichswehr-Rifle-Regiment (05 Nov 1919-20 Apr 1920)
Transferred into Police Service (20 Apr 1920)
Leader of the 1st Unit with Security-Police Halle/Saale (20 Apr 1920-05 Jan 1921)
Delegated with the Leadership of the Police Merseburg (05 Jan 1921-05 Oct 1921)
Leader of the Police-Unit in Eisleban (05 Oct 1921-06 Apr 1923)
Inspection-Leader at the Police-School Burg (06 Apr 1923-01 Apr 1924)
Acting-Commander of the Protection-Police Aschersleben (01 Apr 1924-06 Nov 1925)
Commander of the Protection-Police Liegnitz (06 Nov 1925-06 Jun 1926)
Police-Officer with the Government Liegnitz (06 Jun 1926-06 Jan 1929)
Police-Officer with the Government Merseburg (06 Jan 1929-06 May 1930)
Commander of the I., later II. Police-Inspection Halle/Saale (06 May 1930-31 Jan 1933)
Chief of Staff of Police-Inspection Centre (01 Apr 1933-01 Feb 1934)
Commander of State-Police-Department Schneidemühl (01 Feb 1934-01 Oct 1935)
Transferred into Army Service (01 Oct 1935)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 103rd Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1935-01 Oct 1936)
Transferred to the Staff of the 30th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1936-01 Apr 1937)
Commander of the 7th Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1937-16 Oct 1939)
Commander of Replacement-Troops 2 in Military-District VIII, Gleiwitz (16 Oct 1939-01 Dec 1939)
Military-Replacement-Inspector Weimar (01 Dec 1939-15 Aug 1941)
Leader of Field-Replacement-Division B (15 Aug 1941-15 Dec 1941)
Military-Replacement-Inspector Weimar (15 Dec 1941-01 May 1942)
Military-Replacement-Inspector Kattowitz (01 May 1942-20 Feb 1945)
At the same time, Wehrmacht-Commandant Kattowitz (26 Jul 1944-03 Nov 1944)
Military-Replacement-Inspector VIII (20 Feb 1945-08 May 1945)
Office dissolved and broke through to the British Zone (08 May 1945-26 Feb 1946)
In British captivity (26 Feb 1946-05 Nov 1946)
Released (05 Nov 1946)

Awards & Decorations:
- Ritterkreuz des kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern
- 1939 EK I –S-
- 1939 EK II –S-
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Ehrenkreuz für Frontkämpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung
- Medaille zur Erinnerung an den 1. Oktober 1938 mit Spange “Prager Burg”


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