PERSONALIA
 
Name:  Chill, Kurt
Date of birth: May 1st, 1895 (Thorn/Westernprussia, Germany)
Date of death:  July 5th, 1976 (Hamburg-Harburg, Germany)
Nationality:  German
BIOGRAPHY: 
Promotions:
October 1st, 1913: Gefreiter;
January 1st, 1914: Unteroffizier;
November 2nd, 1914: Offiziers-Stellvertreter;
January 27th, 1915: Leutnant;
April 1st, 1919: Leutnant der Polizei;
July 25th, 1919: Oberleutnant der Polizei;
October 1st, 1924: Hauptmann der Polizei;
January 1st, 1935: Major der Polizei;
October 15th, 1935: Major;
March 1st, 1938: Oberstleutnant;
March 1st, 1941: Oberst;
December 1st, 1942: Generalmajor;
June 1st, 1943: Generalleutnant.

Career:
April 1st, 1913 - April 1st, 1914: 4. Pommersches Infanterie-Regiment "von Borcke" Nr. 21;
April 1st, 1914 - December 28th, 1914: 8. Pommersches Infanterie-Regiment "von der Marwitz" Nr. 61;
December 28th, 1914 - July 2nd, 1916: Ordonnanz-Offizier Stab 8. Pommersches Infanterie-Regiment "von der Marwitz" Nr. 61;
July 2nd, 1916 - March 4th, 1917: Adjutant III. / 8. Pommersches Infanterie-Regiment "von der Marwitz" Nr. 61;
March 4th, 1917 - April 11th, 1917: 8. Flieger-Ersatz-Bataillon;
June 25th, 1917 - August 25th, 1917: Flieger-Beobachter Schule, Thorn;
August 25th, 1917 - October 16th, 1917: Flieger-Artillerie Schule Ost II;
October 16th, 1917 - December 6th, 1918: Flieger-Beobachter;
December 6th, 1918 - February 1st, 1919: Kompanieführer 8. Pommersches Infanterie-Regiment "von der Marwitz" Nr. 61;
February 1st, 1919 - April 1st, 1919: Promotions-Offizier 8. Pommersches Infanterie-Regiment "von der Marwitz" Nr. 61, Grenzschutz Ost;
April 1st, 1919 - August 8th, 1921: Sicherheitzpolizei Berlin;
August 8th, 1921 - November 1st, 1922: Adjutant Polizei Pankow;
November 1st, 1922 - April 1st, 1923: Polizei Treptow;
April 1st, 1923 - January 1st, 1927: Polizei-Inspektion Neukölln;
January 1st, 1927 - April 1st, 1929: Schutzpolizei Elbing;
April 1st, 1929 - July 1st, 1934: Schutzpolizei Ostpreussen, Polizeischule Sensburg;
July 1st, 1934 - November 24th, 1934: Schutzpolizei Weißenfels;
November 24th, 1934 - February 1st, 1935: Schutzpolizei Merseburg;
February 1st, 1935 - August 7th, 1935: Schutzpolizei Weißenfels;
August 7th, 1935 - October 15th, 1935: Stab II. / Infanterie-Regiment Flensburg;
October 15th, 1935 - October 6th, 1936: Chef 3. / Infanterie-Regiment 65;
October 6th, 1936 - April 1st, 1937: Stab 30. Infanterie-Division;
April 1st, 1937 - February 1st, 1940: Kommandeur I. / Infanterie-Regiment 1;
February 1st, 1940 - December 27th, 1940: Taktiklehrer Nachrichtenschule Halle;
December 27th, 1940 - September 30th, 1942: Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 45 / 21. Infanterie-Division;
September 30th, 1942 - October 10th, 1942: mit den Führung beauftragd 122. Infanterie-Division;
October 10th, 1942 - October 14th, 1942: mit den Führung beauftragd 126. Infanterie-Division;
October 14th, 1942 - December 1st, 1942: mit den Führung beauftragd 122. Infanterie-Division;
December 1st, 1942 - February 1st, 1944: Kommandeur 122. Infanterie-Division;
February 1st, 1944 - February 10th, 1944: Führer-Reserve OKH;
February 10th, 1944 - December 7th, 1944: Kommandeur 85. Infanterie-Division;
December 7th, 1944 - February 6th, 1945: Führer-Reserve OKH;
February 6th, 1945 - May 8th, 1945: mit den Führung beauftragd LV. Armeekorps;
May 8th, 1945 - May 12th, 1945: Soviet POW;
May 12th, 1945 - 1947: British POW.
     
EHRENKREUZ FÜR FRONTKÄMPFER
Rank: Hauptmann der Polizei
Unit: Schutzpolizei Mitteldeutschland, Anhalt
Awarded on: November 1st, 1934
 
     
DIENSTAUSZEICHNUNG DER WEHRMACHT 4.KLASSE, 4 JAHRE
Rank: Major
Unit: Chef 3. / Infanterie-Regiment 65
Awarded on: October 2nd, 1936
 
     
DIENSTAUSZEICHNUNG DER WEHRMACHT 3.KLASSE, 12 JAHRE
Rank: Major
Unit: Chef 3. / Infanterie-Regiment 65
Awarded on: October 2nd, 1936
 
     
DIENSTAUSZEICHNUNG DER WEHRMACHT 2. KLASSE, 18 JAHRE
Rank: Major
Unit: Chef 3. / Infanterie-Regiment 65
Awarded on: October 2nd, 1936
 
     
DIENSTAUSZEICHNUNG DER WEHRMACHT 1.KLASSE, 25 JAHRE
Rank: Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
Unit: Kommandeur I. / Infanterie-Regiment 1
Awarded on: April 1st, 1938
 
     
1939 SPANGE ZUM EISERNEN KREUZES 2ER KLASSE 1914
Rank: Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant-colonel)
Unit: Kommandeur I. / Infanterie-Regiment 1
Awarded on: October 2nd, 1939
Details: Had already received the Iron Cross 2nd Class on November 7th, 1914.
 
     
EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE
Rank: Oberst (Colonel)
Unit: Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 45 / 21. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on: July 19th, 1941
 
     
DEUTSCHES KREUZ IN GOLD
Rank: Oberst (Colonel)
Unit: Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 45 / 21. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on: December 1st, 1941
 
     
MEDAILLE "WINTERSCHLACHT IM OSTEN 1941/42" (OSTMEDAILLE)
Rank: Oberst (Colonel)
Unit: Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 45 / 21. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on: July 28th, 1942
 
     
RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES
Rank: Generalleutnant (Major-general)
Unit: Kommandeur 122. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on: October 25th, 1943
 
     
WEHRMACHTBERICHT
Rank: Generalleutnant (Major-general)
Unit: Kommandeur 122. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on: December 19th, 1943
 
     
WEHRMACHTBERICHT
Rank: Generalleutnant (Major-general)
Unit: Kommandeur 85. Infanterie-Division
Awarded on: October 18th, 1944
 
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Information source(s):   - FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- Die Ordensträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht (CD), VMD-Verlag GmbH, Osnabrück, 2002
- Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945
- Lexikon der Wehrmacht
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