Gustav Feller

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Gustav Feller
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Birth name Gustav Hugo Adolf Feller
Birth date 16 June 1896
Place of birth Stuttgart, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire
Death date ⚔ 13 April 1945 (aged 48)
Place of death Near Landgrafroda, Landkreis Weimar, Thuringia, German Reich
Place of burial German war cemetery Breuna
Allegiance  German Empire
 Weimar Republic
 National Socialist Germany
Service/branch Iron Cross of the Luftstreitkräfte.png Imperial German Army
Freikorps Flag.jpg Freikorps
War Ensign of the Reichswehr, 1919 - 1935.png Reichswehr
Balkenkreuz.jpg Heer
Years of service 1914–1945
Rank Major General
Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Awards Iron Cross
Wound Badge
War Merit Cross
Relations ∞ 1928 Jenny Schwarz

Gustav Hugo Adolf Feller (16 June 1896 – 13 April 1945) was a German officer of the Imperial German Army, the Freikorps, the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht, finally Generalmajor (Major General) and Panzer troops commander in World War II.

Life

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File:Gustav Feller, in: Rangliste des Deutschen Reichsheeres, 1931, p. 150
  • Entered Army Service with the Infanterie-Regiment „Kaiser Friedrich, König von Preußen“ (7. Württembergisches) Nr. 125 (08 Aug 1914)
  • Fahnenjunker-Course in Döberitz (14 Dec 1914-13 Feb 1915)
  • Transferred to the Regiment in the Field (31 May 1915-20 Jul 1915)
  • Wounded, in Hospital (20 Jul 1915-09 Aug 1915)
  • Transferred to the Replacement-Battalion of the 125th Infantry-Regiment (09 Aug 1915-29 Nov 1915)
  • Transferred to the Regiment in the Field (29 Nov 1915-07 Dec 1915)
  • Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 125th Infantry-Regiment (07 Dec 1915-28 Mar 1916)
  • Company-Officer in the 125th Infantry-Regiment (28 Mar 1916-26 Apr 1918)
  • Deputy Regimental Adjutant of the 125th Infantry-Regiment (23 Jan 1917-19 Feb 1917)
  • Deputy Regimental Adjutant of the 125th Infantry-Regiment (07 Feb 1918-27 Feb 1918)
  • Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 125th Infantry-Regiment (26 Apr 1918-01 Jan 1919)
  • Regiments-Adjutant of the 125th Infantry-Regiment (01 Jan 1919-24 Jan 1919)
  • With the Württemberg General-Command, Department II D3 (24 Jan 1919-21 Feb 1919)
  • Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the Volunteer-Battalion Haas (21 Feb 1919-01 Jul 1919)
  • 1st Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 13th Reichswehr-Brigade (01 Jul 1919-01 Oct 1919)
  • Transferred into the 13th Cavalry-Regiment, while retaining command with the 13th Reichswehr-Brigade (01 Oct 1919-17 Feb 1920)
  • Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 13th Cavalry-Regiment (17 Feb 1920-19 Mar 1920)
  • 1st Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 13th Reichswehr-Brigade (19 Mar 1920-01 May 1920)
  • Transferred into the 18th Mounted-Regiment (01 May 1920-07 Jun 1920)
  • Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 18th Mounted-Regiment (07 Jun 1920-08 May 1921)
  • At the same time, Deputy Regimental Adjutant of the 18th Mounted-Regiment (28 Jun 1920-02 Sep 1920)
  • Transferred into the 2nd Squadron of the 18th Mounted-Regiment (08 May 1921-14 Oct 1922)
  • Detached to the Cavalry-School, Hannover (14 Oct 1922-01 Oct 1924)
  • Subsidiary-Leadership-Training with the Staff of the 5th Division (01 Oct 1924-01 Oct 1926)
  • Transferred back into the 18th Mounted-Regiment (01 Oct 1926-01 Apr 1928)
  • Regiments-Adjutant of the 18th Mounted-Regiment (01 Apr 1928-01 Oct 1932)
  • Squadron-Commander in the 18th Mounted-Regiment (01 Oct 1932-01 Oct 1934)
  • Squadron-Commander in Mounted-Regiment Cannstatt (01 Oct 1934-15 Oct 1935)
  • Squadron-Commander in the 18th Mounted-Regiment (15 Oct 1935-01 Feb 1936)
  • Adjutant of the 2nd Mounted-Brigade (01 Feb 1936-01 Apr 1936)
  • Adjutant of Higher Cavalry Officer 2 (01 Apr 1936-12 Oct 1937)
  • Advisor in the General Army Office, RKM (12 Oct 1937-04 Feb 1938)
  • Advisor in the General Army Office, OKH (04 Feb 1938-22 Nov 1940)
  • Department-Chief in OKH (22 Nov 1940)
  • Detached to the Staff of Panzer-Group 2 (20 Jun 1941)
    • 30 June 1941 Wounded, military hospital
  • Führer-Reserve OKH (01 Aug 1941-06 Jul 1942)
  • Detached to the Panzer Troop School (06 Jul 1942-15 Oct 1942)
  • Detached to School for Fast Troops (15 Oct 1942-10 Apr 1943)
  • Führer-Reserve OKH (10 Apr 1943-20 Jun 1943)
  • Detached to the Command of Panzer Troop Schools (20 Jun 1943-25 Aug 1943)
  • Commander of the 1st Panzer-Regiment (25 Aug 1943-15 Dec 1943)
  • Führer-Reserve OKH (15 Dec 1943-10 Feb 1944)
  • Delegated with the Leadership of the 71st Infantry-Regiment (10 Feb 1944-06 Apr 1944)
  • Führer-Reserve OKH (06 Apr 1944-28 Jun 1944)
  • Commander of Panzer-Troops III (28 Jun 1944-20 Nov 1944)
  • Commander of Panzer-Troops IX (20 Nov 1944-13 Apr 1945)

Death

Major General Gustav Feller, whose troops were surrounded and defeated at Erfurt, was in the combat zone when he tried to break through to the rest of the 11th Army (which was retreating westwards from Struth) on the afternoon of 12 April and was killed near Landgrafroda on 13 April 1945. According to one source, his staff car was ambushed by men of the 2nd Ranger Battalion.

Family

Gustav was the son of Gustav Robert August Feller (13 October 1864 – 12 March 1934), publishing bookseller and director of the "Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft", and his wife (∞ 1889) Ottilie Berta Pauline Baßmann (b. 26 October 1866).

Marriage

On 23 October 1928 in Stuttgart, 1st Lieutenant Feller married his fiancée Jenny Schwarz (b. 11 October 1902), daughter of the Stuttgart factory owner Karl Schwarz. They would have two sons:

  • Kurt Walter (b. 24 June 1930 in Stuttgart; d. 18 December 2023 in Stallikon, Switzerland)
  • Horst (b. 18 January 1933 in Stuttgart; d. 8 August 2022 ibid)

Promotions

  • 8 August 1914 Fahnenjunker (Officer Candidate)
  • 4 November 1914 Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter (Officer Candidate with Lance Corporal rank)
  • 8 January 1915 Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (Officer Candidate with Corporal/NCO/Junior Sergeant rank)
  • 26 March 1915 Fähnrich (Officer Cadet)
  • 2 August 1915 Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant) with Patent from 18 February 1914
    • 1 July 1922 received Rank Seniority (RDA) from 1 September 1915
  • 31 July 1925 Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant) with effect from 1 April 1925
  • 1 January 1931 Rittmeister
  • 1 December 1935 Major
  • 31 December 1938 Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel) with effect from 1 January 1939
  • 17 December 1941 Oberst (Colonel) with effect from 1 October 1941 and Rank Seniority (RDA) from 1 November 1940
  • 1 October 1944 Generalmajor (Major General)

Awards and decorations

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