Otto Lancelle

Otto Lancelle
Otto Lancelle in 1939
Born	(1885-03-27)27 March 1885 Xanten, German Empire
Died	3 July 1941(1941-07-03) (aged 56) Krāslava, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	German Empire Weimar Republic Nazi Germany
Service/branch	Heer SA
Years of service	1905–45
Rank	Generalleutnant (Posthumously) SA-Oberführer (SA)
Commands held	121st Infantry Division
Battles/wars	World War I World War II
Awards	Pour le Mérite Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Otto Lancelle (27 March 1885 – 3 July 1941) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a recipient of both the Pour le Mérite and Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, highest military awards of German Empire and Nazi Germany, respectively. Lancelle was killed by a sniper on 3 July 1941 at the Krāslava Bridgehead on the Dvina near Krāslava, Latvian SSR,. He was posthumously promoted to Generalleutnant and awarded the Knight's Cross.

Awards and decorations

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st Class
Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with Swords (14 August 1917)
Pour le Mérite (9 October 1918)^[1]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 27 July 1941 (posthumously) as Generalmajor and commander of 121. Infanterie-Division^[1]

References

Citations

1 2 Scherzer 2007, p. 490.

Bibliography

Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

Military offices
Preceded by General der Artillerie Curt Jahn	Commander of 121. Infanterie-Division 6 May 1941 – 3 July 1941	Succeeded by General der Artillerie Martin Wandel

Recipients of the Pour le Mérite and Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Fedor von Bock Kuno-Hans von Both Ernst Busch Hermann Göring Robert Ritter von Greim Siegfried Haenicke Alfred Keller Heinrich Kirchheim Otto Lancelle Bruno Loerzer Theo Osterkamp Johann von Ravenstein Erwin Rommel Karl Rothenburg Ferdinand Schörner Wolff von Stutterheim Ernst Udet

Names are in alphabetical order

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 121st Infantry Division

Staff	Otto Lancelle (Pour-le-Mérite) Helmuth Prieß Werner Ranck Martin Wandel

Units	Richard Bochentin Friedrich Franek Werner Gust¹ (Oak Leaves) Rudolf Sauerbrei

¹ Knight's Cross with the 257th Infantry Division.

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