27th infantry regiment help needed

[tony james]

Hi
does anyone know where i can find information on who the officers were in the 27Th infantry regiment .a friend has a uniform grouping with. "27" on the tunic and overcoat. shoulderboards which I'm assuming means 27th regiment .rank is oberstleutant .
thanks
tony

[hucks216]

Not a list of all the officers but here are the Regimental Commanders (taken from Lexikon)...

Oberst Kurt von Tippelskirch Aufstellung - 6. Oktober 1936
Generalmajor Friedrich Mieth 6. Oktober 1936 - 10. November 1938
Oberst Theobald Lieb 10. November 1938 - 9. September 1940
Oberstleutnant Werner von Bülow Juli 1940 - Herbst 1940 (übernahm IR 252)
Oberst Gerhard Kegler Herbst 1940 - 12. März 1942

Füsilier-Regiment 27
Major Heinz-Georg Lemm Oktober 1943 m.st.F.b.
Oberst Gerhard Engel Ende 1943 - 28. Juni 1944
Oberst Heinz-Georg Lemm 1944 - April 1945

[tony james]

Thanks. i read from a link provided on the fourm that the entire 12th division to which the 27th belonged to was captured by the russians in july 1944.

[hucks216]

Thanks. i read from a link provided on the fourm that the entire 12th division to which the 27th belonged to was captured by the russians in july 1944.

While it was destroyed/captured by the Russians at Mogilev the division was reformed in Germany in August 1944 and renamed 12 Volksgrenadier Division.