Ernst Schirlitz
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Ernst Schirlitz
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| Born | 7 September 1893 Christburg, West Prussia |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Kiel |
| Allegiance |  German Empire (to 1918) Weimar Republic (to 1933) Nazi Germany |
| Service/ |
 Kaiserliche Marine Reichsmarine Kriegsmarine |
| Years of service | 1912–45 |
| Rank | Vizeadmiral |
| Unit | SMS Hertha SMS Freya SMS Friedrich Carl SMS Fürst Bismarck Luftschiff "L 7", "L 20", "L 33" |
| Battles/wars | World War I
World War II |
| Awards | Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross |
Ernst Schirlitz (7 September 1893 – 27 November 1978) was a Vizeadmiral with the Kriegsmarine during World War II and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. He surrendered at the end of World War II after the Allied siege of La Rochelle.
Schirlitz served as a watch officer on Luftschiff "L 33" which crashed in Little Wigborough, Essex on 24 September 1916. Schirlitz was taken prisoner of war by the British and was released in November 1919.[1]
Awards
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st Class
- Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
- German Cross in Gold on 1 December 1944 as Vizeadmiral in fortress La Rochelle[2]
- Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd and 1st Class
- Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 11 March 1945 as Vizeadmiral and commander of fortress La Rochelle[3][Note 1]
Notes
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External links
- Ernst Schirlitz @ Deutsche Marinearchiv
- Ernst Schirlitz @ Ritterkreuzträger 1939-45
- Ernst Schirlitz @ Geocities at the Wayback Machine (archived October 29, 2009)
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- ↑ Dörr 1996, p. 203.
- ↑ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 407.
- ↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 377.
- ↑ Scherzer 2007, p. 662.
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