Mortimer von Kessel

Mortimer von Kessel
Mortimer von Kessel
Born 25 May 1893(1893-05-25)
Arnswalde, German Empire
Died 8 January 1981(1981-01-08) (aged 87)
Goslar, Lower Saxony, West Germany
Allegiance German Empire German Empire (to 1918)
Germany Weimar Republic (to 1933)
Nazi Germany Nazi Germany
Service/branch Heer
Years of service 1914–1945
Rank General der Panzertruppe
Commands held 20th Panzer Division
Head of the Army Personnel Department
VII Panzer Corps
Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Awards Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

Mortimer von Kessel (25 May 1893 – 8 January 1981) was a Panzer General in the German army during World War II.

He joined the Imperial German Army as an officer cadet in 1914 and was commissioned as a leutnant in the 12th Hussar Regiment on 22 March 1915 and was awarded the Iron Cross first and second class in World War I. He was then retained in the Reichswehr in which he reached the rank of Oberstleutnant by 1937.

He led a reconnaissance regiment during the Invasion of Poland in 1939 and was promoted to Oberst in October that year and appointed as the head of the Army Personnel Department the following month and remained in this post until January 1943, having been promoted to Generalmajor in 1942. When he was moved to the leadership reserve until 8 May 1943 when he was appointed as the commander of the 20th Panzer Division.

On 1 December 1943 he was promoted to Generalleutnant, and for his defence of the Vitebsk region on the Eastern Front he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Then for his actions during the Soviet Summer Offensive of 1944 he was awarded the Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. In December 1944 he was appointed commander of the VII Panzer Corps in East Prussia. On 1 March 1945 he was promoted to General der Panzertruppe and continued to command the panzer corps until he was captured.

Awards

  • Iron Cross (1914)
    • 2nd Class (27 March 1915)
    • 1st Class (25 September 1917)
  • Cross of Honor
  • Iron Cross (1939)
    • 2nd Class (5 July 1943)
    • 1st Class (23 July 1943)
  • Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
    • Knight's Cross on 28 December 1943 as Generalmajor and commander of 20. Panzer-Division
    • 611th Oak Leaves on 16 October 1944 as Generalleutnant and commander of 20. Panzer-Division

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Military offices
Preceded by
Generalmajor Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz
Commander of 20th Panzer Division
12 May 1943 – 1 January 1944
Succeeded by
Oberst Werner Marcks
Preceded by
Oberst Werner Marcks
Commander of 20th Panzer Division
2 February 1944 – 5 November 1944
Succeeded by
Oberst Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski



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