World War Two
Russia 1941
Edmund Korneli
Ewald Bausen
Adolf Zimmer
Peter Piefer
Erwin Wallrath
Russia 1942
Ludwig Steffen
Herman Pauli
Alois Klingel
Arnold Vasen
Paul Hollen
Russia 1943
Herman Cafter
Joseph Schwartz
Heinrich Wallrath
Johann Klingel
Gerhard Zimmer
Hermann Hammes
Jacob Wallrath
France 1944
Karl Nicolay
Wilhelm Schwartz
Germany 1944
Julius Zimmer
Friedrich Zirwas
Hungary 1944
Wilh Dunzer
Poland 1944
Clemens Simon
Rumanian 1944
Heinrich Bickler
Wilhelm Kaufman
Hubert Wallrath
Russia 1944
Hubert Bausen
Ewold Zirwas
Clemens Zirwas
Wilhelm Klingel
France 1945
Peter Prinz
Germany 1945
Richard Happes
Peter Zirwas
Klemens Korneli
Kurt Theis
Paul Gorgen
Russia 1945
Paul Frensch
Prior to World War II the area of Grenderich was under Wehrkreise XII which at the outbreak of war in 1939 formed the XII Corps.
The subdivision of the military district was Koblenz, then Cochem and Zell.
Personnel from Grenderich could have served in the following units.
22nd Panzer Division
15th Panzer Grenadier Division
36th Infantry Division - formed on 1st October 1936 in Kaiserslauten
65th Infantry Division - formed in 1943
72nd Infantry Division - Koblenz
79th Infantry Division
85th Infantry Division
91st Infantry Division
111th Infantry Division
112th Infantry Division
132nd Replacement Division
164th Replacement Division
172nd Replacement Division in Mainz
182nd Reserve Division in Koblenz
Volks Grenadier Divisions
197
246 in Trier
263
342
348
389
412
462 in Metz
545
566
712
The Defence of the Hunsruck
The XII Corps defended Germany as part of the 1st Army in 1939. It consisted of:
75th Infantry Division
209th Infantry Division
214th Infantry Division
223rd Infantry Division
231st Infantry Division
246th Infantry Division
268th Infantry Division
XII Corps
15th Infantry Division
34th Infantry Division
52nd Infantry Division
79th Infantry Division
The XII Corps served on the Russian front as part of the 4th Army and the 9th Army, and this is reflected in the casualty figures.
