Forst, Werner.

Forst, Werner, born 21-12-1892 in Magdeburg, son of Oberst Eduard Forst, who died age 56 on 11-09-1915 on the battlefields of the first war and Gertrud, born Rockstroh, who died age 83 in 1948. Werner entered the Army in April 1905 as a cadet and on 03-04-1911, age 18, as Fähnrich in the 1^st Elsässisches Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 15  in Saarburg. He participated in World War I as a Battery Officer and received both the Iron Crosses . Forst was allowed in the 100.000 men, 10 divisions, Reichswehr and was promoted to Oberst on 01-08-1939. He was on the battlefields in Poland as commander of the 76^th Artillery Regiment and then transferred to the Western Front with his Regiment until 30-11-1940, as he lands in the Führer Reserve . In January 1941 he was assigned as Artillerie-Kommandeur 146 of the Motorized Corps Lemelsen. Became the command of the 293^rd Infantery Division and on 01-02-1942 promoted to Generalmajor.  The 293rd Infantry Division was formed on 08-02-1940 and suffered heavy losses on the Eastern Front. The remnants of the division served as the basis of the 359th Infantry Division  under Generalleutnant Karl Arndt   and the Divisions-Gruppe 293. Karl Arndt died 30-12–1981, age 89, in Balve-Langenholthausen / Sauerland

With the command of the 106^th Infanterie Division  from 01-01-1943, he succeeded General Arthur Kummler,  Forst earns the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross on 29-08-1943, for his bravery leading in the heavy battles in the region of Krementsthug, Russia. General Arthur Kummler would die in Russian captivity, age 56, on 28-03-1956, in Sverlovsk.  Forst was succeeded by Generalleutnant Siegfried von Rekowski and from 01-06-1944, D-Day battles, until the end of the war Generalleutant Forst was Inspector of the Artillery with the commander of the Replacement Army. He landed in Allied captivity on 08-05-1945 and was released in June 1947.

    Retiring in Wiesbaden after the war with many colleague Generals, he died at the age of 78, on 03-02-1971 and is buried with his wife Marie Luise, born Westermann, who died old age 97 in 1999, on the Südfriedhof of Wiesbaden in between of his comrades, Wiesbaden, a very popular place for Generals and the next Generals are buried there, General der Infanterie, Commandeur der 76^th Infanterie Division, Erich Abraham, General der Artillerie/Flieger, General der Artillerie/Flieger. Kommandeur der 4^th Panzer Heeresgruppe, Alexander Andrea,  General der Artillerie, Kommandeur der 145^th Artillerie Division, Rudolf Henrici, Generalmajor der Infanterie, Director of Replacement Army Corps XII, Max von Basse, Generalmajor der Flieger, Kommandeur III Luftwaffe Ersatz Battalion, Wolf von Biedermann, Generalmajor der Infanterie, Kommandeur der 7^th Infanterie Regiment, Bohnstedt

  

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