The Generals of WWII
Generals from Germany
Ginkel, Peter Richard Gustav Oskar van
Lieutenant-General
* 18th of December 1882
† 14th of November 1949
Promotions
| 1930-11-01 | Lieutenant-Colonel |
| 1933-04-01 | Colonel |
| 1936-04-01 | Major-General |
| 1938-03-01 | Honorary Lieutenant-General |
| 1941-02-01 | Lieutenant-General |
Service
| 1929-10-01 | – | 1932-04-01 | Commanding Officer 1st Battalion, 7th Artillery Regiment |
| 1932-04-01 | – | 1932-10-01 | Commandant of Munich |
| 1932-10-01 | – | 1934-10-01 | Commanding Officer 7th Artillery Regiment |
| 1934-10-01 | – | 1935-10-15 | Commanding Officer Artillery Regiment Nürnberg |
| 1935-10-15 | – | 1936-11-12 | Artillery Commander 7 |
| 1936-11-12 | – | 1937-01-01 | At disposal of the Commander in Chief of the Army |
| 1937-01-01 | – | 1943-03-01 | Inspector of Military Replacement, Munich |
| 1943-03-01 | – | 1943-03-15 | Unemployed |
| 1943-03-15 | – | 1943-04-18 | Attached to Staff, Army Rear Area 583 |
| 1943-04-18 | – | 1943-06-26 | General for Special Employment with Army Group North |
| 1943-06-26 | – | 1945-03-05 | General Officer Commanding Army Rear Area 583 |
| 1945-03-05 | – | 1945-05-08 | General Officer Commanding 18th Army Rear Area |
| 1945-03-05 | – | 1945-05-08 | Commandant of North Kurland |
| 1945-05-09 | – | 1949-05-26 | Prisoner of War, Soviet Captivity |
| 1949-05-26 | Condemned to 25 years imprisonment by a Soviet Military Court as war criminal | ||
| 1949-11-14 | Died in prison |
Picture source: BArch PERS 6/299716