Curt Otto Stamford Behr (1892 - 1944)

Born 14 Apr 1892 in Danzig, West Prussia, Prussia, Germany

Ancestors

Died 19 Aug 1944 at age 52 in KIA at Stavanger, Norway

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Biography

Curt Otto Stamford Behr was born on 14 April 1892 and baptised on 1 June 1892 in Danzig, Prussia, Germany^[1] to Otto Paul Behr, a Lieutenant in the 138 Infantry Regiment, and Maud Amy Lumsdaine. Six witnesses names are given including a Lily Lumsdaine of Lathallan, Edinburgh. The record has the subtitle Poland, Gdansk, baptism and confirmation, and there is other hand-written information (all in German) including their place of last residence.

Curt Behr's marriage to Hertha Prollius was reported in the 'German Navy Crew Chronicle, 1891-1918', which also had his birth year as 1892, location as Neufahrwasser; marriage date 29 September 1923; death date 19 August 1944 at Stavanger, Norway; and Band year 1912^[2]. The original of this Chronicle is in German and gives a brief summary of his career in 3 periods: 1914-1918, 1919-1939 and 1940-1944.

There is a birth record for an Emmi Charlotte Hertha Prollius on 21 March 1904 in Berlin^[3]. Whether this is the person Curt Behr married still has to be ascertained.

Curt Behr, who was born on 14 April 1892 in Neufahrwasser/Danzig, was killed in action at Stavanger in Norway on 19 August 1944, while with the Stab B Sankourand, Stavanger Military Unit. His Identification Number: G-A 008/0684, Rank: Korv kpt z Ser (FP Kr 07626), and spouse's name - Herta B - are also given^[4].

At the time of his death Curt Otto Stamford Behr was a ranking Korvettenkapitän zur See.

Sources

1. ↑ https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=61131&h=301098900&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=61131
2. ↑ https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=2390&h=2126&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=61641
3. ↑ https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=5753&h=3696891&tid=&pid=&queryId=d61a822979d7406c67a5f3e80e65b59b&usePUB=true&_phsrc=CrY17481&_phstart=successSource
4. ↑ https://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=61641&h=2098&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=61131

• Birth and Baptism: Ancestry.com. Rhineland, Prussia, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1533-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Lutherische Kirchenbücher, 1533-1950. Evangelische Kirchenbuchamt Hannover, Hannover, Deutschland.
• Birth, Marriage, Death: Ancestry.com. German Navy Crew Chronicle, 1891-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Marine Crew Chronik. Microfilm, 31 rolls, MIM620/CREW P 159. Marineschule Mürwik, Flensburg, Deutschland. Marineschule Mürwik; Marine Crew Chronik; Year: 1912.
• Military Killed in Action: Ancestry.com. Germany, Military Killed in Action, 1939-1948 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2020. Original data: Kartei der Verlust- und Grabmeldungen gefallener deutscher Soldaten 1939-1945 (-1948), Bundesarchiv B 563-2 Kartei. Berlin, Deutschland: Deutsches Bundesarchiv. Citation: Deutsches Bundesarchiv; Berlin, Deutschland; Kartei der Verlust- und Grabmeldungen gefallener deutscher Soldaten 1939-1945 (-1948), Bundesarchiv B 563-2 Kartei