Sigismund-Helmut von Dawans (23 September 1899 – 10 June 1944) was a general in the during the Second World War and a recipient of the German Cross in Gold on 26 August 1942.
Sigismund-Helmut von Dawans was born on 23 September 1899 in Erfurt. He married Ingeborg Hane on 6 April 1923.
Dawans, the chief-of-staff of (General Geyr von Schweppenburg), was killed during the raid by the Royal Air Force (RAF) attack on La Caine, the HQ, on 10 June 1944.
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Otto von Knobelsdorff, Geschichte der niedersächsischen 19. Panzer-Division 1939–1945, Podzun, 1958, 312 pages (2nd printing 1988) Rolf Hinze, Die 19. Panzer-Division 1939–1945 (Bildband), Podzun-Pallas-Verlag, 1982, 176 pages
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ww2gravestone.com - Dawans, Sigismund Hellmut Konrad Alfred Georg Ritter und Edler von ThePeerage.com - Person Page 6,485
1899 births
1944 deaths
Deaths by airstrike during World War II
Major generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht) German knights German Army personnel killed in World War II Recipients of the Gold German Cross Burials at La Cambe German war cemetery German Army personnel of World War I Military personnel from Erfurt German Army generals of World War II