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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.Patzwall 2001, p. 79

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.

References Citations

Bibliography

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

External links ww2gravestone.com - Dawans, Sigismund Hellmut Konrad Alfred Georg Ritter und Edler von