English sounding names of German military personnel of WW2

[panzermahn]

Hello,

I read before in the Osprey series that a couple of German officers had English sounding names. I recalled only a few examples

Oberst Gordon M(ac) Gollob (Luftwaffe)
Alistair Maclean (Kriegsmarine)
Douglas Pitcairn (Luftwaffe)
Korvettenkaepitan von Davidson (Kriegsmarine)

Anyone knew any more German officers with English sounding names

Panzermahn

[Hans]

Generalmajor Alexander Ratcliffe - Heer.

- Hans

[panzermahn]

Does Generalmajor Alexander von Daniels (Heer, captured at Stalingrad) counts too?

[Richard Schoutissen]

You will find thousends of them in, for example, the VdK database. . . .

I don't want to hurt some ones feelings but you will also find "funny" names like;

America
Amerikanow
Dude
Fuck
Gay
Jerk
Lord
Penisson
Queeren
Shitny
Usa

etc. etc.

[panzermahn]

Hi Richard

Yes, I remember one now..SS Haupsturmfuehrer Karl Fucker of the SS Jagdverbande Mitte, who fought together with Skorzeny at Oder an der Schwedt in 1945

Panzermahn

[Rolf Steiner]

Imagine the fun they'd have had booking him in at the end of hostilities (assuming he got that far and assuming it was English speakers processing him)! 'Tell us your... pfffffffft... name again soldier...' (and to think of the mileage we got out of the pronunciation of 'vater' at school...)

[panzermahn]

Would it be possible that SS Hauptstuermfuehrer Karl Fucker is an Austrian? Because I know there is a small village, Fucking, 30km north of Salzburg, Austria. If he is, most likely he originates from there.. :)

[Tom Houlihan]

Would it be possible that SS Hauptstuermfuehrer Karl Fucker is an Austrian? Because I know there is a small village, Fucking, 30km north of Salzburg, Austria. If he is, most likely he originates from there.. :)

I believe that officer was also in Nord orginally. I tried contacting a tour company to see if he was the founder, but never got a response.

[Heerss]

William is the English spelling too Wilhelm (The German spelling) it's the same name with the same meaning.
Loads of germans in the German military 'past and present' are called Wilhelm either-first name,middle name or last name...very English sounding name.