Artur Lossmann (also Arthur Lossmann; 5 October 1877 Vana-Vändra Parish,

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– 1 August 1972

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) was an

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n military personnel (

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). He was one of the most prominent

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specialist in Estonia. In 1904, he graduated from

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. From 1907 until 1914, he worked as a military physician in

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. He participated on

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, and in World War I as a soldier of the

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. Lossmann returned to Estonia and from 1918 until 1920, (during

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) he was the chief physician of Tallinn 1st Military Hospital. From 1920 until 1935, he was the chief of the Healthcare Administration of the Militaries (). In 1935 he retired. In 1944, following the

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, he fled to Germany, and in 1947, he emigrated to the United Kingdom, where he died in 1972. In 1998, Lossmann's body was reinterred at the

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, at the initiative of his daughter Nora Vanda Morley-Fletcher.

Awards

* 1920: Cross of Liberty, I class II rank.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lossmann, Artur 1877 births 1972 deaths 20th-century Estonian military personnel Estonian physicians Estonian military doctors Estonian military personnel of World War I Estonian military personnel of the Estonian War of Independence Estonian World War II refugees S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy alumni Estonian emigrants to the United Kingdom People from Põhja-Pärnumaa Parish