Otto von Garnier

Otto Wladislaus Eduard Konstantin von Garnier (born May 1, 1859 in Neustadt in Upper Silesia , † June 17, 1947 in Hechingen ) was a Prussian cavalry general in the First World War .

Life

Otto was the son of the later Prussian Lieutenant General Otto Wladislaus Aloys Joseph Ernst Eduard von Garnier (1830-1908) and his wife Agnes Laurette, née von Mitzlaff (1837-1914).

He joined the Hussar Regiment "Graf Goetzen" (2nd Silesian) No. 6 on October 1, 1876 as a flag junior and was promoted to second lieutenant on February 14, 1878 . From October 1882 to July 1885 he graduated from the Prussian War Academy . This was followed by his promotion to Prime Lieutenant on July 3, 1886 . After almost two years, Garnier was assigned to the Great General Staff in Berlin and was transferred there on January 30, 1891 , while simultaneously being promoted to Rittmeister . Soon after, on February 7th, Garnier came to Karlsruhe to join the General Staff of the XIV Army Corps . Here he served until October 16, 1893, after which he served as squadron chief in the Uhlan regiment “Kaiser Alexander III. of Russia ”(West Prussian) No. 1 to act. This was followed by another transfer to the General Staff. Garnier was then from May 30, 1896 First General Staff Officer in the General Staff of the 14th Division and was promoted as such to Major on March 22, 1897 . On July 3, 1899, there was another transfer to the General Staff, combined with direct command to the General Staff of the IV Army Inspection . Here Garnier was promoted to lieutenant colonel on September 11, 1903 and appointed commander of the 2nd Guard Uhlan Regiment on October 1, 1903 . As a colonel (since May 21, 1906) he took up his new position as Chief of the General Staff of the VI shortly afterwards on September 13, 1906 Army Corps . After more than two years, Garnier was appointed commander of the 11th Cavalry Brigade in Breslau . In this function, he was promoted to major general on May 17, 1910 and to lieutenant general on February 18, 1913 . At the same time Garnier became inspector of the 2nd cavalry inspection in Stettin .

With the outbreak of World War I, Garnier took over as commander of the 4th Cavalry Division , with which he marched into neutral Belgium in association with the Higher Cavalry Command No. 2 and participated in the siege and the conquest of the fortress of Liège . After the fall of the city, the division fought in the battles of the Somme and Arras, as well as south of Ypres in France , before moving to the Eastern Front in November 1914 . There Garnier was seriously wounded in defensive battles against the Russian army on November 21, 1914 near Ciechanów . After a stay in the hospital and recovery, Garnier was deployed as Higher Cavalry Commander No. 6 in the 10th Army in the east. As such, he was able to prove himself in the Nyemen and the subsequent battle for Vilna . Subsequently, Garnier took over a front section of the 10th Army.

On September 3, 1916, Garnier was then charged with the command of the V Reserve Corps on the Western Front . First the corps fought in Champagne , then in the Battle of the Somme . Wilhelm II personally awarded him the Pour le Mérite order for his services . Garnier received on August 27, 1917 the appointment as commanding general of the VII Reserve Corps , which was before Reims .

Under promotion to general of cavalry Garnier was transferred on 3 December 1917 his request, to the officers of the army and on March 10, 1918 Disposition asked. On the occasion of his farewell, he received the Order of the Red Eagle First Class with Oak Leaves and Swords.

The Army March I, 91 of the Army March Collection bears the name "Grenadier March von Egon von Garnier" after him.

Awards

Order of the crown, 2nd class with star

Prussian service award cross

Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Order of the Zähringer Lion

Officer's Cross of the Bavarian Order of Military Merit

Grand Cross of Honor of the Oldenburg House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig

Reussian Cross of Honor 2nd class

Commander II. Class of the Albrecht Order

House Order of Lippe III. class

Cross of Honor of the Order of the Württemberg Crown

Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau

Order of Saint Stanislaus II class

Spanish Military Merit Order II. Class

Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class

Knight's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with swords

literature

Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Christian Zweng: The knights of the order Pour le Mérite of the First World War. Volume 1: A-G. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1999, ISBN 3-7648-2505-7 , pp. 468-469.
Hanns Möller: History of the knights of the order pour le mérite in the world war. Volume I: A-L. Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Berlin 1935, pp. 360–361.

Web links

Denazification files Otto von Garnier as a digital reproduction in the online offer of the State Archives Sigmaringen

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps for 1914 , Ed .: War Ministry , ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1914, p. 115.

personal data
SURNAME	Garnier, Otto von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Otto Wladislaus Eduard Konstantin von Garnier (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prussian general of the cavalry in the First World War
DATE OF BIRTH	May 1, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH	Neustadt
DATE OF DEATH	June 17, 1947
Place of death	Hechingen

[Rangliste1914-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps for 1914 , Ed .: War Ministry , ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1914, p. 115.