Alexander von Massow

Alexander von Massow (born January 15, 1842 in Spandau , † January 25, 1906 in Buchwald ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

He was the son of the Privy Councilor Friedrich Wilhelm von Massow (1807–1882) and his wife Hildegard, born von Biela (1818–1895).

Military career

On October 1, 1862, Massow joined the Guard Rifle Battalion of the Prussian Army as a one-year volunteer . There he was promoted to second lieutenant on August 8, 1863 . As such, he took part in the battles of Soor and Königgrätz in 1866 during the war against Austria . For his achievements, Massow was awarded the Order of the Crown, IV Class with Swords. On September 19, 1868 he was appointed adjutant and as such he went to war against France in 1870 . Massow was slightly injured at St. Privat and was promoted to Prime Lieutenant on August 27, 1870 . He then took part in the siege of Paris , was appointed deputy adjutant of the 2nd Guard Division on October 28, 1870 , and was seriously wounded in the fighting at Le Bourget . He received the Iron Cross 2nd class.

After the peace agreement Massow was briefly until September 1871 Deputy General Staff in this Division and then returned to his battalion. From April 27, 1872 to April 21, 1873 he acted as adjutant of the 9th Infantry Brigade and was then assigned to the General Staff for one year . At the same time he was promoted to captain, he was then transferred here. Shortly after Massow came on May 6, 1874 after Kassel to the General Staff of the XI. Army Corps . From February 20, 1877, he was employed in the General Staff of the 10th Division in Posen . In the following years, Massow was briefly commanded several times to lead companies of various regiments until he was finally transferred as a company commander to the Kaiser Alexander Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 1 on December 28, 1880 . On April 15, 1882, he was reassigned to the General Staff, where Massow was promoted to major three days later . After a brief command at the Berlin Railway Directorate, he was transferred to the General Staff of the 19th Division in Hanover on March 24, 1885 . From September 16, 1885 to January 16, 1888 he worked in the General Staff of the Xth Army Corps and was then transferred to the 3rd Guards Regiment on foot as commander of the 1st Battalion .

Under position à la suite of the regiment, Massow was released from this command on September 19, 1888, sent to Württemberg and with the management of the business as chief of the general staff of the XIII. (Royal Württemberg Army Corps commissioned. There he became lieutenant colonel on November 13, 1888 and was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown with the Lions for his work . As a member of the General Staff, Massow was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the II Army Corps on March 24, 1890 . In this position promoted to colonel on February 14, 1891 , Massow was transferred to the General Staff on May 17, 1892 with the rank and fees of a brigade commander as a department head. After being promoted to major general , Massow was commander of the 42nd Infantry Brigade in Frankfurt am Main on February 6, 1896 , before he was promoted to Lieutenant General on June 15, 1898, taking command of the 12th Division in Neisse . In approval of his resignation request , Massow was put up for disposal on April 11, 1901 with the statutory pension . On the occasion of his farewell, Wilhelm II awarded him the Order of the Crown, First Class with Swords on the Ring.

Massow was an honorary knight of the Order of St. John .

literature

• List of officers of the Royal Prussian 3rd Guard Regiment on foot. From 1860 to 1910. Verlag Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg 1910, p. 102f.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 33 of April 17, 1901, p. 874.
2. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 39 of May 4, 1901, p. 1038.
3. ↑ Prussian War Ministry (ed.): Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps for 1900. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1900. P. 64.