Alfons of Bram

Alfons Bram , knight of Bram since 1916 , (* July 21, 1865 in Augsburg ; † January 28, 1951 ibid) was a German major general in the Reichswehr .

Life

Bram joined on 25 August 1884 as an ensign in the 3rd Infantry Regiment "Prince Charles of Bavaria," the Bavarian army and became on 16 April 1885 Ensign appointed. On March 7, 1887, he was promoted to second lieutenant and on November 6, 1894 to prime lieutenant . As such, Bram was commanded from October 1, 1895 to September 30, 1897 for the 1st Engineer Battalion. On October 28, 1901, Bram became a captain and as such, from December 11, 1901, company commander in the 21st Infantry Regiment "Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV. Of Mecklenburg-Schwerin" . At the same time as his promotion to major , Bram was active in the regimental staff from March 7, 1910. He then acted as battalion commander from January 26, 1912 and was transferred to the 23rd Infantry Regiment "King Ferdinand of the Bulgarians" on March 12, 1913 and to the 20th Infantry Regiment "Prince Franz" on October 25, 1913 .

With the outbreak of the First World War , Bram was appointed commander of the 2nd Battalion, with which he was used in the battles near Badonviller , in Lorraine , Nancy and Épinal . After the regimental commander had fallen, Bram was charged with the command on September 25 and promoted to lieutenant colonel on October 26, 1914 . He gave up command on December 15, 1914, briefly took over the 5th Infantry Regiment "Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig von Hessen" and was then appointed Commander of the 8 Reserve Infantry Regiment on February 17, 1915. After the fighting on the Somme , Bram came to the Carpathians with this regiment .

For his extraordinary military achievements he received on July 1, 1916, the Knight's Cross of the Military Order of Max Joseph Order, and was allowed into the account of the associated collecting personal nobility from that date Knights of Bram call.

His promotion to colonel took place on April 17, 1917. As such, Bram was again commander of the 20th Infantry Regiment on September 25, 1918. After the end of the war, return to his home country and demobilization , he briefly acted as liaison officer of the High Command to Group West, became the commander of his hometown on May 3, 1919, and from May 17 to October 5, 1919 commander of the Reichswehr Brigade 22. Then sat one Bram as commander of the Grafenwoehr Training Area and on September 28, 1921 gave him the character of Major General.

As such, Bram was retired from active service on September 30, 1922.

literature

• Dermot Bradley (Ed.): The Generals of the Army 1921-1945. The military careers of the generals, as well as the doctors, veterinarians, intendants, judges and ministerial officials with the rank of general. Volume 2: v. Blanckensee – v. Czettritz and Neuhauß. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1993, ISBN 3-7648-2424-7 .
• Rudolf von Kramer, Otto Freiherr von Waldenfels: VIRTUTI PRO PATRIA. The Royal Bavarian Military Max Joseph Order. Acts of War and Book of Honor 1914-1918. Self-published by the Royal Bavarian Military Max Joseph Order, Munich 1966, pp. 90, 270.