Alfred Meyer (officer)

Alfred Meyer , since 1870 Ritter von Meyer (born July 4, 1848 in Munich , † December 30, 1903 in Traunstein ) was a Bavarian officer , most recently a colonel and commander of the 15th Infantry Regiment "King Friedrich August of Saxony" .

Life

Alfred was the son of the royal government director Dr. Friedrich Meyer and his wife Therese, née von Coulon.

After graduating from the Wilhelm Gymnasium München studied ar from 1865 at the University of Munich Law , entered on March 15, 1868 as one-year volunteer in the Infantry Regiment body of the Bavarian army and was later released as a corporal of the reserve a year. On May 12, 1869, he was promoted to Landwehr officer aspirant and on July 18, 1870 to sub-lieutenant in the 2nd Landwehr Battalion. He took part in the entire Franco-German War with the Infantry Body Regiment . For his services during the battles against the Loire Army (October 1870) he was awarded the Iron Cross 2nd class and with the Army Order of 3rd April 1871 the Knight's Cross 2nd Class of the Order of Military Merit. The Chapter of the Order, held in Grosbois on May 13, 1871, under the chairmanship of Lieutenant General and Commander of the 2nd Infantry Division Joseph Maximilian von Maillinger , voted unanimously in favor of Meyer for his brave behavior on December 7, 1870 in the battle at Le Bardon (northwest von Meung on the right bank of the Loire) to be included in the Military Max Joseph Order . On May 24, 1871 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order. Through the award, he was also raised to the personal, non-inheritable nobility and received the title of knight of .

On December 20, 1871, Meyer requested to be taken over as a subordinate in the Infantry Leib Regiment in the active relationship, which was granted by way of exception. He took part in the teaching course at the War School and was commanded from November 1, 1873 to October 1, 1876 at the War Academy , which pronounced him the qualification for the general staff and the subject. On November 27, 1876 he was promoted to prime lieutenant in the 10th Infantry Regiment "König" . From 1882 to 1884 Meyer was adjutant of the 4th Infantry Brigade , was then promoted to captain and as such transferred to the general staff. In 1886 he returned to the service and was company commander in the 1st Jäger Battalion "König" for one year . He came back briefly to the Central Office of the General Staff, in order then to teach as a teacher of tactics at the War Academy. As a major , Meyer switched to staff service in 1890, initially serving in the General Staff of the 2nd Division and from 1891 to 1894 in the General Staff of the General Command of the II Army Corps . He then became battalion commander in the 17th Infantry Regiment "Orff" and was transferred in 1896 as a lieutenant colonel to the staff of the 10th Infantry Regiment "King Ludwig" . From 1897 until his retirement in 1900, Meyer was Colonel in command of the 15th Infantry Regiment "King Friedrich August of Saxony".

literature

• Baptist Schrettinger: The Royal Bavarian Military Max Joseph Order and its members. R. Oldenbourg. Munich 1882.
• Othmar Hackl : The Bavarian War Academy (1867-1914). CH Beck´sche publishing house bookstore. Munich 1989. ISBN 3-406-10490-8 . P. 523.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Annual report from the K. Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Munich 1864/65.
2. ↑ Othmar Hackl: The Bavarian War Academy (1867-1914). CH Beck´sche publishing house bookstore. Munich 1989. ISBN 3-406-10490-8 . P. 523.