Alfred von Böckmann
Alfred von Böckmann (born September 29, 1859 in Potsdam , † November 19, 1921 in Bad Wildungen ) was a Prussian lieutenant general in the First World War .
Life
As a colonel (since April 20, 1909) Böckmann was chief of the general staff of the XIV Army Corps in Karlsruhe . Böckmann was promoted to major general on January 27, 1913 and appointed commander of the 75th Infantry Brigade in Allenstein .
As part of the 37th Division (Major General von Staabs ), his brigade was deployed on the Eastern Front with the outbreak of the First World War . In the defensive battles in East Prussia , he fought during the Battle of Tannenberg and the Masurian Lakes . On August 15, 1915, he was transferred to the post of Chief of Staff of the 8th Army and then Chief of Staff of Army Group Below / Scholtz . On August 8, 1917 he was given command of the III. Reserve Corps and on September 5 of the same year he was appointed Commanding General of the XIV Army Corps. In his last employment during the war he was leader of the Guard Corps from November 2, 1917 until the end of the war . On September 30, 1919, his departure was approved and Böckmann retired.
Awards
- Order of the Red Eagle III. Class with the bow and crown
- Order of the Crown II class
- Prussian service award cross
- Commander II class of the House Order of Albrecht the Bear
- Commander II. Class of the order of the Zähringer lion
- Officer's Cross of the Bavarian Order of Military Merit
- Commander II class of the order of Philip the Magnanimous
- Commander of the Order of the Griffin
- Reussian Cross of Honor 2nd class
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Albrecht
- Cross of Honor of Schwarzburg III. class
- Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st class
- Commander of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern with swords in March 1915
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Pour le Mérite with oak leaves
- Pour le Mérite on October 8, 1916
- Oak leaves on June 1, 1917
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. 129-131.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps for 1914 , Ed .: War Ministry , Ernst Siegfried Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1914, p. 110
- ^ Army Pour le Merite Winners - Army Awards During World War I , alphabetical overview.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Böckmann, Alfred von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian Lieutenant General in the First World War |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 29, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Potsdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 19, 1921 |
| Place of death | Bad Wildungen |