Alfred von Lewinski (General, 1862)

Alfred Eduard August Hermann von Lewinski (born December 21, 1862 in Prenzlau , † September 21, 1914 in Chauny , France) was a Prussian major general and commander of the 33rd Infantry Brigade .

Life

origin

Alfred was the son of the same name of the Prussian general of the infantry Alfred von Lewinski (1831-1906) and his wife Anna Dorothea, née Pehlemann (1837-1906). Two of his brothers Wilhelm (1867–1942) and Felix (1869–1936) also rose to major general.

Military career

After attending grammar schools in Frankfurt (Oder) and Altona as well as the cadet houses in Plön , Berlin and Lichterfelde , Lewisnkie was transferred to the Guard Rifle Battalion of the Prussian Army as a second lieutenant on April 16, 1881 . From September 25, 1884 to March 12, 1888 he was adjutant of the battalion and graduated from October 1888 to June 1891 for further training at the military academy . He rose to Prime Lieutenant at the end of March 1890 and was assigned to the General Staff from March 29 to April 1, 1892 . Left in this command, he was transferred to the Grenadier Regiment "King Wilhelm I" (2nd West Prussian) No. 7 on September 14, 1893 . After he had been aggregated with the promotion to captain of the Great General Staff , Lewinski was two months later to the General Command of the XVI. Army Corps commanded and assigned to the General Staff on August 18, 1895. From April 17, 1897 to June 1, 1898 he was a company commander in Infantry Regiment No. 128 in Danzig . Subsequently assigned to the General Staff, Lewinski was transferred to the officer assigned to the General Staff on October 24, 1898 under position à la suite of his regiment.

On January 14, 1900 he received a field assignment as a company commander in the fusilier regiment "General-Feldmarschall Graf Moltke" (Silesian) No. 38 in Glatz . Lewinski was reassigned to the General Staff as a major on April 1, 1901 . This was followed by assignments in the General Staff of the 28th Division in Karlsruhe and at the command office in Posen from mid-June 1901 . On May 22nd, 1904 he became the commander of the 1st battalion in the infantry regiment "Graf Bülow von Dennewitz" (6th Westphalian) No. 55 . On March 1, 1907, he was the honorary Knight Order of Saint John was added and was from 11 September 1907 as a lieutenant colonel on the staff of the Grenadier Regiment "King Frederick III." (2nd Silesian) No. 11, . There he was promoted to colonel on November 16, 1910 and transferred to Meiningen on February 21, 1911 as commander of the 2nd Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 32 . With his promotion to major general Lewinski took over the 33rd Infantry Brigade stationed in Alzona on October 1, 1913.

After the beginning of the First World War , Lewinski led his large unit in the association of the 17th Infantry Division at Mons , Esternay , Boissey, Hongaarde, and Bitry . He was awarded the Iron Cross II. Class and was seriously wounded on September 20, 1914 in the storming of Nampcel in northern France. He succumbed to these wounds a day later in Chauny.

family

Lewinski married Gertrud Wilberg (* 1871) on October 8, 1893 in Görlitz . The daughters Ruth (* 1896), Ursula (* 1900) and Waltraud (* 1908) emerged from the marriage.

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 10, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1942], DNB 986919810 , pp. 101-102, no. 3103.