Detlof von Schwerin

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Detlof von Schwerin

Wilhelm Moritz Detlof Graf von Schwerin (born April 27, 1869 in Hildesheim , † May 31, 1940 in Haus Doorn , Netherlands ) was a German major general and court marshal of the abdicated Kaiser Wilhelm II in his exile in the Netherlands.

Life

Detlof came from the old noble family of those von Schwerin .

After attending a military academy Schwerin occurred on 22 March 1888 as a cadet in the 2nd Guards Field Artillery Regiment of the Prussian army one. As a second lieutenant , he served as adjutant of the 2nd division of his regiment from 1892 to 1895 and was then used as regimental adjutant. In this position promoted to prime lieutenant at the beginning of September 1896 , he graduated from the War Academy in Berlin from October 1896 to July 1899 for further training . Subsequently, he performed briefly troop service in his main regiment. Then from March 22, 1900 to May 17, 1901, he was assigned to the General Staff . With simultaneous promotion to captain Schwerin served from mid-May 1901 as court Major in Potsdam and was on January 27, 1904 adjutant of the Military Academy. On June 14, 1906, Schwerin was reassigned to his regular regiment, where he was appointed battery chief . He held this position until his transfer to the General Staff on September 1, 1909. On March 22, 1912 Schwerin was transferred to the General Staff of the 12th Division in Neisse as Major and First General Staff Officer (Ia) . A year and a half later he came to the XVII in the same capacity . Army Corps in Gdansk , with which he went to the First World War .

On January 25, 1915, he became Chief of the General Staff of the XX. Army Corps and in this capacity three months later lieutenant colonel . From May 26, 1915, Schwerin was also Chief of the General Staff of the 8th Army . With the formation of the Scholz Army Department on October 8, 1915, Schwerin also took over the post of Chief of the General Staff. After his commanding general Friedrich von Scholtz had given up the supreme command in January 1917, Schwerin followed him in June 1917 and became chief of the general staff of Army Group Scholtz. The headquarters of the Army Group was in Üsküb , Macedonia . It consisted mainly of troops from Tsarist Bulgaria and was able to hold the Salonika front until mid-September 1918. From October 6, 1918 only referred to as the "Scholtz" command, she submitted to the occupation army in Romania . In September / October 1918, the bar was in Leskovac , Nis , Jagodina , Belgrade and Bucharest quartered .

After the end of the war and return home, Schwerin was appointed chief of the general staff of the deputy XX. Army Corps used. From April 1, 1919 he was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the XVII. Army Corps deployed in Gdansk . On October 24, 1919, he was relieved of his position and transferred to the processing office of the 2nd West Prussian Field Artillery Regiment No. 36 . Just a month later, Schwerin was put on disposition at its own request and was given permission to wear the uniform of the Army General Staff.

From May 1920 Schwerin was a member of the International Border Commission for Schleswig on the part of the German Reich. After this task he received on 14 April 1921 character as Major General awarded.

From 1929 on, Schwerin was the private secretary and court marshal of the former Emperor Wilhelm II in his exile in the Netherlands.

Awards

literature

  • Karl-Friedrich Hildebrand, Christian Zweng: The knights of the order Pour le Mérite of the First World War. Volume 3: P-Z. Biblio Verlag, Bissendorf 2011, ISBN 3-7648-2586-3 , pp. 288-289.
  • Hanns Möller: History of the knights of the order pour le mérite in the world war. Volume II: M-Z. Bernard & Graefe publishing house, Berlin 1935, pp. 317-318.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i 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. 101
personal data
SURNAME Schwerin, Detlof von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schwerin, Wilhelm Moritz Detlof Graf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German major general
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Hildesheim
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 1940
Place of death House Doorn , Netherlands