Edwin Sunkel

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Edwin Louis Norbert Sunkel (born June 6, 1854 in Fulda ; † January 2, 1931 ) was a Prussian infantry general .

Life

origin

Sunkel was the son of a Prussian lieutenant colonel a. D. , last commander of the 1st battalion in Landwehr Regiment No. 23, and his wife Sophie, née Arnold. His older brother Ferdinand Hermann (* 1852) also embarked on a military career and was a lieutenant colonel for the station commandantur of Brest-Litovsk during the First World War .

Military career

After his upbringing in his parents' house, Sunkel attended high schools in Hanau , Marburg and Neisse as well as the Berlin Cadet House . On April 28, 1872, he was transferred to the 4th Upper Silesian Infantry Regiment No. 63 of the Prussian Army as a characterized Portepeefähnrich . There he received the patent for his rank on December 12, 1872 and was promoted to second lieutenant on October 16, 1873 . As such, Sunkel was adjutant of the 2nd Battalion from the beginning of October 1877 to the end of September 1880 and from mid-February 1883 to mid-November 1887 . In the meantime he was promoted to prime lieutenant , he then acted as regimental adjutant. At the same time he was promoted to captain , Sunkel was appointed chief of the 5th company on April 16, 1889 . In the summer of 1894 he took part in the General Staff trip to the VI. Army Corps . On June 18, 1895 he was assigned to Danzig as adjutant of the General Command of the XVII. Army Corps . Leaving in this position Sunkel was on 30 May 1896 as a supernumerary Major in the Infantry Regiment. 144 was added. On January 27, 1898 he returned to the service and was commander of the III. Battalion in the 1st Nassau Infantry Regiment No. 87 in Mainz . From July 25, 1902 to June 14, 1905 Sunkel worked as a lieutenant colonel in the staff of the 4th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 72 in Torgau . Subsequently, the 3rd Lorraine Infantry Regiment No. 135 aggregated and transferred to Diedenhofen , Sunkel was commissioned on August 18, 1905 with the leadership of the unit . As a colonel , he was regimental commander from September 15, 1905 to January 26, 1910. This was followed by a job as commander of the 30th Infantry Brigade in Koblenz while being promoted to major general . On April 22nd, 1912, he was appointed inspector of the Landwehr inspection in Essen , conferring the character of Lieutenant General. In this capacity, Sunkel received the star for the Order of the Crown, 2nd class, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Wilhelm II's reign .

With the outbreak of the First World War, Sunkel was appointed commander of the 27th Reserve Infantry Brigade on August 2, 1914. As part of the 14th Reserve Division , he led his brigade to neutral Belgium , where he initially took part in the conquest of Namur . This was followed by fighting in France around Maubeuge and on the Aisne . These dragged on at the end of October 1915. After a brief refresher Sunkels was major unit from the end of December 1915 at the trench warfare before Verdun . On June 5, 1916, he received the patent as Lieutenant General and was appointed commander of the newly formed 187th Infantry Division . With this large association he was initially in position battles in Upper Alsace and moved to the local theater of war at the end of August 1916 after Romania's declaration of war . Here he was mainly employed in Transylvania . In February 1917 his division moved back to the Western Front , took part in the trench warfare in Lorraine and took part in the battles on the Aisne and in Flanders . From December 1917 the division was again in trench warfare. At the beginning of March 1918, Sunkel was awarded the star for the Red Eagle Order II. Class with Oak Leaves and Swords for his achievements . From March 21 to April 6, 1918 he took part in the spring offensive. After the German attack efforts ceased, Sunkel fought between Arras and Albert . In May 1918 he was relieved of his post and became the general of the infantry his farewell .

family

Sunkel was married to Lily von Chaparède.

literature

  • Johannes von Seebach: List of officers of the Royal Prussian 4th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 72. 1860-1910. Uhlandsche Verlagsdruckerei, Stuttgart 1910, pp. 185–186.
  • Hermann Hildenbrand: Stammliste of the 1st Nassau Infantry Regiment No. 87. Prickarts Verlag, Mainz [1909], pp. 164–165.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Günter Wegmann (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Formation history and staffing of the German armed forces 1815-1990. Part 1: Occupation of the German armies 1815–1939. Volume 2: The occupation of the active infantry regiments as well as Jäger and MG battalions, military district commands and training managers from the foundation or list until 1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1992, ISBN 3-7648-1782-8 , p. 343.
  2. ↑ August Maurhoff: Officer list of the Royal Prussian Infantry Regimentv. Winterfeldt (2. Oberschlesisches) No. 23. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1913, pp. 424-425.
  3. ↑ German Officer Association (Ed.): Honor ranking list of the former German Army. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1926, p. 717.
  4. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 53 of April 25, 1912, p. 1166.
  5. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 78/80 of June 14, 1913, p. 1824.
  6. ↑ Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815–1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 , p. 348.
  7. ^ Prussian War Ministry (ed.): Ranking list of officers of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg Army Corps 1917. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1917, p. 4.
  8. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 109 of March 12, 1918, p. 2649.
  9. ↑ German Officer Association (Ed.): Honor ranking list of the former German Army. ES Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1926, p. 53.
personal data
SURNAME Sunkel, Edwin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sunkel, Edwin Louis Norbert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian general of the infantry
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH Fulda
DATE OF DEATH January 2, 1931