Ferdinand of Ledebur

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Friedrich Otto Ferdinand Freiherr von Ledebur (born September 6, 1848 in Seehausen ; † December 1, 1916 ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

Ferdinand was a son of the Prussian lieutenant colonel Ferdinand Freiherr von Ledebur (* 1797) and his wife Albertine, born von Ribbeck († 1852).

Military career

After attending grammar schools in Zerbst and Berlin , Ledebur joined the 5th Pomeranian Infantry Regiment No. 42 of the Prussian Army as a volunteer on January 25, 1866 . In the same year he took part in the battles at Gitschin and Königgrätz during the war against Austria . Awarded the Second Class Military Honor , Ledebur advanced to Second Lieutenant after the peace treaty in mid-October 1866 and was transferred to Infantry Regiment No. 75 in Stade at the end of the month . For the duration of the mobilization on the occasion of the war against France , he was in command of the 1st Battalion of the Landwehr Regiment No. 75 in Bremen in 1870/71. After serving in the replacement battalion, Ledebur was commanded from January 1872 to mid-August 1873 to serve in the occupation army in France with the Oldenburg Infantry Regiment 91 . As Prime Lieutenant , from December 1875 to September 1876, he was assigned to serve at the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion No. 14 in Schwerin . Promoted to redundant captain in mid-September 1881 , Ledebur was appointed chief of the 7th Company in Harburg on April 15, 1882 . At the end of March 1893 he was transferred as a major to the Fusilier Regiment “General-Field Marshal Prince Albrecht of Prussia” (Hannoversches) No. 73 . From April 18, 1893 to April 16, 1897, Ledebur was the commander of the 2nd battalion and was then transferred to the staff of the Lower Rhine Fusilier Regiment No. 39 in Düsseldorf under promotion to lieutenant colonel . With the promotion to colonel , he was appointed commander of the 4th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 72 in Torgau on March 22, 1900 .

On July 9, 1900, Ledebur resigned from the army and joined the East Asian Expeditionary Corps in order to take part in the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion in China. As commander of the 3rd East Asian Infantry Regiment, he carried out various operations from Tientsin and took part in battles on the Great Wall , the Tschan-tschon-ling and Ling-ling-Kuan. After the end of the fighting, Ledebur was appointed commander of the 2nd East Asian Infantry Regiment of the East Asian Occupation Brigade on June 6, 1901 and was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle III. Class awarded with bow and swords. Due to the reduction in the troop contingent, he resigned from the occupation brigade on February 11, 1903 and was re-employed in the army with officers from the army with assigned residence in Berlin. With effect from April 1, 1903, he was initially commissioned to lead the 50th Infantry Brigade (2nd Grand Ducal Hessian) and on April 18, 1903, Ledebur was appointed major general brigade commander in Mainz . In this position Ledebur received the Red Eagle Order II. Class with oak leaves and swords on the ring as well as the Star for the Crown Order II. Class from Emperor Wilhelm II and Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig awarded him Commander I Class of the Order of Merit of Philip the Magnanimous . Under awarding of the character he was on 20 March 1906, the legal as Lieutenant General Board for disposition made.

After his departure he lived in Cunnersdorf near Hirschberg .

literature

  • [Paul] von Seebach: List of officers of the Royal Prussian 4th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 72. 1860–1910. Uhlandsche Buchdruckerei, Stuttgart 1910, pp. 24-25.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the barons houses for the year 1869. Nineteenth year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1868, p. 499.
  2. ↑ Walther Hubatsch (ed.): Böhmen, Frankreich, China 1866–1901: Memories of a Prussian officer. Grote Verlag, Cologne / Berlin 1981, ISBN 978-3-7745-6455-8 , p. 307.
  3. ^ Military weekly paper . No. 109 of September 10, 1904, p. 2619.
  4. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 119 of September 26, 1905, p. 2727.
  5. ^ Military weekly paper. No. 116 of September 19, 1905, p. 2673.
personal data
SURNAME Ledebur, Ferdinand von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ledebur, Friedrich Otto Ferdinand Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Seehausen
DATE OF DEATH December 1, 1916