Friedrich von der Becke

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Friedrich Leopold Carl Alexander von der Becke , from 1867 Freiherr von der Becke (born August 6, 1817 in Haus Kotten , Iserlohn district , † April 25, 1888 in Erfurt ) was a Prussian lieutenant general and inspector of the 3rd field artillery inspection.

Life

origin

The von der Becke family was one of the oldest noble families in Lower Saxony. His parents were the Munster captain a. D. and Herr auf Kotten Ferdinand von der Becke (1751–1833) and his wife Adolphine, née Freiin von Dücker (1793–1826), a sister of Theodor von Dücker .

Military career

Becke first attended the Catholic grammar school in Arnsberg and in 1833 switched to the Protestant grammar school in Dortmund. He then joined the 1st Company of the 7th Artillery Brigade of the Prussian Army as a gunner on June 7, 1835 and joined the 1st Mounted Battery in early October 1835 . For further training he attended the United Artillery and Engineering School with an interruption from October 1836 to September 1840 and in mid-June 1839 advanced to the position of aggregate secondary lieutenant . After the end of his training, Becke was appointed artillery officer in mid-December 1840 and from September 1845 he was assigned to the teaching squadron for one year. During the March Revolution in 1849 he was in the street fighting in Düsseldorf. Under awarding of the character as Premierleutnent he took his on June 11, 1850 Farewell to go for five years as an instructor in Turkey.

There Becke was employed as a lieutenant colonel in the Ottoman army and worked in 1853/55 as a general staff officer with Omer Pascha in the Crimean War against Russia. He fought on November 5, 1853 on the Danube near Oltenita , Turtukai, Rustschuk, Giurgiu and Silistra and the siege of Sevastopol . In addition to the Mecidiye Order IV class, he was awarded the commemorative coin for the campaign.

On July 7, 1855, Becke returned to Prussian service with his rank as Prime Lieutenant and was initially aggregated into the 5th Artillery Regiment . Promoted to captain on March 1, 1856, with a patent from December 1, 1855, he was appointed battery chief in the 7th Artillery Regiment. In 1858 he took over the riding battery. This was followed as a major from the end of July 1860, first in the General Staff and from the end of January 1861 in the General Staff of the 1st Army Corps . On June 17, 1862 he was appointed commander of the mounted division in the Pomeranian Artillery Brigade No. 2 in Garz. After the mobilization of the Danish army , Becke was assigned to the High Command of the Allied Army in Schleswig as the second artillery officer at the end of December 1863 . In this capacity he took part in the battles at Oberselk , Jagel and Vejle , the bombardment of Fredericia , as well as the assault on the Düppeler Schanzen and the transition to Alsen during the war against Denmark in 1864 . For this he received the Knight's Cross of the Leopold Order , the swords of the Red Eagle Order IV class and the Mecklenburg Military Merit Cross II class.

He was released from his command on December 18, 1864, promoted to lieutenant colonel in mid-June 1865 and, in 1866, when mobilizing on the occasion of the war against Austria, he was commander of the artillery of the 1st Army Cavalry Corps . In the battle of Königgrätz his horse was shot and he was slightly wounded in the eye by a shrapnel. Awarded the Order of the Crown III. After the peace treaty on October 30, 1866, Becke was appointed commander of the newly established field artillery regiment No. 9 in Rendsburg and was promoted to colonel in mid-April 1867 . King Wilhelm I elevated Becke to the hereditary Prussian baron on August 26, 1867, recognizing his former nobility under the law of the firstborn.

On September 24, 1869 he was transferred to Cologne as commander of the Westphalian Fortress Artillery Regiment No. 7 . Under position à la suite of Field Artillery Regiment No. 9, Becke received command of the 10th Artillery Brigade during the mobilization on the occasion of the war against France on July 21, 1870 , which he had with the X. Army Corps in the battles near Mars -la-Tour , Gravelotte , Beaune-la-Rolande and the Loire. In addition to both classes of the Iron Cross , he received the Commendation of Honor of the Oldenburg House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig with Swords and after the end of the war on November 28, 1871, the order Pour le Mérite .

After Becke was promoted to major general in mid-January 1872 , he took part as an observer in the artillery exercises of the Bavarian Army on the Lechfeld in July 1873 , and in mid-May 1875 received the command of the Order of Henry the Lion . He was appointed inspector of the 3rd field artillery inspection in Hanover on September 5, 1877 and promoted to lieutenant general on October 18, 1877. In this capacity he was awarded the Grand Cross of Honor of the Oldenburg House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig with Swords and the Grand Cross of the Order of Frederick . Under awarded the Red Eagle, First Class with oak leaves and swords on rings was Becke on 11 June 1881 board for disposition made. He died on April 25, 1888 in Erfurt and was buried there.

family

Becke married Emilie von Dücker (1829–1914) on April 26, 1860 in Rödinghausen . The couple had several children:

  • Adolphine (* 1861) ⚭ (divorce 1887) Hans Lehmann († 1903)
  • Heinrich (1862–1908), Prussian major ⚭ 1890 Frieda Freiin von Ledebur (* 1870)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the baronial houses for the year 1860. Tenth year, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1859, p. 150 f.
  2. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen Häuser to the year 1871. Volume one and twentieth, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1870, p. 25.
  3. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen Häuser. 1883. Year three and thirtieth, Justus Perthes, Gotha 1882, p. 163.
personal data
SURNAME Becke, Friedrich von der
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Becke, Friedrich Leopold Carl Alexander von der (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian lieutenant general and inspector of the 3rd field artillery inspection
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1817
PLACE OF BIRTH House Kotten , Iserlohn district
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 1888
Place of death Erfurt