Gerd von Rundstedt (Major General)

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Gerd Arnold Konrad von Rundstedt (born February 19, 1848 in Berlin ; † January 4, 1916 in Heikendorf ) was a Prussian officer , most recently major general .

Life

Gerd von Rundstedt joined the Prussian Army Hussar Regiment No. 10 as an ensign in 1865 and was promoted to Second Lieutenant on July 20, 1866 . In the same year he took part in the German war . In 1869 Rundstedt rose to regimental adjutant and took part in the war against France in 1870/71 . For his achievements he received the Iron Cross, 2nd class.

After the war he graduated from the War Academy by 1874 . On March 12, 1881, he was promoted to Rittmeister and at the same time appointed squadron chief . Rundstedt was transferred to Hussar Regiment No. 13 on December 12, 1882 in the same capacity . From July 8, 1886, he served as an adjutant of the 21st Division . As a major , Rundstedt came to the staff of Hussar Regiment No. 16 in 1893 and was appointed regimental commander. In the further course of his military career, Rundstedt was promoted to colonel on January 27, 1899 and deployed as commander of the Landwehr district of Kiel . For his services in the troop leadership Rundstedt was awarded the Red Eagle Order III. Class with ribbon, the Order of the Crown II. Class as well as the Order of the Iron Crown II. Class and the Commander of the Franz Joseph Order . In 1905 he was adopted as a major general, conferring his character .

During the First World War was Rundstedt as an officer z D reused and served as inspector of the replacement squadrons of IX. Army Corps .

He was married to Adelheid Fischer (1856–1925). From the marriage u. a. later General Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt emerged.

literature

  • Herbert von Thielen: History of the Magdeburg Hussar Regiment Nt. 10. 1813-1888. Hahn'sche Buchhandlung, Hanover 1888, p. 289.
  • Felix Kühls: History of the Royal Prussian Hussar Regiment King Humbert of Italy (I. Kurhessisches) No. 13. For the centennial foundation day. Verlag Herman Minjon, Frankfurt am Main 1913, p. 715.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Prussian War Ministry (ed.): Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg) Army Corps for 1904. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1904, p. 852.
  2. ↑ German Officer Association (Ed.): Honor ranking list of the former German Army. ES Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1926, p. 699.
  3. ^ Sönke Neitzel:  Rundstedt, Karl Rudolf Gerd von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-428-11203-2 , p. 258 f. ( Digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Rundstedt, Gerd von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian major general
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH January 4, 1916
Place of death Heikendorf