Ignace of Godin

Ignaz Freiherr von Godin (born May 20, 1866 in Munich , † September 28, 1917 in Gits ) was a Bavarian major general in the First World War .

Life

family

He was the son of the later Bavarian infantry general Christoph von Godin and his first wife Marie, née Freiin von Pfetten -Füll.

Godin had married Franziska Freiin von Feilitzsch in 1891. She was the daughter of the Bavarian Interior Minister Maximilian von Feilitzsch . The marriage had two children.

Military career

Godin first attended the Pagerie , made 1884 Abitur at the Wilhelm Gymnasium München and subsequently resigned as Portepeefähnrich in the Infantry Regiment body of the Bavarian army one. After successfully completing war school, Godin was promoted to second lieutenant on June 8, 1886 . From 1891 to 1893 he was assigned to the Weilheim district command as an adjutant . From October 1895 Goldin graduated from the War Academy for three years , which made him qualified for the General Staff and the subject. In the meantime promoted to prime lieutenant, he was then adjutant of the Minister of War Adolph von Asch . On March 21, 1900, he was promoted to captain and in September Goldin was appointed company commander in the infantry body regiment and chamberlain . For two years from 1902 he acted as the military companion of Prince Heinrich of Bavaria before he was transferred to the General Staff of the 1st Division . Promoted to major here in March 1907 , Godin was shortly afterwards assigned to the Great General Staff in Berlin and was also a military member of the Bavarian Senate at the Reich Military Court until 1909 . He then returned to service and was given command of the 1st Battalion of the 4th Infantry Regiment "King Wilhelm of Württemberg" in Metz . As a lieutenant colonel , he was appointed Chief of the General Staff of the II Army Corps in 1911 . In this position promoted to colonel on January 25, 1913 , Godin received the Cross of Honor of the Order of Merit of St. Michael for his services and finally rose to commander of the 1st Infantry Regiment "König" in December of the same year .

Godin also commanded this association when the First World War broke out. After the mobilization, his regiment took part in the border battles and the Battle of Lorraine in conjunction with the 1st Infantry Division in the 6th Army . This was followed by the battle of Nancy - Épinal and on the Somme . In the course of this, the regiment was placed under the 2nd Infantry Division and Godin was promoted to major general in September 1914. In October, the stepped trench warfare one. He gave up his regiment on April 9, 1915 and was then appointed commander of the 10th Infantry Brigade . With this large association he was in position battles between the Meuse and Moselle , took part in the autumn battle in Champagne and in September 1916 in the battle of the Somme . On October 28, 1916, Godin was finally given command of the 6th Infantry Division , which at that time was involved in fighting in Flanders and Artois . During the Battle of Flanders , Goldin was so badly wounded at Gits that he died the next day.

He had been awarded both classes of the Iron Cross and the Military Merit Order II. Class with Swords for his achievements during the war .

literature

• Othmar Hackl : The Bavarian War Academy (1867-1914). CH Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-406-10490-8 , p. 449.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Leonhard Lenk: Feilitzsch, Maximilian Alexander Graf von. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie 5. (1961), p. 57f.
2. ^ Annual report from the K. Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Munich 1883/84
3. ↑ Othmar Hackl: The Bavarian War Academy (1867-1914). CH Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-406-10490-8 , p. 449.
4. ^ Bavarian State Statistical Office (ed.): Court and State Manual of the Kingdom of Bavaria for the year 1914. Munich 1914, p. 40.
5. ↑ Othmar Hackl: The Bavarian War Academy (1867-1914). CH Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-406-10490-8 , p. 264.