Johannes Simon (General)

This article deals with Lieutenant General Johannes Simon. For other people see Johann Simon .

Johannes Karl Eduard Simon (born May 2, 1855 in Berlin ; † August 24, 1929 there ) was a Prussian lieutenant general .

Life

origin

He was the son of the owner of the Simons pharmacy in Berlin, Karl Simon (1822-1883) and his wife Elisabeth, née Jordan (1830-1903).

Military career

Simon attended the higher boys' school of Dr. Wohlthat as well as the French grammar school and the cadet house in Berlin. Subsequently, on April 19, 1873, he was transferred to the 1st Hessian Hussar Regiment No. 13 of the Prussian Army as a characterized Portepeefähnrich . Dismissed from the reserve after almost two years of service , Simon subsequently completed various reserve exercises with the Brandenburg Hussar Regiment (Zietensche Hussars) No. 3 and in mid-December 1875 advanced to secondary lieutenant in the reserve. At his request, he was accepted into active employment on February 12, 1876 and employed in the 1st Hanoverian Dragoon Regiment No. 9 . From October 1, 1884, Simon graduated from the War Academy for three years for further training and has since been promoted to Prime Lieutenant . On July 15, 1890, he was commanded as adjutant to the 34th Cavalry Brigade in Metz and in this position was promoted to Rittmeister in mid-February 1891 . From February 16, 1892 to August 17, 1896 he served as squadron chief in the 2nd Hanoverian Dragoon Regiment No. 16 and then worked as an adjutant at the General Command of the VII Army Corps in Münster . Left in this position, Simon was transferred to the 2nd Badische Dragoon Regiment No. 21 as a major on January 27, 1898 . For two years he led the 5th squadron of the Magdeburg Dragoon Regiment No. 6 in Diedenhofen and then joined the staff of the Uhlan Regiment “Prince August of Württemberg” (Posensches) No. 10 in Züllichau . On June 14, 1904 Simon was appointed commander of the Schleswig-Holstein Lancers Regiment. 15 in Saarburg appointed and in this position on September 15, 1904. Lieutenant Colonel and on 14 April 1907, Colonel promoted. On April 20, 1910, Simon was entrusted with the command of the 33rd Cavalry Brigade stationed in Metz and at the end of April was awarded the Order of the Crown, Second Class , for his services in command of the troops . After he was appointed commander of the large association on May 17, 1910 , Simon fell from his horse during the autumn exercises and sustained serious injuries. He was promoted to major general on March 20, 1911 , but had to submit his departure due to illness . With the award of the Order of the Red Eagle II. Class with Oak Leaves, Simon was put up for disposal on April 22, 1912 with the statutory pension .

After the outbreak of World War I , Simon was re-used as a ZD officer and from mid-November 1914 commanded the 6th mixed Landwehr infantry brigade. On March 22, 1916 he was given the character of Lieutenant General and on March 25, 1917, Simon was appointed commander of the 72nd Reserve Infantry Brigade, which he continued to command after the conversion to the 1st Landsturm Brigade. On September 1, 1917, Simon was given command of the 43rd Reserve Infantry Brigade. With the large association he was able to prove himself particularly during the fighting in Flanders and around the Kemmelberg . After he had received both classes of the Iron Cross , he was awarded the swords to the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class with oak leaves. Simon's mobilization provision was lifted after the end of the war on December 20, 1918.

After his departure he was the founder of the officers' association of the Schleswig-Holstein Uhlan Regiment No. 15 and since 1927 its honorary chairman.

family

Simon married Laura von Hänisch (1865–1953) on June 16, 1890 in Magdeburg . She was a daughter of the Prussian general of the cavalry Carl von Hänisch .

literature

• Kurt von Priesdorff : Soldier leadership . Volume 10, Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt Hamburg, undated [Hamburg], undated [1942], DNB 986919810 , pp. 112-114, no. 3109.