Viktor von Grumbkow

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Viktor von Grumbkow in Ottoman uniform

Viktor Karl Ludwig von Grumbkow , also Grumbkow-Pascha , (born July 3, 1849 in Graudenz ; † July 1, 1901 in the Banat ) was a Prussian major general , Ottoman lieutenant general and adjutant general of Sultan Abdülhamid II. He was one of the officers who served in the Order of the German government to reorganize the military system in the Ottoman Empire .

Life

origin

Viktor came from the old Pomeranian noble family Grumbkow . He was a son of the Prussian captain Julius von Grumbkow (1814–1879) and his second wife Luise, née Honigmann (1823–1893).

Military career

After his school education, Grumbkow joined the 1st Artillery Brigade of the Prussian Army in April 1866 with the prospect of promotion . In mid-September 1867, he was transferred to Field Artillery Regiment No. 10 and two months later advanced to Second Lieutenant . Three years later, during the war against France , he fought with the 3rd light battery of his regiment on August 16, 1870 at the Battle of Vionville . Grumbkow was seriously wounded by a shrapnel on his nose and forehead. For his work he received the Iron Cross, 2nd class. After the war he attended the artillery and engineering school , where he acquired extensive knowledge in artillery organization, technology and tactics. Appointed department adjutant in his regiment in 1872. In 1873 he was assigned to the War Academy . After graduating, Grumbkow worked for several years as a teacher at the war school in Kassel . After serving as captain and battery chief , he was appointed teacher at the artillery and engineering school in December 1886 and promoted to major in 1889 .

Due to his artillery skills, Grumbkow was sent to Turkey in the same year and employed in the Ottoman army . He reorganized the artillery and rose to division general and wing adjutant to the sultan . As Inspector General of the Artillery, Grumbkow directed target practice, placing particular emphasis on quick fire readiness, safe shooting and quick change of position. But he also tried out new weapons and ammunition and reformed the administration. He took an active part in the Turkish-Greek War and was able to occupy Larisa on April 21, 1897 . Six days later, however, at the request of the German government, he had to leave the front for political reasons.

Granted the title of Pasha by the Sultan and promoted to Prussian Major General, he left Constantinople on June 29, 1901 . Two days before he was 52 years old, Grumbkow died on July 1, 1901 while he was returning to Germany between Orșova and Herkulesbad . He was buried in the Columbiadamm cemetery in Berlin .

family

He married Johanna Bodemer (* 1855) in Eilenburg on April 27, 1879. The couple had a daughter: Sybille Dorothe Franziska Auguste (born October 22, 1888).

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