Willy of Livonius
Willy Franz Karl Pius von Livonius (born April 17, 1871 in Hammerstein , † July 10, 1946 in Berlin ) was a Prussian officer , most recently major general .
Life
Willy was a son of Lieutenant General z.D. Wilhelm von Livonius and his wife Clara, a born from Livonius . He was brought up in his parents 'house, at the higher boys' school of Dr. Döbbelin in Berlin, as well as the cadet institutions in Potsdam and Groß-Lichterfelde .
On February 8, 1890, Livonius was transferred to the Guard Fusilier Regiment as an ensign and on January 18, 1891 was appointed second lieutenant (patent dated February 8, 1890). To 20 July 1899 containing from 1 October 1896 Military Academy drafted and there on April 1, 1898 First Lieutenant promoted. On October 1, 1900, he was transferred to the General Staff and there on March 22, 1902, he was promoted to redundant captain . On November 20, 1903 in the General Staff of the XI. Army corps detached. Afterwards Livonius was on October 1, 1905 as a company commander in the 3rd Thuringian Infantry Regiment. 71 after Erfurt added.
On October 18, 1907, he was assigned to the embassy in Washington and the embassy in Mexico as a military attaché . Enlisted in the Army General Staff on April 1, 1908. As a major (since September 10, 1908) he was then in the General Staff of the 14th Division and from April 22, 1912 commander of the 2nd Battalion of the King Infantry Regiment (6th Lorraine) No. 145 in Metz .
First World War
During the First World War, Livonius held the following posts:
- December 26, 1914 to August 4, 1915 Commander of the infantry regiment "Prince Leopold von Anhalt-Dessau" (1st Magdeburg) No. 26
- March 28, 1916 to February 20, 1917 Commander of the 8th Lorraine Infantry Regiment No. 159
- Appointed Colonel April 18, 1917 and in 1918 commander of the 94th Reserve Infantry Brigade .
- January 31, 1919 to April 15, 1919 Commander of the King's Infantry Regiment (6th Lorraine) No. 145
family
Livonius was married twice. On March 25, 1899, he married Eleonor, née Claußen, in Berlin. After she died on February 21, 1905 in Kassel, he married Auguste, née Schmidt-Bürkli, on April 9, 1906, also in Berlin.
Awards
- Right knight of the Order of St. John
- Red Eagle Order IV class
- Order of the Crown III. class
- Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Duke of Saxony-Ernestine House Order
- Cross of Honor of Schwarzburg III. class
swell
- Genealogical handbook of the nobility, Adelige Häuser B Volume XI, 1974, CA Starke-Verlag, Limburg an der Lahn, p. 260.
- List of officers of the Guard Fusilier Regiment from 1826 to 1918, Magnus von Eberhardt, Klasing, Berlin 1922.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Isenburg: The King's Infantry Regiment (6th Lothring.) No. 145 in the Great War 1914-1918 . Verlag Klasing & Co. Berlin 1923. Volume II, From the arrival in the area of the 2nd Army (November 22, 1917) to demobilization and dissolution , pp. 198–206.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Ranking list of the Royal Prussian Army and the XIII. (Royal Württemberg Army Corps for 1914 , Ed .: War Ministry , Ernst Siegfried Mittler & Son , Berlin 1914, p. 299
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Livonius, Willy von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Livonius, Willy Franz Karl Pius von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian officer, most recently major general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hammerstein |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 10, 1946 |
| Place of death | Berlin |