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    Posted

    Hallo gentlemen,

    I need your help to complete and find some more informations about:

    Ludwig Gustav Adolf von ESTORFF, GdI (* 25. Dezember 1859 in Hannover; ? 5. Oktober 1943 in Uelzen)

    - Lt.-Pat. 15.04.1878 (1. Th?ringischen Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 31)

    - ???

    - 18.07.1894: Hauptmann in Swakopmund (Deutsch-S?dwestafrika)

    - 1904: Mayor (F?hrer from the Westabteilung (Herero-war)) ???

    - 1907 to 1911: commander Schutztruppe in Deutsch-S?dwestafrika

    - ???

    - 01.10.12-01.09.14: commander 68. Intanterie-Brigade

    - 15.05.15-30.08.16: commander 103. Intanterie-Division

    - 20.09.16-16.03.18: commander 42. Intanterie-Division

    - 16.03.18-17.12.18: commander Generalkommando 60

    - 17.12.18-20.01.19: commander 8. Armee

    Pour le M?rite 06.09.1917.

    I will be very appreciate for any information about him!

    Thanks and best regards, :cheers:

    Jens

    Posted

    Hi Jens,

    sch?nes Bild vom "alten R?mer".

    Seine Auszeichungen:

    plm, RAO2EXR, RAO3SXKrs2, KO2XR, KO3X, HOH3X, DA, SWA, BMV3X, BrH2bX, MMV2, SMK, SEK1X, WK2cX, ?EK2K

    Hier hast Du noch einen..

    Beste Gr??e

    Daniel

    Posted (edited)

    Jens,

    A bit more information on his career:

    Ludwig von Estorff (1859-1943)

    01.10.19-08.04.20 mit d. F?hr. d. Reichswehr Gruppen Kdo 3 beauftr., zugl. mit d. F?hr. d. Wehrkreis Kdo I beauftr.

    25.02.19-01.10.19 mit d. F?hr. d. I. AK beauftr.

    05.02.19-25.02.19 Gouv. v. K?nigsberg

    20.01.19-05.02.19 Offizier v.d. Armee

    17.12.18-20.01.19 stellv. Oberbefehlshaber d. 8. Armee

    16.03.18-17.12.18 F?hr. d. Gen. Kdo z.b.V. 60

    07.11.16-16.03.18 Kom. d. 42. Div.

    11.09.16-07.11.16 Offizier v.d. Armee

    11.05.15-11.09.16 Kom. d. 103. Inf. Div.

    11.09.14-11.05.15 Offizier v.d. Armee

    01.09.14 schwer verwundet- Lazarett

    01.10.12-01.09.14 Kom. d. 68. Inf. Brig. (Metz)

    20.03.11-01.10.12 Kom. d. Inf. R. 92 (Braunschweig)

    22.03.07-20.03.11 Kom. d. Schutztr. f. SWA (Windhut)

    04.01.06-22.03.07 Kom. d. 2. Feldregt. d. Schutztr. f. SWA

    25.06.04-04.01.06 Batl. Kom. i. 1. Feldregt. d. Schutztr. f. SWA (z. Verf?g. d. Kom. d. Schutztr.)

    19.02.04-25.06.04 i. Schutztr. f. SWA

    18.07.03-19.02.04 I./F?s. R. 35

    06.02.02-18.07.03 b.m.d. Stellvert. d. Kom. d. Schutztr. f. SWA

    12.03.01-06.02.02 Major i. Schutztr. f. SWA

    09.06.00-12.03.01 Major i. Schutztr. f. DOA

    18.04.00-09.06.00 k.z. Oberkomdo d. Schutztr., ? l.s. Gen. St.

    13.09.99-18.04.00 i. gr. Gen. St.

    04.06.94-09.07.99 Komp. Chef i. Schutztr. f. SWA

    11.06.94-04.06.94 i. Schutztr. f. SWA

    14.09.93-11.06.94 Chef 9./Inf. R. 31 (Altona)

    29.03.92-14.09.93 k.z. Gen. St. v. Inf. R. 31

    01.10.88-20.07.91 k.z. Kr. Akad. v. Inf. R. 31

    1888-01.10.88 in 9./Inf. R. 31 (Altona)

    1887 in 7./Inf. R. 31 (Altona)

    01.10.83-30.09.86 in 2./Unteroff. Sch. i. Marienwerder v. Inf. R. 31

    1879-1882 in 8./Inf. R. 31 (Altona)

    15.04.78 Sek.Lt. i. Inf. R. 31 (Altona)

    Gen.Maj. 01-10-12 U

    Oberst 20-04-09 V

    Oberstlt. 10-04-06 F3f

    Major 27-01-00 L2l

    Hptm. 14-09-93

    Oblt. 13-12-87

    Leutn. 15-04-78

    Andy

    Hi Jens,

    sch?nes Bild vom "alten R?mer".

    Seine Auszeichungen:

    plm, RAO2EXR, RAO3SXKrs2, KO2XR, KO3X, HOH3X, DA, SWA, BMV3X, BrH2bX, MMV2, SMK, SEK1X, WK2cX, ?EK2K

    Hier hast Du noch einen..

    Beste Gr??e

    Daniel

    Edited by arb
    Posted

    Hello, many thanks for your great help! :jumping:

    @Daniel: thank you for his award-list and the very nice picture! :)

    One question; why he was calling the "alter R?mer" ("old Roman")?

    @Andy: thank you for his complett information on his career! :)

    Best regards, :beer:

    Jens

    Posted

    @ Andy,

    thanks, as usual perfect!!!!

    @ Jens

    Somehow in SWA he hold a speech to his troops and told them something they had to do "like the old romans did", so from this speech the name came from.

    Best regards

    Daniel

    Posted

    ... Somehow in SWA he hold a speech to his troops and told them something they had to do "like the old romans did", so from this speech the name came from.

    Best regards Daniel

    ... great - thanks a lot! :cheers:

    Best regards,

    Jens

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