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'''Gustav Richard Ernst Schmidt''' (24 April 1894 – 7 August 1943) was a [[Germans|German]] officer of the [[Prussian Army]], the [[Imperial German Army]], the [[Freikorps]], the [[Reichswehr]] and the [[Wehrmacht]], finally Lieutenant General of the [[Wehrmacht]] and [[recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves]] in [[World War II]].
==Life==
[[File:Gustav Richard Ernst Schmidt, 1922.jpg|right|315px]]
* 16 October 1916 Wounded
* 1 March 1919 Joined the Freikorps "von Oven" under Colonel [[Georg Karl Alfred von Oven]], serving first in the regimental staff, then as adjutant of the III. Battalion
** 5 to 20 March 1919 combat in [[Berlin]] and Spandau
** 20 March to 19 May 1919 combat in the Ruhr area
** 21 to 31 May 1919 deployment in [[Leipzig]], subordinated to the [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Freikorps_Landesj%C3%A4ger ''Freiwilliges Landesjägerkorps'']
*18 October 1919 Newly sworn-in as leader of the 3rd Company/Reichswehr-Infanterie-Regiment 103
** 6 November 1919 Granted permission to marry
** 20 December 1919 to 20 March 1920 deployment with the [[Grenzschutz Ost]] (Memel–Tilsit)
* 12 April 1920 (another sources states 16 May) Appointed court officer with the staff of the Reichswehr-Infanterie-Regiment 6
* 27 September with effect from 1 October 1920 15th Company/5. (Preußisches) Infanterie-Regiment
* 15 September with effect from 1 October 1923 Transferred to the 5th (Prussian) Cavalry Regiment and commanded to the Experimental Command of Military District Command II
* 27 August with effect from 1 October 1924 Transferred back to the 5. (Preußisches) Infanterie-Regiment
* 1 October 1925 Transferred to the regimental staff of the 5th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment
* 1 October 1927 Regimental adjutant of the 5th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment
* 1 October 1931 Appointed commander of the 11th Company/5th (Prussian) Infantry Regiment
** 2 August 1934 newly sworn-in
* 1 October 1934 Appointed adjutant in the staff of the Reichswehr Hamburg office
* 15 May 1935 Staff/Military District Command X (Hamburg)
* 15 October 1935 Staff/General Command X Army Corps (Hamburg)
==Death==
Most post-war sources state, General Schmidt committed suicide on 7 August 1943 to avoid capture by the [[Red Army]] in the course of the Soviet Belgorod-Kharkov Offensive Operation (it cannot be clearly determined whether this occurred before or after capture).
==Family==
Gustav was the son of Ernst Schmidt (d. 11 November 1932), Pastor in Carsdorf, later Naumburg, and his wife Elfriede, née Schöning.
===Marriage===
On 12 December 1919 in Greifswald, 1st Lieutenant Schmidt married his fiancée Maria Mayer (b. 11 November 1895), daughter of Dr. phil. Lic. theol. Gottlob Mayer (d. 14 February 1936 in Greifswald) and his wife Agnes, née Fischer. Maria's brother was Wehrmacht General Dr. rer. pol. Dr.-Ing. [https://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Mayer,_Johannes_(1893) Johannes "Hans" Theodor Mayer] (1893–1963), [[recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords]] in [[World War II]]. Her cousin was [[Generalarzt]] Dr. med. Hans Mayer (1896–1966), finally Senior Medical Officer (LSO) to the Wehrmacht Commander Netherlands. Gustav and Maria would have one son:
==Promotions==
* 10 February 1913 Fahnenjunker (Officer Candidate)
* 1 July 1913 Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (Officer Candidate with Corporal/NCO/Junior Sergeant rank)
* 18 October 1913 Fähnrich (Officer Cadet)
* 19 June 1914 Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant) with Patent from 23 June 1912
* 12 April 1942 Generalmajor (Major General) with effect and RDA from 1 April 1942 (75b)
* 21 January 1943 Generalleutnant (Lieutenant General) with effect and RDA from 1 January 1943 (59)
