Erich von Warburg

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Erich von Warburg
Oberst von Warburg.jpg
Birth name Erich Albert Moritz Ernst von Warburg
Birth date 5 August 1864(1864-08-05)[1]
Place of birth Alt Waltersdorf, Kreis Habelschwerdt, Regierungsbezirk Breslau, Province of Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation
Death date 9 November 1924 (aged 60)
Place of death Beerberg near Marklissa, Kreis Lauban, Province of Lower Silesia, German Reich
Allegiance Germany Prussian Eagle.jpg Kingdom of Prussia
 German Empire
 Weimar Republic
Service/branch War and service flag of Prussia (1895–1918).png Prussian Army
Iron Cross of the Luftstreitkräfte.png Imperial German Army
War Ensign of the Reichswehr, 1919 - 1935.png Preliminary Reichswehr
Years of service 1883–1919
Rank Generalmajor (Major General)
Battles/wars World War I
Awards Red Eagle Order
Iron Cross
Prussian Order of the Crown
Relations ∞ 1896 Luise Freiin von Rotenhan

Erich Albert Moritz Ernst von Warburg (5 August 1864 – 9 November 1924) was a German officer of the Prussian Army, the Imperial German Army in WWI and the Vorläufige (preliminary) Reichwehr, finally Generalmajor and brigade commander. In June 1919 he was places at disposal (z. D.) and de facto retired.

Military career (chronology)

1917 summer issue of Die Woche – Moderne Illustrierte Zeitschrift with Erich von Warburg, Erich Rothardt, Generalleutnant Wilhelm von Sachs (1859–1936) and others
Von Warburg, in Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Adeligen Häuser, 1917, p. 980 and 1930, p. 641.jpg
  • Sekondeleutnant (2nd Lieutenant) on 18 November 1883[2]
    • Commissioned in the 1. Schlesisches Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 5 in Görlitz
      • as of Rangliste 1885 in the 4th Company
      • as of Rangliste 1887 in the 3rd Company (stationed in Hirschberg as of 1 April 1887)
    • c. 1889 Adjutant of the Jäger-Bataillon "von Neumann" (1. Schlesisches) Nr. 5 (the Jäger battalion had been renamed on 27 January 1889)
  • Premierleutnant (1st Lieutenant) in c. 1892
    • c. 1894 Adjutant of the 69. Infanterie-Brigade in Graudenz (subordinated to the 35. Division/XXVII. Armeekorps)
  • Hauptmann (Captain) on 27 January 1897 (later received a Patent with effect from 27 January 1896)
    • c. 1898 Commander of the 10th Company/Grenadier-Regiment "König Friedrich Wilhelm II." (1. Schlesisches) Nr. 10 in Schweidnitz
    • c. 1902 Commander of the 9th Company/4. Niederschlesisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 51 in Breslau
    • c. 1904 Commander of the 9th Company/5. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß in Spandau[3]
  • Major on 27 January 1907
    • 5. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß (aggregated)
    • c. 1908 Staff of the Kaiser Alexander Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 1 in Berlin
    • c. 1910 Commander of the 1st Battalion/Kaiser Alexander Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 1 in Berlin
    • 1913 Staff of the 8. Thüringisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 153
  • Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel) 16 June 1913[4]
    • 1 August 1914 Commander of the Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 36 (subordinated to the 5. Landwehr-Division)
  • Oberst (Colonel) on 18 June 1915
    • May 1916 Commander of the Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 216
    • January 1917 Commander of the 172. Infanterie-Brigade (subordinated to the 86. Infanterie-Division)
    • 31 May 1918 to 23 January 1919 Commander of the 112. Infanterie-Brigade (subordinated to the 56. Infanterie-Division) at the Western Front
  • Generalmajor (Major General) on 15 July 1918[5]
    • December 1918 Border protection in Westphalia
    • 8 February to 25 June 1919 Commander of the 40. Infanterie-Brigade

Family

Descent

Erich was the son of retired 1st Lieutenant of the Prussian Army Erich Karl Friedrich Wilhelm von Warburg (1828–1904) and his wife Hildegard Marie Agnes, née Prittwitz von Gaffron (1828–1906). His father was Ehrenritter Order of St. John (as of 31 December 1866) as state elder (Landesältester) and lord of the manor (Gut Alt Waltersdorf near Habelschwerdt). Erich was the youngest child and only son, he had three older sisters.

Marriage

On 25 September 1896, 1st Lieutenant von Warburg married his fiancée Luise Freiin von Rotenhan (b. 23 January 1874 at Gut Buchwald).[6] They had three sons:

  • Dodiko Erich Hermann (b. 8 February 1900 in Schweidnitz), commissioned in 1918 as 2nd Lieutenant in 1. Brandenburgisches Dragoner-Regiment Nr. 2, but probably too late to see action during WWI
  • Hermann-Wilhelm Albert Moritz Karl (b. 8 January 1901 in Schweidnitz; d. 18 April 1971 in Celle, West Germany); ∞ Wilhelmine-Christa Vera von Bachmayr (b. 27 January 1921 in Potsdam)
  • Albrecht Erich Eberhard Friedrich (b. 12 March 1903 in Breslau), officer of the Reichswehr and Wehrmacht, ⚔ in 1945

Awards and decorations (excerpt)

  • Prussian Centenary Medal 1897 (Zentenarmedaille)
  • Knight of Honour (Ehrenritter) of the Johanniter-Orden on 16 February 1898 as Captain and Company Commander in the Grenadier-Regiment "König Friedrich Wilhelm II." (1. Schlesisches) Nr. 10
  • Red Eagle Order (Roter Adlerorden), 4th Class with the Crown
  • Prussian Long Service Cross for 25 Years (Dienstauszeichnungskreuz), 1908
  • Knight of Justice (Rechtsritter) of the Johanniter-Orden in c. 1909[7]
  • Imperial Russian Sankt-Stanislaus-Orden, II. Class (RSt2)[8]

WWI

References

  1. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Uradeligen Häuser, 1908, p. 776
  2. ↑ Dienstalters-Liste der Offiziere der Königlich Preußischen Armee, 1918, p. 9
  3. ↑ Rangliste der Königlich Preußischen Armee, 1904, p. 136
  4. ↑ Rangliste der Königlich Preußischen Armee, 1914, p. 307
  5. ↑ Dienstalters-Liste der Offiziere der Königlich Preußischen Armee, 1919, p. 6
  6. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen Häuser, 1908, p. 645
  7. ↑ Rangliste der Königlich Preußischen Armee, 1909, p. 136
  8. ↑ Rangliste der Königlich Preußischen Armee, 1912, p. 138
  9. ↑ The Crown Order was gazetted in the Militär-Wochenblatt on 26 April 1917.
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