Max Freiherr von Lersner

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Max Freiherr von Lersner
Max Freiherr von Lersner, died II.jpg
Militär-Wochenblatt, November 1915, commemorating Major Freiherr von Lersner under "Our Heroes"
Birth name Maximilian Adalbert Martin Alphons Freiherr von Lersner
Birth date 11 November 1867(1867-11-11)
Place of birth Frankfurt am Main, Regierungsbezirk Wiesbaden, Province of Hesse-Nassau, Kingdom of Prussia, North German Confederation
Death date 19 July 1915 (aged 47)
Place of death Wiesbaden, Province of Hesse-Nassau, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Allegiance  German Empire
Service/branch War and service flag of Prussia (1895–1918).png Prussian Army
Iron Cross of the Luftstreitkräfte.png Imperial German Army
Years of service 1887–1915
Rank Major
Battles/wars World War I
Awards Red Eagle Order

Maximilian "Max" Adalbert Martin Alphons von Lersner, as of 1881 Freiherr von Lersner (11 November 1867 – 19 July 1915), was a German officer of the Prussian Army and the Imperial German Army, finally Major and battalion commander in World War I. Among other things, he was the holder of the order of decoration of the noble co-heritance of the House of Alten Limpurg, a patrician society founded in the middle of the 14th century in Frankfurt am Main.[1]

Life

Max Freiherr von Lersner, Offizier-Stammliste, Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 4, 1910.jpg

After attending Gymnasium and achieving his Abitur, Max Freiherr von Lersner joined the 4. Garde-Grenadier-Grenadier-Regiment Königin Augusta on 20 September 1887. The regiment in Koblenz and as of 1893 in Spandau was renamed "Königin Augusta Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 4" on 9 January 1890. On 1 January 1897, he was appointed adjutant with the provisional staff of the currently being formed 5. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß, on 22 March 1897, he was officially transferred to the new regiment in Berlin and served as regimental adjutant from 1 April 1897 to 10 April 1900. He was adjutant to a transport commander in the mobile escort command of the relief troops for the East Asian Occupation Brigade from 2 July to 27 October 1901.

On 6 May 1903, he left the 5. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß and was transferred back to the Königin Augusta Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 4, now stationed in Berlin (since 1897), and was appointed commander of the 11th Company. After over eight years of commanding his company, he was transferred to the staff of the Füsilier-Regiment "von Gersdorff" (Kurhessisches) Nr. 80 in Wiesbaden on 1 October 1913.

When the army was mobilized for WWI, Freiherr von Lersner was appointed commander of the I. Battalion/Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 80 (41. Reserve-Infanterie-Brigade / 21. Reserve-Division / XVIII. Reserve-Korps / 4. Armee). He was lightly wounded on the Western Front. In December 1914 or early 1915, he was appointed commander of the II. Battalion/Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 253 (subordinated to the 76. Reserve-Division) and was deployed to the Eastern Front starting with the Winter Battle in Masuria (Battle of Lyck).

Death

Major Freiherr von Lersner fell severely ill at the front and was transported to the Reserve Military Hospital I in Wiesbaden were he died on 19 July 1915.

Family

Max Freiherr von Lersner was the son of lord of the manor (Fideikommißherr auf Nieder-Erlenbach) Karl Wilhelm Heinrich von Lersner (1809–1892) and his wife (∞ 11 August 1841) from Vienna Eleonore Maria Aloisia, née Kletzl, as of 1832 Edle von Mannen (1821–1895). Max' father had joined the Imperial-Royal Army (k. k. Armee) of the Empire of Austria, the largest army of the German Confederation, almost twice as large as the Prussian Army. The von Lersner was of old German nobility, they had possessed a letter of imperial coat of arms from the Holy Roman Emperor since 1521. On 12 November 1881, the family was elevated to the rank of Freiherr in Darmstadt by the Grand Duke of Hesse, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig IV. Karl von Hessen und bei Rhein (1837–1892).

Max had seven siblings, among them his oldest sibling, sister Auguste Karoline Ludovika (1846–1936), who was married to General Wilhelm Ludwig Philipp Eberhard Edgar Freiherr Roeder von Diersburg (1832–1909).[2] His older brother Colonel Karl Eduard Wilhelm Freiherr von Lersner (b. 17 August 1863 in Frankfurt am Main) was a family father,[3] Knight of Honour of the Johanniter-Orden since 28 July 1902 and in WWI commander of the 180. Infanterie-Brigade. He was ⚔ on 23 July 1918 in France (La Golette Maison near Fère-en-Tardenois and Nesles-la-Montagne). Colonel Eduard Freiherr von Lersner was named for extraordinary bravery and gallantry on the plaques of honor in the Hall of Fame of the Berlin Armoury (Ruhmeshalle des Zeughauses).[4] One of his many nephews was Major General of the Wehrmacht Karl Freiherr von Lersner.

  • Lersner, Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen Häuser, 1917 I.jpg
  • Lersner, Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen Häuser, 1917 II.jpg
  • Lersner, Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen Häuser, 1917 III.jpg
  • Von Lersner, Frankfurt Main Cemetery I.jpg
  • Von Lersner, Frankfurt Main Cemetery II.jpg
  • Von Lersner, Frankfurt Main Cemetery III.jpg

Promotions

Max Freiherr von Lersner, wounded.jpeg
  • 20 September 1887 Fahnenjunker (Officer Candidate)
  • 17 April 1888 Fähnrich (Officer Cadet)
  • 15 January 1889 Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
  • 15 February 1896 Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant) without Patent (ernannt)
    • 30 May 1896 received Patent
  • 18 April 1903 Hauptmann (Captain)
  • 1 October 1913 Major

Awards and decorations (excerpt)

Max Freiherr von Lersner, died.jpeg

References

  1. ↑ Deutscher Ordens-Almanach, 1908, p. 887
  2. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen Häuser, 1907, p. 450
  3. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen Häuser, 1939, p. 299
  4. ↑ Mitte (Ruhmeshalle im Zeughaus), Berlin (Archive)
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