Percy Baron von Ascheberg

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Percy Baron von Ascheberg
Percy Baron von Ascheberg.jpg
Birth date 11 June 1880(1880-06-11)
Place of birth Gut (estate) Groß-Buschhof near Jakobstadt, Kreis Friedrichstadt, Courland, Russian Empire
Death date 26 September 1952 (aged 72)
Place of death Hamminkeln, Wesel District, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Allegiance  German Empire
 Weimar Republic
 National Socialist Germany
Service/branch War and service flag of Prussia (1895–1918).png Prussian Army
Iron Cross of the Luftstreitkräfte.png Imperial German Army
Freikorps Flag.jpg Freikorps
War Ensign of Germany (1921–1933).png Reichswehr
Balkenkreuz.jpg Heer
Years of service 1899–1942
Rank Major General
Battles/wars World War I
World War II
Awards Iron Cross
Albrechts-Orden
House Order of Hohenzollern
Baltenkreuz
War Merit Cross (1939)
Relations ∞ 1919 Lucie Berens von Rautenfeld

Percy Ernst Eduard Baron von Ascheberg aus dem Hause Bresilgen (11 June 1880 – 26 September 1952) was a Baltic German officer of the Prussian Army, the Imperial German Army, the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht, finally Major General in World War II. The flight pioneers who, before the outbreak of the First World War on 1 August 1914, had passed the pilot's test in accordance with the regulations of the German Aviation Association (Deutscher Luftschiffer-/Luftfahrer-Verband; DLV) in Germany founded in 1902, were honorably called "Alte Adler" ("old eagles"). Baron von Ascheberg belonged to this elite.

Life (chronology)

The renowned Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Adeligen Häuser (1902)[1] states the first names as Percival "Percy" Ernst Eduard, the baptism entry of the Evangelical Lutheran parish of Buschhof (Nr. 108/1880) states Percy Ernst Eduard. There were no civil registry offices in the Russian Empire in 1880.
  • 1886 to 1890 Boys' school in Mitau, Courland
  • 1890 Emigrated to the Kingdom of Prussia
  • 1891 to 1895 Potsdam Cadet Corps
  • 1895 to 1898 Groß-Lichterfelde Cadet Corps
  • 1898 to 1899 Dr. Fischer's Military Preparatory Institute (Militär-Vorbereitungs-Anstalt des Dr. Fischer, Zietenstraße 22 in Berlin)
  • 23 September 1899 Leib-Grenadier-Regiment „König Friedrich Wilhelm III.“ (1. Brandenburgisches) Nr. 8
    • he quickly decided that he was more interested in field artillery than infantry.
  • 1 December 1900 Transferred to the Feldartillerie-Regiment von Podbielski (1. Niederschlesisches) Nr. 5
  • 27 January 1902 Commissioned as Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant) in the 2nd Battery/Feldartillerie-Regiment von Podbielski (1. Niederschlesisches) Nr. 5
  • 22 March 1908 Transferred to the 5th Battery of the Instruction Regiment (Lehr-Regiment) of the Field Artillery Firing School (Feldartillerie-Schießschule/Garde-Korps) in Jüterbog
    • later served in the 5th, 7th, 1st and finally 4th Battery
    • 1912 first flight lessons
  • 22 April 1913 Alter Adler (# 383) after receiving his flight license (pilot's certificate) for biplanes (Bristol) at Halberstadt airfield
  • 10 to 17 May 1913 Participant in the flight competition Prinz-Heinrich-Flug as an observer/navigator (Kondor-Eindecker) with pilot Josef Suwelack (1888–1915)
  • Summer/Autumn 1913 Transferred to the Flieger-Bataillon Nr. 1 of the Prussian Fliegertruppe together with Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich von Blanc (son of Louis Karl Emil von Blanc) among others
  • 1914 to 1918 World War I
    • 1 August 1914 Fliegerersatz-Abteilung 1 (FEA 1) or Feldflieger-Abteilung 29 (FFA 29)
    • 27 November 1914 Brieftauben-Abteilung Ostende (BAO), code name for a bomber group, under Wilhelm Siegert; Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen was an observer with the BAO at the time.
    • c. April/May 1915 to late 1915 Commander of the Feldflieger-Abteilung 31 (FFA 31)
    • c. spring 1917 Gruppenführer der Flieger 15 (Grufl 15), group leader of the pilots with the 15th German Army
      • When Kofl 4 (commander of the pilots of the 17th Army) Helmuth Wilberg went on leave in 1917, he was temporarily replaced by Baron von Ascheberg, as various Kofl 4 reports of the period show.
  • 1919 to 1920 Flying Freikorps with Border Guard East (Grenzschutz Ost)
  • 1 October 1920 With the staff of the Command Post (Kommandantur) Stettin
  • 1 July 1923 Commander of the 1st Company/5th Signals Battalion (5. Nachrichten-Abteilung)
  • 1 February 1925 With the staff of the 5th Division in Stuttgart
  • 1928 With the staff of the 16th Cavalry Regiment in Erfurt[2]
  • 30. September 1929 Commander of the 5th Signals Battalion (5. Nachrichten-Abteilung) in Stuttgart-Cannstatt as successor to Walter von Reichenau
  • 31 January 1933 Retired
  • 1 February 1933 Employee for national security affairs in the Reichswehr (L-Angestellter) as Oberst a. D.
    • until 1936 signals officer with the Command Post Glatz and Schweidnitz
  • 1 October 1933 National security officer or Landesschutz-Offizier as Oberst (L)
  • 5 March 1935 Supplemental officer or Ergänzungsoffizier as Oberst (E)
  • 1 October 1935 Transferred into Army Service Office 4
  • 1 October 1936 Commander of Military-District-Command (Wehrbezirk) Wesel
  • October 1942 to March 1945 Honorary volunteer employee (ehrenamtlich) of the district leadership of the NSDAP Wesel
  • 1 February 1945 His apartment in Wesel (Am Berliner Tor 2) was destroyed when the enemy bombed the city.
  • March to August 1945 Lived in Herzebrock, Westphalia
  • August 1945 to 26 September 1952 Lived in Hamminkeln

Memberships

  • 1923 to 1933 Chess Club Stuttgart (player)
  • 1933 to 1936 Chess Club Schweidnitz (director)
  • 1936 to 1944 Chess Club Wesel (player)
  • 1937 to 1945 Stamp Collectors' Association
  • German Reich War Veterans' League "Kyffhäuser" and NS-Reich War Veterans' League (NS-Reichskriegerbund)
  • Reich Air Defense Association (Reichsluftschutzbund)

Family

Percy was the son of lord of the manor (Gut Wolgund) Stephan Edgar Wilhelm von Ascheberg (1851–1917), district curator (Bezirkskurator) of the Courland Credit Association (Kurländischer Kreditverein), and his wife (∞ 1 October 1876) Helene Berens von Rautenfeld (b. 1 April 1857 at Estate Buschhof).[3] Percy had an older, Isalie Julie Aline (b. 30 May 1879), and a younger sister, professional nurse Meta Sophie Anna Virginie (b. 24 October 1882 in Sorgenfrei near Riga; d. 21 November 1919 in Charlottenburg). On 9 March 1890, Percy, who was to be sent to the Cadet Corps in the German Empire, was released from Russian subject status and admitted into the Prussian state as a subject on 18 August 1890.

Marriage

On 11 February 1919, Captain Baron von Ascheberg married his fiancée Lucie Helene Franziska Berens von Rautenfeld (b. 2 November 1895 in Baldohn). Their son Stephan Alexander Rötger was born on 2 January 1920 in Berlin-Schöneberg. Only two weeks later, on 16 January 1920, Lucie Baronin von Ascheberg died as a result of the difficult birth. Son Stephan (also written Stefan) served as an officer of the Wehrmacht, was wounded severely as an Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant) on the Eastern Front and died on 26 July 1942 at the main dressing station (Hauptverbandsplatz; HVP) in Samochina (Sanko 1/44). Major General Baron von Ascheberg was a broken man and retired only five days later.

Gallery

  • Percy Baron von Ascheberg, Entnazifizierung I.jpg
  • Percy Baron von Ascheberg, Entnazifizierung II.jpg
  • Percy Baron von Ascheberg, Entnazifizierung III.jpg
  • Percy Baron von Ascheberg, Entnazifizierung IV.jpg
  • Percy Baron von Ascheberg, Entnazifizierung V.jpg

Promotions

  • 23 September 1899 Fahnenjunker (Officer Candidate)
  • 18 April 1900 Fähnrich (Officer Cadet)
  • 27 January 1902 Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
  • 27 January 1911 Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
  • 8 October 1914 Hauptmann (Captain)
  • 1 February 1925 Major
  • 1 February 1930 Oberstleutnant (Lieutenant Colonel)
  • 1 October 1932 Oberst (Colonel)
    • Oberst a. D. and L-Angestellter on 1 February 1933
    • Oberst and L-Offizier on 1 October 1933
    • Oberst (E) on 5 March 1935
    • 1 June 1941 Active officer again
  • 1 June 1942 Generalmajor (Major General)

Awards and decorations

Percy Baron von Ascheberg, Entnazifizierung VI.jpg

References

  1. ↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Adeligen Häuser, 1902, p. 38
  2. ↑ Rangliste des Deutschen Reichsheeres, 1928, p. 64
  3. ↑ Genealogisches Handbuch der livländischen Ritterschaft, p. 891
  4. ↑ Rangliste der Königlich Preußischen Armee, 1914, p. 478
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