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August von Cramon
(7.4.1861 - 19.10.1940)
place of birth:  Pawlau, Oberschlesien  (Powlow, PL)


August von Cramon was a Prussian cavalry officer who at mobilization was serving as Chief of General Staff for the VIIIth Army Corps. He was transferred to Vienna in 1915 to spend the remainder of the Great War functioning as Prussia's military liaison at k.u.k. Headquarters.
 





 
Assignments and Commands  (pre-War)
13.02.1883 Leutnant
19.09.1891 Oberleutnant
16.06.1896 Rittmeister
00.00.1898 Leib-Kürassier-Regiment ,,Großer Kurfürst” (Schlesisches) Nr. 1 - Breslau
00.00.0000 Großer Generalstab - Berlin
27.01.1903 Major
27.01.1909 Garde-Kürassier-Regiment - Berlin  (Cdr)
27.01.1912 VIII. Armeekorps - Koblenz  (Tülff von Tschepe und Weidenbach's Chief of Staff)
01.10.1912 Oberst
   
Assignments and Commands  (during Great War)
02.08.1914 VIII. Armeekorps - Koblenz  (Tülff von Tschepe und Weidenbach's Chief of Staff)
22.10.1914 unknown 
22.03.1915 Großer Generalstab - Österreich-Ungarn - Vienna  (German Liaison to Austro-Hungarian Great General Staff)
22.03.1915 Generalmajor
   
Pour le Merite:  n/a
highest rank:  Generalmajor





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