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     Eduard von Below    







Eduard Georg Gustav von Below
 (29.12.1856 - 13.1.1942)
place of birth:  Graudenz, Westpreußen  (Grudziadz, Poland)


German general of infantry who served as 9th Infantry Division commander in the years leading up to the war. He remained in this role at war's outbreak, heading the 9th Division under Hermann von Strantz' V. Corps (attached to Fifth Army). He later replaced Strantz as V. Corps commander. Von Below reportedly died in Waynesville, Missouri.



 
 
Assignments and Commands  (pre-War)
27.01.1906 7. Thüringisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 96 - Gera  (Cdr)
22.03.1910 17. Infanterie-Brigade - Glogau  (Cdr)
01.10.1912 9. Infanterie-Division - Glogau  (Cdr)     (replaced von Kathen)
   
Assignments and Commands  (during Great War)
02.08.1914 9. Infanterie-Division  =  5. Armee
02.02.1917 V. Armeekorps     (replaced von Oven)
09.11.1918 Armeeabteilung "C"  (Cdr until 24.12.1918)     (replaced Fuchs)     
   
Pour le Merite:  18 August 1917
highest rank:  General der Infanterie



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