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Eduard Georg Gustav von Below
(1856 - 1942)
place of birth:  Graudenz  (Grudziadz - West Prussia)


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 died in Waynesville, Missouri.




 




 

Assignments and Commands  (pre-War)
00.00.0000 9. Infanterie-Division - Glogau  (Cdr)
   
Assignments and Commands  (during Great War)
02.08.1914 9. Infanterie-Division  =  5. Armee
11.09.1914 V. Armeekorps     (replaced Strantz)
   
Pour le Merite:  18 August 1917
highest rank:  General der Infanterie



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