Hermann Ritter von Lenz
(23.6.1872 - 20.12.1959)
place of birth:  Neu-Ulm, Bayern  (Bavaria)


Bavarian infantry officer who began the Great War as General von Fasbender's operations officer (Ia) with the I. Bavarian Reserve Corps. Lenz later built his wartime reputation serving as Crown Prince Rupprecht's Operation's Officer in 1916. He then served as a Chief of Staff at both the corps level and field army level. On 2 September of 1918, Lenz was put in command of the Bavarian 5th Infantry Regiment, but was seriously injured the following day and effectively removed from action for the the rest of the War. After retiring from the Army in 1921, von Lenz was brevetted as a major general in August of 1939.