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Otto Hermann Hugo Ferdinand von Plüskow  
(1852 - 1925)
place of birth:  Weimar  (Thuringia)


General of Infantry who commanded the XI. Corps at outbreak. He started out under Hausen's Third Army but was soon detached to besiege Namur. At the end of August 1914, XI. Corps was transferred to the Hindenburg's Eighth Army on the Eastern Front.







 
 

Assignments and Commands  (pre-War)
01.04.1872  -  31.03.1880 1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß - Potsdam     (Lt:  16.10.1873) 
01.04.1880  -  02.04.1883 Unteroffizierschule - Potsdam  (Adjutant)     (Olt:  21.5.1882)
03.04.1883  -  18.12.1886 In the service of the Erbprinz von Sachsen-Meiningen
19.12.1886  -  18.12.1887 1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß - Potsdam
19.12.1887  -  26.01.1888 1. Garde-Infanterie Brigade - Potsdam  (Adjutant)
27.01.1888  -  21.03.1902 1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß - Potsdam  (Coy and Btn Cdr)     (Hpt:  19.9.1888;  Maj:  30.5.1896)
22.03.1902  -  26.01.1905 Schloßgarde-Kompanie des Kaisers  (Coy Cdr and Aide-de-Camp)     (Obslt:  22.3.1902)
27.01.1905  -  01.05.1908 Kaiser Alexander Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 1 - Berlin  (Cdr)     (Ob:  27.1.1905)
27.01.1905  -  01.05.1908 Flügeladjutant Seiner Majestät des Kaisers und Königs Wilhelm II  (Wilhelm II's Aide-de-Camp)     (concurrent with above)
02.05.1908  -  02.04.1911 1. Garde-Infanterie Brigade - Potsdam  (Cdr)     (GM:  27.1.1909)
03.04.1911  -  31.12.1913 25. Infanterie-Division - Darmstadt  (Cdr)     (GL:  21.4.1911)
01.01.1914  -  11.03.1917 XI. Armeekorps - Kassel  (Cdr)
   
Assignments and Commands  (during Great War)
02.08.1914  -  11.03.1917 XI. Armeekorps  =  3. Armee
12.03.1917  -  10.05.1917 VIII. Armeekorps     (replaced Dieffenbach)
11.05.1917  -  11.11.1918 zur Disposition gestellt
   
Pour le Merite:  11 May 1917
highest rank:  General der Infanterie

 



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