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Dedo Heinrich Karl von Schenck
(11.2.1853 - 28.4.1918)
place of birth:  Schloss Mansfeld  (Saxony-Anhalt)


General of infantry who at mobilization commanded XVIII. Corps under Albrecht's Fourth Army. He became very ill in early 1917 and died one year later in Wiesbaden. Prior to the war, Schenck served as one of Kaiser Wilhelm II's adjutant generals. He was married to Helene von Wardenberg, daughter of Prince Friedrich August von Württemberg. They had three sons and one daughter.

 





 

Assignments and Commands  (pre-War)
01.05.1870  -  18.06.1870 Norddeutsche Kriegsmarine  (Cadet)
19.06.1870  -  30.09.1878 Kaiser Franz Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 2 - Berlin
19.07.1870  -  10.05.1871 Franco-Prussian War - 1870/71     (Lt:  18.10.1870) 
11.05.1871  -  30.09.1878 Kaiser Franz Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 2 - Berlin     
01.10.1878  -  22.06.1879 Königliche Kriegsakademie - Berlin     (Olt:  26.11.1878)
23.06.1879  -  23.09.1881 Kaiser Franz Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 2 - Berlin  (Adjutant)
24.09.1881  -  21.04.1883 4. Garde-Infanterie-Brigade - Brigade  (Adjutant)
22.04.1883  -  18.02.1884 Großer Generalsstab - Berlin     (Hpt:  12.2.1884)
19.02.1884  -  15.02.1899 4. Garde-Infanterie-Brigade  (Adjutant)     (Maj:  31.5.1892;  Obslt:  27.1.1899)
16.02.1899  -  17.04.1901 Grenadier-Regiment König Friedrich Wilhelm IV (1. Pommersches) Nr. 2 - Stettin  (Staff)
18.04.1901  -  26.01.1905 Kaiser Alexander Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 1 - Berlin  (Cdr)     (Ob:  18.5.1901)
27.01.1905  -  04.03.1908 Infanterie-Schulen  (Inspector of Infantry Training Facilities)     (GM:  22.4.1905)
05.03.1908  -  31.03.1909 2. Garde-Division - Berlin  (Cdr)     (GL:  4.4.1908)
01.04.1909  -  00.10.1911 General-Adjutant Seiner Majestät des Kaisers und Königs Wilhelm II  (Wilhelm II's Adjutant General)
00.10.1911  -  00.10.1912 14. Infanterie-Division - Düsseldorf  (Cdr)
00.10.1912  -  23.01.1917 XVIII. Armeekorps - Hessen  (Cdr)
   
Assignments and Commands  (during Great War)
02.08.1914  -  23.01.1917 XVIII. Armeekorps  =  6. Armee
24.01.1917  -  28.04.1918 convalescent leave
   
Pour le Merite:  4 October 1916
à la suite:  Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 1  (24.1.1917)
highest rank:  General der Infanterie

 



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