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     Arnold von Winckler    







Arnold Feodor Alois Maria Gustav von Winckler 
(17.2.1856 - 24.7.1945)
place of birth:  Neisse, Oberschlesien  (Nysa, Poland)


Silesian general of infantry who upon mobilization was in command of 2nd Guards Infantry Division (attached to Buelow's Second Army) on the Western Front. As commander of IV. Reserves (1915-16), he was awarded the Pour le Merite in for distinguished service during the Austro-German invasion of Serbia. He later replaced Gallwitz as commanding general of the Eleventh Army.







 
Assignments and Commands  (pre-War)
12.11.1874 Leutnant
00.00.1900 ,,Kaiser Alexander” Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 1 - Berlin  (Bn Cdr) 
17.05.1902 Garde-Schützen-Bataillon - Berlin-Lichterfeld  (Cdr)
14.06.1906 Infanterie-Regiment ,,Großherzog von Sachsen” (5. Thüringisches) Nr. 94 - Weimar
22.03.1910 57. Infanterie-Brigade (29.ID) - Freiburg im Breisgau  (Cdr)
21.04.1911 Inspektion der Infanterie-Schulen  (Inspector General of Infantry Training)
01.10.1912 2. Garde-Infanterie-Division - Berlin  (Cdr)
   
Assignments and Commands  (during Great War)
02.08.1914 2. Garde-Infanterie- Division  =  2. Armee
29.06.1915 XXXXI. Reservekorps     (replaced Francois)
11.09.1915 IV. Reservekorps     (replaced Gronau)
10.08.1916 11. Armee     (replaced Gallwitz)
22.03.1917 General der Infanterie
05.06.1917 I. Armeekorps     (replaced Eben)
25.02.1918 XXV. Reservekorps     (replaced Groener)
   
Pour le Merite:  27 November 1915  (Oakleaves:  15 June 1917)
highest rank:  General der Infanterie




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