General der Infanterie Walter von Bergmann Born: 16 Apr 1864 in Magdeburg Died: 07 Mar 1950 in Berlin-Dahlem Promotions:
F�hnrich (15 Apr 1882); Sekondeleutnant (16 Oct 1882); Premierleutnant (22 Mar 1891); Hauptmann (19 Mar 1896); Major (12 Sep 1902); Oberstleutnant (22 May 1909); Oberst (22 Apr 1912); Generalmajor (24 Dec 1914); Generalleutnant (15 Jul 1918); General der Infanterie (18 Dec 1920) Career:
Entered Army Service (15 Apr 1882)
F�hnrich in the 32nd Infantry-Regiment (15 Apr 1882-01 Oct 1890)
Adjutant of the I. Battalion of the 32nd Infantry-Regiment (06 Oct 1888-25 Oct 1889)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 145th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1890-25 Mar 1893)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1891-31 Jul 1894)
Transferred into the 3rd J�ger-Battalion (25 Mar 1893-22 Mar 1895)
Detached to the Grand General Staff (22 Mar 1895-19 Mar 1896)
Hauptmann in the Secondary-Allocation of the Grand General Staff (19 Mar 1896-01 Apr 1898)
Transferred into the Grand General Staff (01 Apr 1898-16 Dec 1899)
Company-Chief in the 109th Grenadier-Regiment (16 Dec 1899-22 Apr 1902)
Transferred into the Grand General Staff (22 Apr 1902-17 May 1902)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of 30th Division (17 May 1902-24 Apr 1904)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the General-Staff of XVI. Army-Corps (24 Apr 1904-30 Jan 1906)
Transferred into the Grand General Staff and Detachd to the War Ministry (30 Jan 1906-27 Jan 1908)
Commander of the III. Battalion of the 19th Infantry-Regiment (27 Jan 1908-22 Mar 1910)
Transferred into the Staff of the 19th Infantry-Regiment (22 Mar 1910-22 Nov 1910)
Chief of the General Staff of XV. Army-Corps (22 Nov 1910-01 Dec 1911)
Detached to the War Ministry (01 Dec 1911-19 Dec 1911)
Chief of the Army-Department in the War Ministry (19 Dec 1911-04 Jul 1913)
Commander of the 31st Infantry-Regiment (04 Jul 1913-01 Aug 1914)
Senior-Quartermaster of 1st Army (01 Aug 1914-13 May 1915) Rang ls Brigadekommandeur erhalten (24 Sep 1914)
Chief of the General Staff of 12th Army (13 May 1915-01 Jul 1915)
Chief of the General Staff of Army-Group Lochow (01 Jul 1915-17 Sep 1915)
Senior-Quartermaster of 12th Army (17 Sep 1915-24 Nov 1915)
Chief of the General Staff of 12th Army (24 Nov 1915-10 Oct 1916)
Chief of the General Staff of 8th Army (10 Oct 1916-16 Nov 1916)
Officer of the Army (16 Nov 1916-28 Nov 1916)
Chief of the General Staff of Military-Administration Romania (28 Nov 1916-25 Feb 1917)
Commander of the 113th Infantry-Division (25 Feb 1917-22 Sep 1918)
Delegated with the Leadership of Special-Purpose-General-Command 66 (22 Sep 1918-15 Dec 1918)
Officer of the Army (15 Dec 1918-19 Jan 1919)
Commander of the 13th Division (19 Jan 1919-01 Feb 1919)
Leader of Corps Bergmann in the Western Industrial Area in Westphalia (01 Feb 1919-08 Oct 1919)
Commander in Military-District V, Stuttgart (08 Oct 1919-08 Apr 1920)
Leader of Reichswehr-Group-Command 1 (08 Apr 1920-27 Sep 1920)
Commander-in-Chief of Group-Command I, Berlin (27 Sep 1920-21 Dec 1922)
Retired (21 Dec 1922) Uniforn des Infanterie-Regiments 6 verliehen (31 Oct 1925) Uniforn des Infanterie-Regiment 90 verliehen (20 Apr 1937)
Awards & Decorations
- Pour le m�rite: am 08.05.1918 als Generalmajor und Kommandeur der 113. Infanterie-Division
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- RK II. Klasse des Herzogl. Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden
- Kgl. Preuss. Roter Adler-Orden II. Klasse mit Schwertern und Eichenlaub
- Kgl. Preuss. Kronen-Orden II. Klasse mit Schwertern und Stern
- Kgl. Bayer. Milit�r-Verdienstorden II. Klasse mit Schwertern
- Komturkreuz I. Klasse des Kgl. S�chs. Albrechts-Orden mit Schwertern
- Kommentur II. Klasse des Kgl. W�rttembg. Friedrichs-Orden
- Kommandeurkreuz II. Klasse des Grossherzoglich Badischen Orden vom Z�hringer L�wen
- Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Grossherzoglich Mecklenburg-Schwerinsches Milit�r-Verdienstkreuz II. Klasse
- Grossherzoglich Mecklenburgisch-Strelitzsches Verdienstkreuz f�r Auszeichnung im Kriege II. Klasse
- Reussisches Ehrenkreuz I. Klasse mit Schwertern
- T�rkischer Eiserner Halbmond
- Verwundetenabzeichen, 1918 in Schwarz
- Kgl. Preuss. Dienstauszeichnungskreuz
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