General der Kavallerie Franz Freiherr Kreß von Kressenstein Born: 23 Jul 1881 in Augsburg Died: 14 Jan 1957 in Planegg Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (01 Nov 1900); Fähnrich (06 Feb 1901); Leutnant (09 Mar 1902); Oberleutnant (03 Mar 1911); Rittmeister (26 Jun 1914); Major (01 Jul 1921); Oberstleutnant (01 Feb 1926); Oberst (01 Nov 1930); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1933); Generalleutnant (01 Apr 1935); General der Kavallerie (01 Oct 1936) Career:
Entered Army Service (15 Jul 1900)
Fahnenjunker in the 1st Bavarian Heavy Mounted-Regiment (15 Jul 1900-01 Aug 1914)
Detached to the War School Munich (01 Mar 1901-09 Feb 1902)
Detached to the Cavalry Telegraph School (01 Feb 1905-30 Jun 1905)
Detached as Instructor to the Cavalry Telegraph School (01 Oct 1906-31 Jul 1908)
Detached to the Equitation Institute (01 Oct 1906-30 Sep 1910)
Detached to the Bavarian War Academy (01 Oct 1911-31 Jul 1914)
Ordinance-Officer with the Staff of the 1st Bavarian Infantry-Division (01 Aug 1914-25 Dec 1914)
2nd General-Staff-Officer of the 1st Bavarian Infantry-Division (25 Dec 1914-16 Sep 1915)
2nd General-Staff-Officer of the Bavarian Cavalry-Division (16 Sep 1915-30 Jan 1917)
At the same time, Infantry-Leader with Section I Stachod (04 Aug 1916-18 Aug 1916)
General-Staff-Officer with the Staff of Army-Detachment C (30 Jan 1917-12 Mar 1918)
Detached to 6th Exercise-Course in Sedan (01 May 1917-07 May 1917)
Detached to Information-Course for General-Staff-Officers at the Flak-School Blankenberge, Belgium (13 May 1917-18 May 1917)
Detached to Signals-School Namur (19 Aug 1917-24 Jun 1917)
1st General-Staff-Officer of the 8th Bavarian Reserve-Division (12 Mar 1918-18 Sep 1918)
General-Staff-Officer for Special Use with Army High Command 2 (18 Sep 1918-15 Feb 1919)
Transferred to the Central-Office of the Bavarian General Staff (15 Feb 1919-01 Oct 1919)
General-Staff-Officer of the 24th Reichswehr-Brigade (01 Oct 1919-10 May 1920)
Adjutant of the 9th Reichswehr-Cavalry-Brigade (10 May 1920-10 Aug 1920)
Squadron-Chief in the 17th Mounted-Regiment (10 Aug 1920-01 Mar 1922)
With the Staff of the 2nd Cavalry-Division (01 Mar 1922-01 Feb 1926)
With the Staff of Infantry-Leader VII (01 Feb 1926-01 Nov 1928)
Commander of the 7th Mounted-Regiment (01 Nov 1928-01 Apr 1931)
Chief of Staff of the 2nd Cavalry-Division (01 Apr 1931-01 Oct 1933)
Chief of Staff of Group-Command 1 (01 Oct 1933-15 Oct 1935)
Commander of the 14th Division (15 Oct 1935-06 Oct 1936)
Commanding General of XII. Army-Corps & Commander in Military-District XII, Wiesbaden (06 Oct 1936-28 Feb 1938)
Retired (mit der Erlaubnis zum Tragen der Uniform des Reiter-Regiments 17) (28 Feb 1938)
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