Char.Generaloberst Ludwig Beck Born: 29 Jun 1880 in Bieberich, Rhine (Rhein) Died: 20 Jul 1944 in Berlin (Suicide) Promotions:
F�hnrich (08 Oct 1898); Leutnant (18 Aug 1899); Oberleutnant (17 Sep 1909); Hauptmann (01 Oct 1913); Major (18 Apr 1918); Oberstleutnant (15 Apr 1923); Oberst (01 Nov 1927); Generalmajor (01 Feb 1931); Generalleutnant (01 Dec 1932); General der Artillerie (01 Oct 1935); Charakter als Generaloberst z.V. (01 Nov 1938) Career:
Entered Army Service (12 Mar 1898)
Fahnenjunker in the 15th Field-Artillery-Regiment (12 Mar 1898-01 Oct 1903)
Detached to the Artillery and Engineering School (01 Oct 1901-01 Oct 1903)
Adjutant of the I. Battalion of the 15th Field-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1903-22 Mar 1914)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1908-01 Jul 1911)
Detached to the Grand General Staff (22 Mar 1912-22 Mar 1914)
Transferred into the Grand General Staff (22 Mar 1914-02 Aug 1914)
In the General-Staff of the VI. Reserve-Corps (02 Aug 1914-1915)
General-Staff-Officer of the 117th Infantry-Division (1915-1916)
General-Staff-Officer of the 13th Reserve-Division (1916-25 Nov 1916)
In the General-Staff of Army-Group Deutscher Kronprinz (25 Nov 1916-12 Nov 1918)
In the General-Staff of Army-Group B (12 Nov 1918-01 Oct 1919)
With the Staff of the Reichswehr-Command-Office VI (01 Oct 1919-01 Oct 1920)
With the Staff of the 2nd Cavalry-Division (01 Oct 1920-01 Oct 1922)
With the Staff of the 6th Division (01 Oct 1922-01 Oct 1923)
Transferred to the General-Staff of the 6th Division and Military-District-Command VI in M�nster as Leader of the Subsidiary-Leadership-Training (01 Oct 1923-01 Oct 1925)
Chief of Operations (Ia) in the Staff of the 4th Division (01 Oct 1925-01 Feb 1927)
Chief of the General Staff of the 4th Division (01 Feb 1927-01 Feb 1929)
Commander of the 5th Artillery-Regiment (01 Feb 1929-01 Oct 1931)
Chief of the General Staff of Group-Command I, Berlin (01 Oct 1931-01 Feb 1932)
Artillery Leader IV, Dresden (01 Feb 1932-01 Oct 1932)
Commander of the 1st Cavalry-Division (01 Oct 1932-01 Oct 1933)
Chief of the Troop-Office, RWM (01 Oct 1933-01 Jul 1935)
Chief of the General Staff of the Army (01 Jul 1935-27 Aug 1938)
Placed to the Disposal of OKH (27 Aug 1938-31 Oct 1938)
Retired from Army Service (31 Oct 1938) Erlaubnis zum Tragen der Uniform des Artillerie-Regiments 5 (31 Oct 1938)
Planned as be Commander-in-Chief West (00 Mar 39-00 Apr 39)
Participated in the attempt on Hitler�s life, and the Officer Coup, planned as Reich-President and Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht, after learning of the plot failure he committed suicide (20 Jul 1944)
Decorations & Awards:
- RK des Kgl. Preuss. Hausordens von Hohenzollern mit Schwertern: 17.07.1917
- 1914 EK I
- 1914 EK II
- Kgl. Preuss. Kronen-Orden IV. Klasse
- Ritterkreuz I. Klasse des Kgl. S�chs. Albrechts-Ordens mit Schwertern
- Ritterkreuz I. Klasse des Kgl. W�rttembg. Friedrichs-Ordens mit Schwertern
- Hamburgisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Grossherzoglich Oldenburgisches Friedrich August-Kreuz II. Klasse
- Grossherzoglich Oldenburgisches Friedrich August-Kreuz I. Klasse
- Bremisches Hanseatenkreuz
- Schaumburg-Lippisches Kreuz f�r treue Dienste 1914
- T�rkischer Eiserner Halbmond
- Kgl. Preuss. Dienstauszeichnungskreuz
- Ehrenkreuz f�r Frontk�mpfer
- Wehrmacht-Dienstauszeichnung IV. bis I. Klasse
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