Richard Georg Frotscher
(30.04.1868 - 27.02.1943)
place of birth:  Chemnitz, Sachsen  (Saxony)
Königreich Sachsen:  AOK-Stabschef,  Generalmajor


Royal Saxon general officer Georg Frotscher was born into the home of infantry Captain Hermann Johannes Frotscher and his wife Luise Mathilde Madelung. Captain Frotscher died during the Franco-Prussian War 1870/71 from wounds he received during the battle at St. Privat. The Great War began with Frotscher serving as Chief of Staff for Laffert's 19th Army Corps. During the final year of the War, Frotscher was promoted to Chief of Staff at the Field Army level commanded the 53th Reserve Infantry Division as well. He was awarded the Pour le Merite in May 1918. Frotscher was in the Reichswehr following the War, ultimately being promoted in 1939 to General of Infantry. He retired at the end of the war with the rank of Generalmajor, but was later awarded brevetted as General der Infanterie (Charakter) on 27 August 1939 for Tannenberg Remembrance Day.