Eduard Karl Ludwig von Hoffmeister
(07.07.1852 - 19.05.1920)
place of birth:  Karlsruhe
Königreich Preußen:  Div-Kdr,  Generalleutnant ch.


Prussian Generalleutnant Eduard von Hoffmeister was a division-level commander during the Great War. Having retired from active military duty in 1906 at the brevetted rank of Generalleutnant, Hoffmeister was recalled as Germany mobilized. He was initially in command of a Landwehr brigade, and then toward the end of the War was charged with heading up the 23rd Landwehr Division. Following the Armistice in November 1918, General von Hoffmeister was tasked with demobilization duties for Sheffer-Boyadel's Generalkommando zbV Nr 67 (previously known as XVII. Reserve-Korps.)

 
 
Generalleutnant  09.02.1906  ch.  

Kriegs-Denkmünze Deutsch-Französischer Krieg  1870–1871
China-Denkmünze Ostasiatisches Expeditionskorps  1900-01
     
 
 
 

  
 
Curriculum Vitae
   
19.07.1870 Deutsch-Französischer Krieg von 1870–1871   (participant, Franco-Prussian War)
23.07.1870 Sekonde-Lieutenant
10.06.1883 Hauptmann
24.03.1890 Major
16.06.1896 Oberstleutnant
27.01.1899 Oberst
27.01.1899 Infantrie-Regiment ,,Markgraf Karl” (7.Brandenburgisches) Nr. 60 - Weißenburg  (Cdr)
22.07.1900 Ostasiatisches Expeditionskorps - China  (East Asian Expedition Forces, 4.IR Cdr)
22.03.1902 55. Infanterie-Brigade - Karlsruhe  (Cdr)
22.04.1903 Generalmajor
00.00.1903 in den erblichen Adelsstand erhoben  (elevated into the German nobility)
09..02.1906 Generalleutnant  (charakter)
09..02.1906 zur Disposition gestellt
   
Great War
   
02.08.1914 31. Landwehr-Infanterie-Brigade  (Cdr)
25.04.1917 23. Landwehr Division  (Cdr)
17.12.1918 Generalkommando z.b.V. Nr.67  (Cdr, replace Scheffer-Boyadel)
00.01.1919 unknown
   
   
 

06.05.1905
 

 

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