August Ludwig von Schröder
(17.07.1854 - 23.07.1933)
place of birth:  Hinzenkamp bei Eggesin, Pommern  (Pomerania)
Königreich Preußen:  KG,  Admiral


Imperial German mariner and Pour le Merite recipient, Admiral von Schröder entered the newly established Imperial Naval Service in May of 1871. Prior to World War One, he served on several different ships and commanded the Blitz, as well as the training vessel the Moltke. He additionally functioned as the Chief of the Cruiser-Class Division in the West Indies. Von Schröder retired from active duty in 1913.

As the War broke out on both fronts, von Schröder was reactivated and named commanding Admiral in Flanders, where he was in charge of both the sea-going forces and most of the naval infantry, which by mid-December 1915 became officially known as the Marinekorps Flandern. After transfer to the Baltic and near War's end, von Schröder was ordered by the Kaiser to take action against mutineering German sailors in Kiel. He advised Reichskanzler von Baden that the proposed measures were to harsh, and the orders were thus not carried out. Ludwig von Schröder died in Berlin-Halensee on 23 July 1933 and was buried at the Invalidenfriedhof.  His son Ludwig was a general in the Wehrmacht during World War Two.

	Admiral	27.01.1911
	Pour le Mérite	20.10.1915  (Eichenlaub:  23.12.1917)