Gustav Freiherr von Starkloff  
(09.03.1852 - 11.06.1918)
place of birth:  Stuttgart
Königreich Württemberg:  Generaladjutant SM,  KG,  General der Kavallerie


Royal Württemberg cavalry officer Gustav von Starkloff came from a traditional military family, with his grandfather having served in the Württemberg military forces during the Napoleonic Wars. Starkloff's father was likewise in the service of Württemberg, commanding an infantry brigade during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870.

Starkloff's military service had him working often as a Württemberg officer within the structure of the Prussian Army. He and his spouse Mathilde von Gemmingen-Guttenberg were thus transferred several times throughout the Empire. By 1902, he was commanding at the cavalry brigade level, and in 1911 was selected to function as Adjutant General to King Wilhelm II. of Württemberg. During the Great War, General von Starkloff was responsible for planning and hosting King Wilhelm's numerous trips to the sites at the Front where Württemberg's troops were serving. General von Starkloff passed away a few months before the War ended when he succumbed to a lung infection while on vacation leave at a resort in Oberstdorf, Bavaria.

	General der Kavallerie	19.12.1911
	Kriegs-Denkmünze	Deutsch-Französischer Krieg  1870–1871
	Württemberg MVO	18.02.1916   Ritter