Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Surén 
(19.12.1860 - 21.11.1927)
place of birth:  
Königreich Preußen:  KG,  Generalleutnant


Imperial German general officer Karl Surén served as commander of 11th Reserve Division at the outbreak of the Great War. His troops went to battle in support of the Crown Prince's Fifth Army. General Surén was promoted to corps commander in December 1914, leading XVII. and XXV. Reserves over the next two years. He was then transferred to command Generalkommando z.b.V. Nr.61 until war's end. 

 
 
Generalleutnant   27.01.1915
 
 
 

  
 
Curriculum Vitae
   
12.11.1878 Sekonde-Lieutenant
13.12.1887 Premier-Lieutenant
25.03.1893 Hauptmann
25.03.1899 Major
15.09.1905 Oberstleutnant
18.05.1908 Oberst
27.07.1908 Infanterie-Regiment ,,von Winterfeldt” (2. Oberschlesisches) Nr. 23 - Neiße  (Cdr)
22.03.1912 Generalmajor
22.03.1912 22. Infanterie-Brigade - Breslau  (Cdr)
   
Great War
   
02.08.1914 11. Reserve-Division  =  5. Armee
07.11.1914 30. Infanterie-Division  (replaced Adolf Wild von Hohenborn)
18.12.1914 unknown   
27.01.1915 Generalleutnant
25.09.1915 XVII. Reservekorps  (replaced von Zastrow)
03.09.1916 XXV. Reservekorps  (replaced Reinhard von Scheffer-Boyadel)
18.11.1916 Generalkommando z.b.V. Nr.61
20.12.1918 außer Dienst
   
   
 

06.05.1914
 

 

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