Johann (Hans) Emil Friedrich Ritter und Edler von Braun
(24.06.1867 - 15.08.1938)
place of birth:  Sinsheim
Königreich Preußen:  AK-Stabschef,  Generalmajor


Prussian Army officer Hans Ritter von Braun commanded the 13th Infantry Regiment at the outset of World War One. His troops were some of the first to enter Belgium and took part in the battles for the Liege fortress, as well as the continued march through Belgium and into northern France. He was transferred in early 1915 to IV. Reserve Corps headquarters to function as chief of staff until August of that year. Ritter von Braun then returned to Berlin, where he remained engaged at the Prussian War Ministry for the remainder of the Great War. Following the hostilities, von Braun was kept on at the War Ministry and became the Reichswehr's first director of the Heeres-Personalamt (Army Personnel Office), December 1919 to April 1922.

 
 
Generalmajor  20.09.1918
 
 
 

  
 
Curriculum Vitae
   
01.10.1885 5. Badisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 113 - Freiburg i. Baden
13.05.1886 Portepee-Fähnrich
15.01.1887 Sekonde-Lieutenant
01.03.1886 5. Badisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 113 - Freiburg i. Baden  (Bn Adj)
19.12.1893 Premier-Lieutenant
01.10.1894 Preußische Kriegsakademie - Berlin  (student, until 21.07.1897)
01.04.1898 Großer Generalstab - Berlin  (detached for duty)
29.03.1900 Hauptmann
29.03.1900 Großer Generalstab - Berlin  (assigned)
10.05.1901 X. Armeekorps - Hannover  (on Bomdorff's general staff)
16.02.1903 Infanterie-Regiment ,,von Borcke” (4. Pommersches) Nr. 21 - Thorn  (Coy Cdr)
18.10.1904 31. Reserve-Division - Straßburg i.E.  (on Rohrscheidt's general staff)
01.03.1906 Preußisches Kriegsministerium - Berlin
27.01.1907 Major
21.07.1908 Flügeladjutant SKH Friedrich II. Großherzog von Baden  (Orderly ADC in Friedrich II's court)
22.03.1912 Infanterie-Leibregiment ,,Großherzogin” (3. Grhzg-Hessisches) Nr. 117 - Mainz  (Bn Cdr)
16.06.1912 Oberstleutnant
01.10.1913 Preußisches Kriegsministerium, Allgemeines Kriegsdepartement - Berlin  (detached for duty)
30.05.1914 Preußisches Kriegsministerium, Allgemeines Kriegsdepartement (C1) - Berlin  (War Ministry, head of Reserves section)
   
 Great War
   
02.08.1914 Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 13  (Cdr)
15.02.1915 IV. Reservekorps  (Gronau's Chief of Staff)
24.07.1915 Oberst
01.08.1915 Preußisches Kriegsministerium - Berlin  (detached to Prussian War Ministry)
15.10.1915 Preußisches Kriegsministerium, Allgemeines Kriegsdepartement - Berlin  (assigned)
19.01.1916 Preußisches Kriegsministerium, Allgemeines Kriegsdepartement (C1) - Berlin  (War Ministry, head of Reserves section)
20.09.1918 Generalmajor
01.10.1921 Generalleutnant
31.03.1922 außer Dienst
   
   
 

06.05.1914
 

 

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