Konstantin Julius Friedrich Eduard von Altrock
(27.08.1861 - 02.04.1942)
place of birth:  Breslau
Königreich Preußen:  Div-Kdr,  Generalleutnant
General Konstantin von Altrock served as a division-level commander during the Great War. Born into a military family, Konstantin entered active duty in 1881 and spent most of his early career with 3rd Guard Grenadiers in Berlin-Spandau or at Great General Staff headquarters. Altrock headed up three different infantry regiments prior to his selection as 60th Infantry Brigade commander in Alsace. It was with this unit that General von Altrock went to war in August 1914, first in Lorraine, then in Flanders and the Yser area. He began commanding at the infantry division level in early 1915 and was finally promoted to Generalleutnant in December 1917.

Following the Armistice, von Altrock remained active in the Berlin chapter of the German Officer's Association (Deutscher Offizier Bund) and was also the editor of Militär-Wochenblatt, Germany's leading military service journal.

 
 
Generalleutnant 18.12.1917
 
 
 

  
 
Curriculum Vitae  
   
16.04.1881 Sekonde-Lieutenant
16.04.1881  3. Garde-Grenadier-Regiment ,,Königin Elisabeth” - Berlin Spandau
00.04.1888   Königlich Preußische Hauptkadettenanstalt - Berlin/Groß-Lichterfelde  (Prussian Cadet Institute, instructor) 
24.03.1890 Premier-Lieutenant
30.04.1890   3. Garde-Grenadier-Regiment ,,Königin Elisabeth” - Berlin Spandau
01.10.1890  Preußische Kriegsakademie - Berlin  (Student at Royal Prussian War College)
30.07.1893  3. Garde-Grenadier-Regiment ,,Königin Elisabeth” - Berlin Spandau  (return from War College)
01.04.1894 Großer Generalstab - Berlin  (detached to Great General Staff HQ) 
27.01.1895 Hauptmann
12.09.1895  3. Garde-Grenadier-Regiment ,,Königin Elisabeth” - Berlin Spandau  (Coy Cdr) 
21.07.1900  XIV. Armee-Korps - Karlsruhe  (on Adolf von Bülow's General Staff)  
18.05.1901 Major
01.10.1902  Großer Generalstab - Berlin 
01.04.1904  3. Infanterie-Division - Stettin  (detailed to Vietinghoff's General Staff) 
17.04.1905  Großer Generalstab - Berlin  
10.04.1906  Infanterie-Regiment ,,Graf Bose” (1. Thüringisches) Nr. 31 - Altona  (Bn Cdr) 
16.02.1907 Füsilier-Regiment ,,von Gersdorff” (Kurhessisches) Nr. 80 - Wiesbaden  (on General Staff)
19.12.1907  Oberstleutnant 
27.01.1911 1. Badisches Leib-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 109 - Karlsruhe  (Cdr)
20.03.1911  Oberst 
22.03.1914 Generalmajor
22.03.1914 60. Infanterie-Brigade - Straßburg i. E.  (Cdr)
   
Great War  
   
02.08.1914 60. Infanterie-Brigade  (Cdr)
02.01.1915  16. Reserve-Division  (Cdr, replaced Wilhelm Mootz) 
25.05.1915  14. Infanterie-Division  (Cdr, replaced Kurt von Ditfurth)  
30.12.1915  56. Infanterie-Division  (Cdr, replaced Leo Sontag)   
18.06.1916  44. Reserve-Division  (Fuehrer)  
18.12.1917 Generalleutnant  =  Exzellenz
25.04.1918 28. Reserve-Division  (Cdr)
11.11.1918 Waffenstillstand von Compiègne  (Armistice)
02.04.1919  außer Dienst 
   
   
 

06.05.1914
 

 

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