Franz Gustav Richard Freiherr von der Wenge Graf von Lambsdorff  
(18.03.1867 - 22.12.1937)
place of birth:  
Königreich Preußen:  Div-Kdr,  Generalmajor
Prussian officer Gustav Freiherr von der Wenge served during the Great War as both a staff officer and field general. Oberstleutnant v.d. Wenge arrived in X. Army Corps headquarters Hannover during the pre-War years to replace Erich von Redern as General Otto von Emmich's chief of staff. He remained in this capacity as hostilities broke out in August 1914. During the conflict, v.d. Wenge as Prinz Leopold von Bayern's chief of staff at 9.AOK headquarters, and later served as commander 30th Infantry Division.





 
 
Generalmajor  27.01.1917
 
 
 

  
 
Curriculum Vitae  
   
00.00.1886 ,,Kaiser Franz” Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 2 - Berlin
18.09.1886 Sekonde-Lieutenant
14.09.1893 Premier-Lieutenant
25.03.1899 Hauptmann
31.05.1904 Major
21.04.1911 Oberstleutnant
19.12.1911 X. Armeekorps - Hannover  (Otto von Emmich's Chief of Staff)
01.10.1913 Oberst
   
Great War  
   
02.08.1914 X. Armeekorps  =  2. Armee  (Otto von Emmich's Chief of Staff)
19.05.1915 6. Armee  (Crown Prince Rupprecht's Chief of Staff, replaced Krafft von Dellmensingen)
24.11.1915 9. Armee  (Prinz Leopold von Bayern's Chief of Staff, replaced Paul Grünert)
24.11.1915 Heeresgruppe ,,Prinz Leopold von Bayern”  (Chief of Staff, concurrent with above)
08.09.1916 32. Infanterie-Brigade  (Cdr)
27.01.1917 Generalmajor
01.11.1917 30. Infanterie-Division  (Cdr, replaced Friedrich von Gontard)
11.09.1918 unknown
21.12.1918 81. Reserve-Division  (Cdr, replaced Oskar von Gessmann)
25.02.1919 37. Infanterie-Division  (Cdr, replaced Walther von Eberhardt)
18.03.1919 Landwehr-Korps  (Cdr, replaced Arthur von Brietzke)
07.08.1919 unknown
   
   
 

06.05.1914
 

 

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