Franz Ludwig Wilhelm Müller
(07.09.1850 - 12.02.1921)
place of birth:  Friedrichsthal
Königreich Preußen:  Kdr Schutztruppe,  Generalmajor ch.

                            


Wilhelm Müller served during Germany's pre-War years as Kaiserliche Schutztruppe commander in Cameroon, German West Africa. He joined the Prussian military forces in 1868 with the East Prussian Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 1.  Upon receiving his commission in 1870, he saw action as a lieutenant during Prussia's war with France. In 1895, at the rank of Major, Müller transferred from Prussia's Heer to the Schutztruppe and travelled to South West Africa (Namibia). Back in Germany by 1902, he served with Infantry Regiment Nr. 48 in Küstrin and was promoted to Oberst. In 1903, he was recalled to Cameroon in German West Africa, where he was appointed to command the Schutztruppe contingent there. He remained at that post for more than four years, having lead numerous expeditions and campaigns against local combatants. He was brevetted with the rank of Generalmajor in April 1907 and later returned home to Germany to from active military duty.