Char.General der Infanterie Leopold Freiherr von Ledebur Born: 07 Jan 1868 in Spandau Died: 13 Oct 1951 in Hannover Promotions:
Sekondeleutnant (22 Mar 1888); Premierleutnant (27 Jan 1895); Hauptmann (27 Jan 1902); Major (27 Jan 1910); Oberstleutnant (27 Jan 1915); Oberst (25 Feb 1918); Generalmajor (28 Sep 1921); Generalleutnant (17 Mar 1924); Charakter als General der Infanterie (29 Feb 1928) Career:
Entered Army Service (22 Mar 1888)
Sekondeleutnant in the 2nd Foot Guards-Regiment (22 Mar 1888-25 Mar 1899)
Adjutant & Court-Officer of II. Battalion of the 2nd Foot Guards-Regiment (22 Aug 1891-31 Mar 1894)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 2nd Foot Guards-Regiment (19 Apr 1894-31 Mar 1899)
Detached to the Grand General Staff (25 Mar 1899-27 Jan 1902)
Company-Chief in the 2nd Foot Guards-Regiment (27 Jan 1902-24 Mar 1909)
Adjutant of the 29th Division (24 Mar 1909-19 Nov 1912)
Commander of II. Battalion of the 91st Infantry-Regiment (19 Nov 1912-29 Aug 1914)
Wounded, in Hospital (29 Aug 1914-26 Oct 1914)
With the I. Replacement-Battalion of the 91st Infantry-Regiment (26 Oct 1914-19 Jan 1915)
Commander of the 79th Infantry-Regiment (19 Jan 1915-27 Jul 1918)
Commander of the 102nd Reserve-Infantry-Brigade (27 Jul 1918-18 Jan 1919)
Commander of the 91st Infantry-Regiment (18 Jan 1919-20 Jun 1919)
Commander of the 19th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (20 Jun 1919-15 Sep 1919)
Commander of the 110th Infantry-Regiment (15 Sep 1919-27 Sep 1920)
Commander of the 16th Infantry-Regiment (27 Sep 1920-03 Aug 1921)
Commandant of Breslau (03 Aug 1921-01 May 1923)
At the same time, Leader of Command-Staff Upper Silesia (20 Jun 1922-14 Sep 1922)
Infantry-Leader II, Schwerin (01 May 1923-01 Jan 1925)
Commander of the 6th Division & Commander in Military-District VI, M�nster (01 Jan 1925-29 Feb 1928)
Retired (29 Feb 1928) das Recht zum Tragen der Uniform des Infanterie-Regiments 16 verliehen (20 Apr 1937)
Placed to Disposal (Army) (01 Jul 1938)
Awards & Decorations:
Pour le m�rite (29 Aug 1918)
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