(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)

Generalmajor Martin Goesch
Born: 25 Sep 1877 in Neuhof, District G�strow
Died: 10 Dec 1945 in Plau, Mecklenburg
Promotions:
F�hnrich (17 Feb 1898); Leutnant (18 Aug 1899); Oberleutnant (17 Sep 1909); Hauptmann (10 Sep 1913); Major (01 Apr 1922); Oberstleutnant (01 Feb 1928); Charakter als Oberst (01 Sep 1939); Oberst (01 Apr 1940); Generalmajor z.V. (01 Apr 1943)
Career:
Entered Army Service (10 Mar 1898)
Fahnenjunker in the 162nd Infantry-Regiment (10 Mar 1898-01 Oct 1903)
Detached to the 3rd Telegraph-Battalion (01 Oct 1903-18 Aug 1905)
With the II. Field-Telegraph-Battalion of the Protection-Troop in German South-West Africa (18 Aug 1905-01 May 1909)
Transferred back into the 162nd Infantry-Regiment (01 May 1909-01 Oct 1913)
With the Staff of the 164th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1913-01 Aug 1914)
With the I. Replacement-Battalion of the 164th Infantry-Regiment (01 Aug 1914-03 Sep 1914)
With the Regiment in the Field (03 Sep 1914-23 Sep 1914)
Company-Chief in the 164th Infantry-Regiment (23 Sep 1914-20 Aug 1918)
Leader of the II. Battalion of the 164th Infantry-Regiment (23 Mar 1915-20 Aug 1915)
Detached to Army-Gas-School (29 Jan 1917-03 Feb 1917)
Detached to Battalion-Leaders-Course of the 17th Army (07 Jun 1918-11 Jun 1918)
Staff-Officer of MG-Troops with Army-High-Command 17 (20 Aug 1918-07 Jan 1919)
Transferred into the 164th Infantry-Regiment (07 Jan 1919-01 Jun 1919)
Transferred into the 17th Reichswehr-Infantry-Regiment (01 Jun 1919-01 Oct 1920)
Company-Chief in the 6th Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1920-14 Aug 1922)
Adjutant of Infantry-Leader II (14 Aug 1922-01 Feb 1926)
Commander of the I. Battalion of the 6th Infantry-Regiment (01 Feb 1926-31 Mar 1929)
Retired (31 Mar 1929)
Placed to Disposal (Army) (15 May 1938)
Commander of the Landessch�tzen-Regiment (3/II) 23 (08 Sep 1939-18 Sep 1939)
Section-Commandant in Bromberg (18 Sep 1939-24 Sep 1939)
Commander of the 23rd Landessch�tzen-Regiment (24 Sep 1939-15 Jan 1943)
F�hrer-Reserve (15 Jan 1943-16 Jan 1943)
With the 2nd Landessch�tzen-Replacement-Battalion (16 Jan 1943-31 May 1943)
Retired (31 Aug 1943)

Awards & Decorations:
Pour le m�rite (21 Apr 1918)


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