 | Karl Baron von Plettenberg
(born 18 December 1852 in Neuhaus; died 10 February 1938 in Bückeburg) was a Prussian officer, finally General of the Infantry, Commanding General of the Guard Corps and General Adjutant of Wilhelm II.
At the beginning of World War I, he marched with his corps in conjunction with the 2nd Army in Belgium. On 14 May 1915 Plettenberg awarded the Pour le Mérite, the highest Prussian bravery medal, and on 27 January 1916 à la suite of the 1st Guards on Foot. After criticism of his warfare by Erich von Ludendorff and Paul von Hindenburg during the material battles at the western front, Plettenberg had to withdraw on 24 January 1917. He was transferred to the Officers of the Army, and was set under disposition on 06 February 1917. He returned to Bückeburg after his retirement, where is still the Plettenberg street named after him.
Plettenberg's eldest son was a Lieutenant in the 1st Guards Regiment on Foot and therefore part of the Guard Corps, what was under the leadership of his father. He fell on 29 August 1914 at Colonfay during the Battle of St.Quentin.
His second son was Kurt Baron von Plettenberg, chief representative of the former Prussian royal family and belonged to the inner circle of resistance fighters of the 20 July 1944. This threw himself in front of an interrogation at the Gestapo headquarters from a window on 10 March 1945. |
 | Albert Theodor Otto von Emmich
(born 04 April 1848 in Minden; died 22 Dezember 1915 in Hannover) was a Prussian officer, finally General of the Infantry and Commanding General of the 10th Army Corps.
Emmich, son of a colonel, joined after graduating from Minden High School on 3 July 1866 as a cadet in the Infantry Regiment "Graf Bülow of Dennewitz"(6th Westphalian) No. 55, and took part in the Franco-German War. He was promoted to a major general on 18 May 1901 and at the same time the appointment as commander of the 31st Division in Saarbrücken. On 22 May 1905 he was promoted to a lieutenant general in the 10th Division in Poznan in which he served his duty since 14 February 1905.
He was appointed to a General of Infantry and the Commanding General of the 10th Army Corps in Hanover in 1909.
Emmich was raised in the Prussian nobility in Berlin on 27 January 1912.
At the beginning of World War I conquered his troops the fortress of Liege on 07 August 1914. In April 1915 the transfer to the Eastern Front took place and the action at the battle of Gorlice-Tarnow.
Emmich died 1915 in Hanover caused by an infection he caught at the front. |
