(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Max von Diringshofen
Born: 19 Jun 1876 in Cologne (Köln)
Died: 27 May 1959 in Mainz
Promotions:
Leutnant (22 Mar 1895); Oberleutnant (27 Jan 1904); Rittmeister (18 Oct 1909); Major (25 Jan 1917); Oberstleutnant (01 May 1922); Charakter als Oberst (31 Mar 1925); Oberst (01 Aug 1936); Generalmajor (01 Aug 1941); Generalleutnant (01 Mar 1943)
Commands – Assignments
Entered Army Service (22 Mar 1895)
Leutnant in the 4th Ulanen-Regiment (22 Mar 1895-01 Oct 1897)
Transferred into the Detachment Horse Jäger XVII (01 Oct 1897-01 Oct 1901)
Transferred into the 4th Ulanen-Regiment (01 Oct 1901-01 Oct 1902)
Detached to the Military-Riding-Institute (01 Oct 1902-01 Apr 1908)
Detached to the Stud-Administration (01 Apr 1908-18 Oct 1909)
Squadron-Chief in the 4th Ulanen-Regiment (18 Oct 1909-20 Mar 1911)
Squadron-Chief in the 7th Ulanen-Regiment (20 Mar 1911-16 Oct 1916)
Ordinance-Officer in the Staff of the 3rd Reserve-Division; Commander of the I. Battalion of the 48th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (16 Oct 1916-06 Feb 1919)
Leader of the 7th Ulanen-Regiment (06 Feb 1919-27 Apr 1919)
Leader of the 25th Reichswehr-Cavalry-Regiment (27 Apr 1919-01 Oct 1919)
With the Staff of the 3rd Mounted-Regiment (01 Oct 1919-01 Feb 1922)
Commander of the 2nd Mounted-Regiment (01 Feb 1922-06 Jun 1922)
With the Staff of the 3rd Mounted-Regiment (06 Jun 1922-01 Jul 1922)
Commander of the 3rd Mounted-Regiment (01 Jul 1922-31 Mar 1925)
Retired (31 Mar 1925)
Riding-Instructor with the 5th Infantry-Regiment (01 Nov 1928-01 Mar 1929)
Entered Army Service as a Territorial-Officer (01 Oct 1933); Supplemental-Officer (05 Mar 1935); Active-Officer (01 Jun 1941)
Training-Director Deutsch-Eylau (01 Oct 1933-26 Aug 1939)
Commander of the 206th Infantry-Replacement-Regiment (26 Aug 1939-10 Jan 1942)
Delegated with the Leadership of Division 401 (10 Jan 1942-02 Apr 1942)
Commander of Division 401 (02 Apr 1942-25 Sep 1942)
Führer-Reserve (25 Sep 1942-31 Mar 1943)
Retired (31 Mar 1943)

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