(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalmajor Ferdinand von Bredow
Born: 16 May 1884 in Neuruppin
Died: 01 Jul 1934 in Berlin (Murdered by the SS)
Promotions:
Leutnant (22 Mar 1902); Oberleutnant (16 Jun 1911); Hauptmann (08 Nov 1914); Major (01 Apr 1924); Oberstleutnant (01 Feb 1929); Oberst (01 Oct 1931); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1932)
Career:
Entered Army Service (22 Mar 1902)
Leutnant in the 3rd Queen-Elizabeth-Guards-Grenadier-Regiment (22 Mar 1902-22 Mar 1914)
Detached to the War Academy (01 Oct 1910-21 Jul 1913)
Regiments-Adjutant of the 77th Reserve-Infantry-Regiment (01 Aug 1914-1915)
Adjutant of the 26th Reserve-Infantry-Brigade (1915-1917)
Adjutant of the 38th Reserve-Infantry-Brigade
Detached to the General-Staff of the 35th Infantry-Division (1917-21 Apr 1918)
Assigned to the General-Staff of III. Army-Corps
Assigned to the General-Staff of VIII. Army-Corps
Transferred into the Army General Staff and Assigned as Chief of Operations (Ia) with the General-Staff of 14th Reserve-Division (21 Apr 1918-18 Dec 1918)
Assigned with the Chief of the Army General Staff, Liaison-Officer with the Command-Office Kolberg (18 Dec 1918-01 Oct 1919)
With the Staff of Group-Command 2 (01 Oct 1919-30 Apr 1920)
Detached to the RWM (Abwehr-Department) (30 Apr 1920-01 Oct 1920)
Transferred to Group-Command 2, while retaining previous position (01 Oct 1920-30 Nov 1920)
Transferred to Group-Command 1, while retaining previous Command with the RWM (30 Nov 1920-01 Apr 1923)
Company-Chief in the 17th Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1923-01 Oct 1925)
Advisor in RWM (01 Oct 1925-01 Apr 1928)
Commander of II. Battalion of the 5th Infantry-Regiment (01 Apr 1928-01 Jun 1929)
Chief of Department Abwehr in the RWM (01 Jun 1929-01 Jun 1932)
Chief of Ministerial-Office, RWM (01 Jun 1932-31 Jan 1933)
Retired (31 Jan 1933)

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