(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
General der Artillerie Richard von Berendt
Born: 14 Jan 1865 in Neiße, Upper Silesia (Oberschlesien)
Died: 25 Aug 1953 in Joachimsthal, Mark Brandenburg
Promotions:
Sekondeleutnant (15 Apr 1884); Premierleutnant (25 Mar 1893); Hauptmann (18 Nov 1897); Major (14 Jun 1904); Oberstleutnant (21 Apr 1911); Oberst (01 Oct 1913); Generalmajor (27 Jan 1917); Generalleutnant (16 Jun 1920); General der Artillerie (28 Sep 1921)
Career:
Entered Army Service (15 Apr 1884)
Sekondeleutnant in the Guards-Foot-Artillery-Regiment (15 Apr 1884-01 Oct 1886)
Detached to Artillery & Engineer School (01 Oct 1886-1888)
Battalion-Adjutant in the Guards-Foot-Artillery-Regiment (1888-01 Oct 1893)
Transferred into the 14th Foot-Artillery-Regiment and Detached to the Artillery Tests Commission (01 Oct 1893-01 Apr 1895)
While retaining previous command, à la suite of 5th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (01 Apr 1895-27 Jan 1897)
Company-Chief in the 3rd Foot-Artillery-Regiment (27 Jan 1897-16 Jun 1900)
Adjutant of the 1st Foot Artillery Inspection (16 Jun 1900-18 Apr 1903)
Detached to the War Ministry (18 Apr 1903-14 Jun 1904)
Major in the War Ministry (14 Jun 1904-15 Feb 1906)
Commander of the II. Battalion of the 9th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (15 Feb 1906-22 May 1909)
1st Artillery-Officer on Location in Metz (22 May 1909-20 Mar 1911)
Delegated with the Leadership of the 7th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (20 Mar 1911-21 Apr 1911)
Commander of the 7th Foot-Artillery-Regiment (21 Apr 1911-01 Oct 1912)
Commander of the Guards-Foot-Artillery-Regiment (01 Oct 1912-01 Aug 1914)
Staff-Officer of Foot-Artillery with Army High Command 1 (01 Aug 1914-06 Apr 1915)
With the Staff of Group Lochow (06 Apr 1915-10 Jul 1915)
With the Staff of Group Gallwitz (10 Jul 1915-27 Sep 1915)
General of Foot Artillery No.1 with Army High Command 11 (27 Sep 1915-10 Nov 1915)
General of Foot Artillery with the Commander of Dardanelles, General Liman von Sanders (10 Nov 1915-20 Feb 1916)
Artillery-Commander of Verdun in Section Woevre-Ebene and Fort Douaumont (20 Feb 1916-06 Jul 1916)
General of Artillery with Army-Group Mackensen (06 Jul 1916-27 Jan 1917)
General of Artillery No.5 with Army-Group Deutscher Kronprinz (27 Jan 1917-20 Feb 1917)
With Army High Command 1 (20 Feb 1917-06 Jul 1917)
With Group Zloczow (General von Winckler) (06 Jul 1917-10 Oct 1917)
General of Artillery with Army High Command 14 (10 Oct 1917-06 Mar 1918)
General of Artillery with Army High Command 17 (06 Mar 1918-06 Aug 1918)
Commander of the 29th Infantry-Division (06 Aug 1918-10 Dec 1918)
Field-Equipment-Master of the Army (10 Dec 1918-30 Sep 1919)
Inspector of Artillery (30 Sep 1919-16 Jun 1921)
Detached as Acting-Commander in Military-District II (20 Mar 1920-06 Apr 1920)
Commander of 3rd Division and Commander in Military-District III (16 Jun 1921-03 Aug 1921)
Commander-in-Chief of Group-Command II, Kassel (03 Aug 1921-01 Jan 1923)
Commander-in-Chief of Group-Command I, Berlin (01 Jan 1923-31 Dec 1924)
Retired (mit der Uniform des 3. (preuß.) Artillerie-Regiments) (31 Dec 1924)
Chef des Artillerie-Regiments 59 (20 Apr 1937)

Awards & Decorations
Pour le mérite (14 Jan 1917)
Eichenlaub zum Pour le mérite (24 Nov 1917)


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