(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Generalleutnant Bruno Edler von Kiesling auf Kieslingstein
Born: 06 Oct 1878 in Lohr, Main, Lower Franconia (Unterfranken)
Died: 20 Feb 1957 in Regenstauf, Regensburg
Promotions:
Fahnenjunker-Gefreiter (10 Nov 1897); Fahnenjunker-Unteroffizier (01 Dec 1897); Fähnrich (25 Jan 1898); Leutnant (10 Mar 1899); Oberleutnant (28 Oct 1909); Hauptmann (01 Oct 1913); Major (14 Dec 1917); Oberst (01 Feb 1933); Charakter als Generalmajor (01 Oct 1937); Generalmajor (01 Oct 1936); Charakter als Generalleutnant (01 Nov 1940); Generalleutnant (01 Nov 1941)
Career:
Entered Army Service (15 Jul 1897)
Fahnenjunker in the 17th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (15 Jul 1897-24 Jun 1913)
Detached to the War School Munich (01 Mar 1898-05 Feb 1899)
Battalion-Adjutant in the 17th Bavarian Infantry-Regiment (01 Oct 1903-01 Oct 1908)
Detached to the Bavarian War Academy (01 Oct 1909-30 Sep 1912)
Detached to Line-Command-Office K II (01 Dec 1912-15 Apr 1913)
Detached as Auxiliary-Officer to Practical Exercises of the War School Munich (24 Jun 1913-01 Oct 1913)
Detached to the Central-Office of the Bavarian General Staff (01 Oct 1913-01 Aug 1914)
2nd Adjutant (IIb) with Army High Command G (01 Aug 1914-05 Jan 1915)
Transferred into the General-Staff of Staging-Inspection of Army-Detachment Falkenhausen (05 Jan 1915-17 Oct 1915)
Transferred into the Army-Department of the Bavarian War Ministry (17 Oct 1915-06 Feb 1917)
1st General-Staff-Officer of the 15th Bavarian Infantry-Division (06 Feb 1917-11 Feb 1918)
Detached to Exercise Course in Sedan (17 Aug 1917-24 Jun 1917)
Advisor in the General Staff Section of the Bavarian War Ministry (11 Feb 1918-13 Feb 1919)
retired (13 Feb 1919)
Employed by the Army (01 Feb 1927)
Senior-Director of the Border-Protection at the Bavarian Eastern Border (01 Feb 1927-01 Apr 1933)
Entered Army Service as a Territorial Officer (L-Offizier) (01 Apr 1933); Supplemental-Officer (E-Offizier) (05 Mar 1935); Active-Officer (01 Oct 1938)
Director of the Central-Recruitment-Office Regensburg (01 Apr 1933-01 Oct 1933)
Military-Replacement-Inspector Regensburg (01 Oct 1933-01 Apr 1943)
Führer-Reserve OKH (01 Apr 1943-30 Apr 1943)
Retired (30 Apr 1943)

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