Alfred von Böckmann military rank lieutenant colonel
World War I
At the beginning of World War I, the 75th Infantry Brigade was part of the 37th Division, which was part of the 8th Army on the Eastern Front. Commanding the 75th Infantry Brigade, Böckmann participated in the decisive German victory at the Battle of Tannenberg. After a month and a half in command of the 75th Brigade, in mid-September 1914, Böckmann was given a new command of the 41st Division, which he commanded for two months.
After Otto von Below became the commander of the 8th Army in November 1914, Böckmann was made Chief of the General Staff of the 8th Army, with which he participated in the Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes. With the formation of the Army of the Niemen from units of the 8th Army, in May 1915, Böckmann became its chief of staff. When Otto von Below was transferred to the Macedonian front and became the commander of Army Group Below, Böckmann became the chief of staff of the said army group. He remained the chief of staff of the army group even after Friedrich von Scholtz took over command of the same from Below.
In August 1917, Böckmann became commander of the III Reserve Corps which he commanded until September when he received command of the XIV Corps. Böckmann didn't command the corps for too long because by November 1917, he became the commander of the prestigious Guards Corps. He commanded the Guards Corps until August 1918 when he took command of the III Corps until the end of the war. After the end of the war, Böckamnn retired. He died on 18 November 1921 at the age of 62 in Bad Wildungen.
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