Hans-Jobst Freiherr von

Hans Jobst Buddenbrock, born on 21-06-1896 in Ohlau, Schlesien, joined the Army Service on 22-03-1914, shortly before the outbreak of World War I. He was a Lieutenant and Battery Officer in the 3^rd Guards Artillery Regiment. He ended the war as a Battery leader in the same Regiment. Buddenbrock was allowed to stay in the new Reichswehr and was commander of the 162^nd Artillery Regiment with the outbreak of World War II. Taken ill, he landed in the Führer Reserve, from 20-11-1940 to 01-05-1941. He received the Medaille for the Winterschlacht im Osten, in 1942. After commander of the 188^th Artillery Regiment and the Artillery Commander 124, he again is in the Führer Reserve, from 22-05-1943 to 03-10-1943. Three days after D-Day, he is for the third time in the Führer Reserve (see Adolf Hitler) (did you know), now until 21-08-1944. Delegated with the leadership of the 212^th Infantry Division, he is in Allied captivity, in Mai 1945 and released on 05-06-1947. Living in Gütersloh, Freiherr Hans-Jobst von Buddenbrock died at the age 62, on 30-08-1957 and is buried with his wife Elisabeth, born von Lenshi, who died age 73 on 18-10-1973, next to General Martin Harlinghausen (see Harlinghausen) and close to General Wolf Boysen (see Boysen) on the Johannes cemetery of Gütersloh.