Falkenhayn, Erich von, born on 03-06-1881 in Küstrun, 
the second eldest son of the infantry officer Fedor Oscar Georg von Falkenhayn and his wife Karoline Elisabeth, born Richter. After his cadet training, he joined the Royal Prussian Army as a Leutnant on 22-03-1900. Erich was transferred from the main cadet institute in Groß-Lichterfelde 
to the Royal Infantry Regiment (6th Lorraine) No. 145 in Metz. He was initially employed as a company officer in the 4th company. At the beginning of 1901 he served in the same position in the 10th company of his regiment at the same location. After the regiment was renamed the 6th Lorraine King’s Infantry Regiment No. 145, at the beginning of 1902 he was a company officer in the 11th company of the regiment in Metz. The following year he was part of the 9th company of his regiment at the same location in the same position. In 1904 he belonged to the 4th company of the regiment. The following year he was a company officer in the 2nd company in Metz. On 01-10-1905, he was appointed adjutant of the 2nd Battalion of the 6th Lorraine King’s Infantry Regiment No. 145 in Metz as the successor to Lieutenant Freiherr von Boenigk. Oskar Freiherr von Boenigk (25-08-1893 – 30-01-1946) 
was a German Generalmajor, he began his military career during World War I as a fighter ace credited with 26 victories. He survived the war, served in the post-war revolution, and eventually rose to the rank of Generalmajor in the Luftwaffe during World War II. On 01-10-1908, he was replaced as battalion adjutant by First Lieutenant, later Generalmarschall Paul “Ewald” von Kleist. 
Erich himself was called up to the War Academy in Berlin on October 1, 1908 for his General Staff training. There he was promoted to first lieutenant on 18-10-1909. After graduating from the War Academy, he returned to Metz on 30-06-1911 to join the Royal Infantry Regiment (6th Lorraine) No. 145. On 01-04-1912, he was assigned to the General Staff in Berlin, where he served until 22-03-1914. Then he returned again to the King’s Infantry Regiment (6th Lorraine) No. 145. 
He was promoted to skinman on 27-01-1914. After his return he was part of the staff of the 2nd Battalion of his regiment in Metz. By August 1914 he was assigned to the air force, where he was trained as a pilot. At the beginning of the First World War, he was transferred to Field Aviation Department 39 as a pilot and on 21-10-1916, he became commander of the aviators at Army High Command 8. From 28-01-1918, he was then used as aviation commander 19. On 29-06-1918 his mother died. When he was demobilized on 18-12-1918, he was transferred to Aviation Replacement Department 8. On 21-01-1919, he joined the Görlitz Freikorps under Lieutenant Colonel Wilhelm Faupel, 
where he belonged until the end of May 1919. On 01-06-1919, he became a company commander in this Freikorps. He then joined the provisional imperial army as a captain. On leave on October 26, 1919, he was released from military service on January 7, 1920. He was given the character of Major. Prussian operations officer and future diplomat, Wilhelm Faupel also served during the Great War as a corps-level and field army chief of staff. After the War, Colonel Faupel continued his military service by founding the Freikorps Faupel – Görlitz, which he commanded until his retirement in March 1921 as the Freikorps transitioned into the Reichswehrkorps. He retired at the rank of Generalmajor, but was later awarded the brevet rank of Generalleutnant (Charakter) on 27-08-1939 for Tannenberg Remembrance Day. Faupel died on 01-05-1945, age 71.
the second eldest son of the infantry officer Fedor Oscar Georg von Falkenhayn and his wife Karoline Elisabeth, born Richter. After his cadet training, he joined the Royal Prussian Army as a Leutnant on 22-03-1900. Erich was transferred from the main cadet institute in Groß-Lichterfelde to the Royal Infantry Regiment (6th Lorraine) No. 145 in Metz. He was initially employed as a company officer in the 4th company. At the beginning of 1901 he served in the same position in the 10th company of his regiment at the same location. After the regiment was renamed the 6th Lorraine King’s Infantry Regiment No. 145, at the beginning of 1902 he was a company officer in the 11th company of the regiment in Metz. The following year he was part of the 9th company of his regiment at the same location in the same position. In 1904 he belonged to the 4th company of the regiment. The following year he was a company officer in the 2nd company in Metz. On 01-10-1905, he was appointed adjutant of the 2nd Battalion of the 6th Lorraine King’s Infantry Regiment No. 145 in Metz as the successor to Lieutenant Freiherr von Boenigk. Oskar Freiherr von Boenigk (25-08-1893 – 30-01-1946) was a German Generalmajor, he began his military career during World War I as a fighter ace credited with 26 victories. He survived the war, served in the post-war revolution, and eventually rose to the rank of Generalmajor in the Luftwaffe during World War II. On 01-10-1908, he was replaced as battalion adjutant by First Lieutenant, later Generalmarschall Paul “Ewald” von Kleist. Erich himself was called up to the War Academy in Berlin on October 1, 1908 for his General Staff training. There he was promoted to first lieutenant on 18-10-1909. After graduating from the War Academy, he returned to Metz on 30-06-1911 to join the Royal Infantry Regiment (6th Lorraine) No. 145. On 01-04-1912, he was assigned to the General Staff in Berlin, where he served until 22-03-1914. Then he returned again to the King’s Infantry Regiment (6th Lorraine) No. 145. He was promoted to skinman on 27-01-1914. After his return he was part of the staff of the 2nd Battalion of his regiment in Metz. By August 1914 he was assigned to the air force, where he was trained as a pilot. At the beginning of the First World War, he was transferred to Field Aviation Department 39 as a pilot and on 21-10-1916, he became commander of the aviators at Army High Command 8. From 28-01-1918, he was then used as aviation commander 19. On 29-06-1918 his mother died. When he was demobilized on 18-12-1918, he was transferred to Aviation Replacement Department 8. On 21-01-1919, he joined the Görlitz Freikorps under Lieutenant Colonel Wilhelm Faupel, where he belonged until the end of May 1919. On 01-06-1919, he became a company commander in this Freikorps. He then joined the provisional imperial army as a captain. On leave on October 26, 1919, he was released from military service on January 7, 1920. He was given the character of Major. Prussian operations officer and future diplomat, Wilhelm Faupel also served during the Great War as a corps-level and field army chief of staff. After the War, Colonel Faupel continued his military service by founding the Freikorps Faupel – Görlitz, which he commanded until his retirement in March 1921 as the Freikorps transitioned into the Reichswehrkorps. He retired at the rank of Generalmajor, but was later awarded the brevet rank of Generalleutnant (Charakter) on 27-08-1939 for Tannenberg Remembrance Day. Faupel died on 01-05-1945, age 71.Eric von Falkenhayn reactivated in Hermann Göring’s
(did you know) Luftwaffe 
, on 01-10-1933 as Supplement Officer. With the outbreak of World War II 
he was Commander of Military District Command Pforzheim, to 31-03-1941. Falkenhayn was commander of Luftwaffe Construction Brigade II, to 09-07-1942. His last post was of Officer with Special Duties of the RLM to his retirement, on 30-01-1942, age 60.Von Falkenhayn had at least two siblings: his parents’ eldest son was his brother Hugo Karl Georg von Falkenhayn, born on 29-04-1880 in Küstrin. He became an engineer and married Emma Anna Ida Zaßke, née Mielke, daughter of the late master wheelwright Christian Ludwig Mielke, in Berlin on 23-10-1909, who was five years older than her. His wife died on 10-04-1929 in the Rudolf Virchow Hospital in Berlin. His brother Hugo von Falkenhayn then married Wanda Hedwig Berta Meiwald in Berlin on 19-07-1930, who was twenty-three and a half years his junior. Berets’ son Günther Hugo Georg von Falkenhayn was born on 11-08-1930 in Berlin-Charlottenburg. His brother died on 20-08-1946 in the Neukölln Municipal Hospital at Mariendorfer Weg 74 in Berlin-Neukölln. The cause of death was given as stroke and arteriosclerosis. At that time, his widow Wanda von Falkenhayn still lived in the apartment they shared at Hobrechtstrasse 24 in Neukölln. Their son died as an electrician’s helper on 22-09-1952 at Rudower Straße 56 in Berlin-Buckow. The cause of death was recorded as bilateral pneumonia, heart and circulatory failure.His younger sister was Erna Clara Alwine von Falkenhayn, born on 22-03-1885 in Landsberg/Warthe.
Death and burial ground of Falkenhayn, Erich von.
He lived in Tiefenbronn, where he at the age of 68 died, on 27-04-1956. Falkenhayn is buried with his wife Dorothea, born Richter, who died old age 92, on 07-02-1991, on the Old Cemetery in Tiefenbronn.
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