Gersdorff, Gero von, born 17-10-1892 in Charlottenhof, District Beeskow-Starkow, Mark,
entered the Army Service on 23-12-1912 as a Leutnant in the 3rd Foot Guards Regiment,
age 20. He participated in the first war, was wounded
on 26-09-1914 and in French captivity, until the end of the war, a short battle for him. He remained in the new 10 divisions Reichswehr, 8 infantry and 2 calvalry, as 100.000 other and with the outbreak of World War II he was the commander of the 1st Battalion of the 118th Infantry Regiment, until 01-12-1939. Gersdorff was following commander of the 166th Infantry Regiment and of the 80th Infantry Regiment as he landed wounded in hospital
and the Führer Reserve (see Adolf Hitler) (did you know), until 27-04-1942. He got the command of 246th Infantry Replacement Regiment until 31-12-1942. Delegated with the leadership of Division 411 to 24-09-1944 and in the Reserve again, until 04-12-1944. Then transferred to the Staff of the Inspector of Land Fortifications West until his discharging and Allied captivity, on 08-05-1945.




Death and burial ground of Gersdorff, Gero von.


Released on 11-06-1947, Gero von Gersdorff lived in Munich, where he at the age of 75 died, on 15-11-1967. Gero is buried on the Waldfriedhof of Munich. On this cemetery are also buried the next personalities, General der Flieger, Kommandeur IV Flak Regiment, Rudolf Bogatsch,
Generalleutnant der Artillerie, Commander of the Troops Exercise Grounds in Maria ter Heide, Heinrich Curtze, Generalmajor der Infanterie, Kommandeur Wehrmacht Operaties Staff, Ernst Detleffsen
















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