Hagl, August, born 19-06-1888 in Landshut, 
joined the Army Service on 07-07-1909, age 21, as a Fähnrich in the 9th Bavarian Infantry Regiment. August was in the fields of the first war and ended as Machine Gun Officer 
with the Staff of the 17th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment. Hagl was transferred to the Police Service on 01-10-1920, but reactivated in the growing Reichswehr 
on 15-10-1935. At the beginning of World War II he was the commander of the 91st Infantry Regiment, until 15-11-1940. He landed in the Führer Reserve (see Adolf Hitler) (did you know), to 18-11-1940 and got the command of Mörchingen to 04-02-1943. His son Hans, a crew member of the battleship Bismarck, on 27-05-1941 was sunk. The British battleship Dorsetshire had rescued 85 men and the Maori had picked up 25 by the time they left the scene. 
A U-boat later reached the survivors and found three men, and a German trawler rescued another two. One of the men picked up by the British died of his wounds the following day. Out of a crew of over 2,200 men, only 114 survived.
joined the Army Service on 07-07-1909, age 21, as a Fähnrich in the 9th Bavarian Infantry Regiment. August was in the fields of the first war and ended as Machine Gun Officer with the Staff of the 17th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment. Hagl was transferred to the Police Service on 01-10-1920, but reactivated in the growing Reichswehr on 15-10-1935. At the beginning of World War II he was the commander of the 91st Infantry Regiment, until 15-11-1940. He landed in the Führer Reserve (see Adolf Hitler) (did you know), to 18-11-1940 and got the command of Mörchingen to 04-02-1943. His son Hans, a crew member of the battleship Bismarck, on 27-05-1941 was sunk. The British battleship Dorsetshire had rescued 85 men and the Maori had picked up 25 by the time they left the scene. A U-boat later reached the survivors and found three men, and a German trawler rescued another two. One of the men picked up by the British died of his wounds the following day. Out of a crew of over 2,200 men, only 114 survived.
After hours withstanding heavy fire, the Bismarck, under its sole commanding officer, Captain Ernst Lindemann, 
sank at 10:39 a.m. Hundreds of crewmen were left floating in the frigid, oily water. The British ships Dorsetshire 
and Maori rescued a combined 111 crewmen before the Royal Navy issued a U boat warning and ordered its ships out of the area. Others were saved the following day, but just 115 of the crew of more than 2,200 survived.In 1942, Dorsetshire, 
under the command of Commandore Augustus Willington Shelton Agar,
under the command of Commandore Augustus Willington Shelton Agar,
was assigned to the Eastern Fleet in the Indian Ocean. Augustus Agar died on 30-12-1968, age 78, and was buried in Alton Cemetery. In March, the Dorsetshire was assigned to Force A, which was commanded by Admiral Sir James Fohnes Somerville, 
with the battleship Warspite and the carriers Indomitable and Formidable. Somerville received reports of an impending Japanese attack in the Indian Ocean—the Indian Ocean raid—and so he put his fleet to sea on 31 March. Having not encountered any hostile forces by 4 April, he withdrew to refuel. Dorsetshire and her sister ship Cornwall were sent to Colombo to replenish their fuel. The next day, she and Cornwall were spotted by reconnaissance aircraft from the heavy cruiser Tone. The two British cruisers were attacked by a force of 53 Aichi D3A2 “Val” dive bombers 320 km (200 mi) southwest of Ceylon. In the span of about eight minutes, Dorsetshire was hit by ten 250 lb (110 kg) and 550 lb (250 kg) bombs and several near misses; she sank stern first at about 13:50. One of the bombs detonated an ammunition magazine and contributed to her rapid sinking. Cornwall was hit eight times and sank bow first about ten minutes later. Between the two ships, 1,122 men out of a total of 1,546 were picked up by the cruiser Enterprise and the destroyers Paladin and Panther the next day.Hagl was Field Command 668, in Ssarsy, Kursk, to 28-02-1943 and again in the Reserve to 07-04-1943. Battle Commandant of Kharkov, following again the command of Mörchingen, to 24-09-1944. For the third time in the infamous Reserve OKH, 
until 23-03-1945 and commander of “Battle Group Hagl”, to October 1944. Hagl’s last command was of Bayreuth and Protection District Leader of Upper Franconia, to 14-04-1945. He lands in US captivity and was released on 12-05-1947, age 58. 
until 23-03-1945 and commander of “Battle Group Hagl”, to October 1944. Hagl’s last command was of Bayreuth and Protection District Leader of Upper Franconia, to 14-04-1945. He lands in US captivity and was released on 12-05-1947, age 58. Death and burial ground of Hagl, August.
Living in Kempten, Bavaria Hagl, an alcohol abuser, died old age 84, on 20-06-1972 and is buried with his wife Lina, born Faulhaber, who died age 63 on 23-03-1955, on the Alten Katholische Friedhof of Kempten.
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