Date of birth:

December 29th, 1856 (Salchow, Pommern, Pomerania)

Date of death:

January 13th, 1942 (Waynesville, Missouri, United States)

Nationality:

Prussian (1701-1918, Kingdom)

German General der Infanterie Eduard von Below commanded 9th Infantry Division in the years leading up to the Great War. He remained in this role as the Germans mobilized, heading his troops to the Western Front as they marched under command of Fifth Field Army commander Crown Prince Wilhelm. Eduard von Below later replaced Adolf von Oven as commander of V. Army Corps. Von Below reportedly died in Waynesville, Missouri.

22.03.1917: promoted to General der Infanterie

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