Heinrich Scheuch
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Heinrich Schëuch (sometimes Scheüch; 21 June 1864, Sélestat – 3 September 1946, Bad Kissingen) was a German officer of the Prussian Army, Generalleutnant of the German Army and (from 1918 to 1919) Prussian Minister of War.
General der Infanterie[]
On 27 August 1939, Tannenbergtag, the highly decorated Knight of the Order of Pour le Mérite received the "Charakter" (honorary title) as a General der Infanterie of the Wehrmacht.
Family[]
His father (1820–1888) worked as a jurist in Colmar. His mother Emilie Graeff was born in 1831 in Sélestat and died in 1879 in Herrlisheim-près-Colmar.
Promotions[]
- 17 October 1893: Leutnant
- 28 Juli 1892: Oberleutnant
- 27 January 1897: Hauptmann
- 18 August 1903: Major
- 20 April 1910: Oberstleutnant
- 22 March 1913: Oberst
- 27 January 1915 or 1916: Generalmajor
- 9 October 1918: Generalleutnant
- 27 August 1939: Charakter als General der Infanterie
Categories:
- 1864 births
- 1946 deaths
- People from Sélestat
- Prussian Ministers of War
- Lieutenant generals of Prussia
- Generals of Infantry (Wehrmacht)
- German Army generals of World War I
- Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (military class)