Yagov, Walter von

Von Yagov came from the Altmark noble family. On March 18, 1887, he joined the von Citen (Brandenburg) regiment No. 3 as a fan-cadet hussar regiment. There he consistently became second-lieutenant (September 19, 1888) and Oberleutenant (January 27, 1897). June 12, 1901 became a squadron commander with the simultaneous production of the rank of captain . From July 25, 1904 to October 17, 1909 he served as an instructor in the Hanoverian Infantry Riding Institute, and then as an adjutant in the III Army Inspectorate. On April 21, 1911, he was promoted to majors and from April 18, 1913, served at the headquarters of the Baron von Mantoifel (Rheinsky) dragoon regiment No. 5, where he was the commander of the 7th reserve dragoon regiment by the beginning of World War I.

World War I

The first major battle on the Western Front for von Jagow was the battle of Nöfshato and Longwy. January 15, 1915 he was appointed commander of the personnel regiment, then other battles in the West followed until September 1915, when he was transferred with his unit on the Eastern Front . There he participated in the campaign against Serbia, and after the end of hostilities he was again transferred to the Western Front. Already in the rank of lieutenant colonel (from June 6, 1916), from January 15, 1918 he commanded the 16th reserve infantry regiment, and from September 7 of the same year - the 30th dismounted cavalry regiment. While in office, von Yagov was promoted to colonel on September 20.

After the war

At the end of the war, he commanded various cavalry regiments: from December 18, 1918 3rd Hussars, then from May 1, 1919 - 11th cavalry, then until May 1, 1920 - 16th cavalry in Kassel .

June 1, 1922 transferred to the headquarters of the 2nd district in Stettin . A month after the promotion (major general since January 1, 1923) Walter von Jagov himself headed the district, but this appointment was short-lived, three months later he took the post of commander of the 1st Cavalry Division ( Frankfurt an der Oder ). Since April 1, 1925 - Lieutenant General.

On April 30, 1927, von Yagov was dismissed while being promoted to the rank of general from the cavalry.

He died on March 27, 1928 in Potsdam.

• 4th Class Red Eagle Order ( Kingdom of Prussia )
• Order of the Prussian Crown 4th Class ( Kingdom of Prussia )
• Cross “For the length of service” (for 25 years of immaculate service) ( Kingdom of Prussia )
• Order of Albrecht 1st Class Knight's Cross ( Kingdom of Saxony )
• Order of the Princely House of Lippe Honorary Cross 3rd Class
• Order of Frederick Knight's Cross 1st class ( Kingdom of Württemberg )
• Order of St. John Crosses the Knight of Honor and Justice
• Royal Order of the Hohenzollern House Knight's Cross with Swords ( Kingdom of Prussia )
• Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st grade
• 3rd Class Military Merit Order with Swords ( Kingdom of Bavaria )
• 1st Class Merit Cross ( Duchy of Braunschweig )
• 3rd Class Military Merit Cross with military decorations ( Austria-Hungary )
• Iron Crescent ( Ottoman Empire )

• Rangliste der Koniglich Preu? Ischen Armee und des XIII. (Koniglich Wurttembergischen) Armeekorps fur 1914, Hrsg .: Kriegsministerium, Ernst Siegfried Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1914, S.371
• Rangliste des Deutschen Reichsheeres, Hrsg .: Reichswehrministerium, Mittler & Sohn Verlag, Berlin 1925, S.145
• Dermot Bradley: Die Generale des Heeres 1921-1945, Band 6: Hochbaum-Klutmann , Biblio Verlag, Bissendorf 2002, ISBN 3-7648-2582-0