Alfred von Larisch

Georg Karl Kuno Alfred von Larisch (1856–1952) was a German General of the Infantry during World War I. He commanded the 10th Division, the 81st Reserve Division, the Guard Ersatz Division, and the Generalkommando z.b.V. 54 on the Western and Eastern fronts.

Early military career Alfred von Larisch was born on October 20, 1856, in Danzig as the son of Prussian General and Marie von Cederstolpe. Larisch joined the Imperial German Army as a cadet serving in the in 1874 at Dressau. The division was located on the Western front as part of the 5th Army, under the command of Crown Prince Wilhelm, participated in the capture of Longwy Fortress. After the First Battle of the Marne, the division held positions east of Verdun where it would remain until October 1916.

In October 1915, Larisch was transferred to the Eastern Front, where he was appointed commander of the 81st Reserve Division, with which he participated in the battles around Pinsk and the Pripyat wetlands. Hermann Eugen Alfred Kuno Karl Marie Elisabeth Erika Margarete Asta Erich Wilhelm Peter Nikolaus Ursula

Awards Prussian Service Award Cross Order of Albert the Bear, Knight 2nd Class House and Merit Order of Peter Frederick Louis, Commander Albert Order, Grand Cross Order of the White Falcon, Commander , Honor Cross 1st Class

Foreign awards Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd Class Order of the Crown of Thailand, Commander