Albert Mayer (soldier)
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Albert Otto Walter Mayer | |
|---|---|
 Mayer c. 1912–1914 | |
| Born | 24 April 1892 |
| Died | 2 August 1914 (aged 22) |
| Buried | Illfurth German Military Cemetery, Alsace, France |
| Allegiance | German Empire |
| Branch | Imperial German Army |
| Service years | 1912–1914 |
| Rank | Leutnant |
| Unit | Jäger Regt-zu-Pferd Nr 5, 29th Cavalry Brigade, 29th Infantry Division |
| Conflicts | World War I |
Albert Otto Walter Mayer (24 April 1892 – 2 August 1914) was the first soldier of the Imperial German Army to die in World War I. He died one day before the German Empire formally declared war on France, in the same skirmish in which Jules-André Peugeot became the first French soldier to die.
Albert Otto Walter Mayer was born on 24 April 1892 at Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt. His family had moved to the area of Mulhouse, Alsace, when he was a boy. He enlisted into the Imperial German Army in 1912. In August 1914, he was a lieutenant in his local cavalry unit, the Jäger Regt-zu-Pferd Nr 5, which was part of the 29th Cavalry Brigade of the 29th Infantry Division, garrisoned in Mulhouse.[1]
