Chris Boonzaier

Landwehr, Landsturm, Ersatz inf 32 EIR di,p643 3 RER di,p652 2 LIR di,p321,370,427,585 6 LIR di,p366 9 LIR di,p359,367 12 LIR di,p422-wk,p183 19 LIR di,p321,378,527 20 LIR di,p282,372 24 LIR di,p338,381 26 LIR wk,p25 37 LIR di,p515,526,584,606-wk,p287 39 LIR di,p411,518 47 LIR di,p320,368 48 LIR di,p319,338 53 LIR di,p607 56 LIR di,p389 73 LIR wk,p129 75 LIR di,p334 77 LIR di,p412 80 LIR wk,p102 99 LIR di,p333,366,377 101 LIR di,p373 104 LIR di,p611 106 LIR di,p611 107 LIR di,p345,359,605 116 LIR di,p263 119 LIR di,p388 121 LIR di,p515,608 122 LIR di,p391 123 LIR di,p388 124 LIR di,p401 125 LIR di,p240 430 LIR di,p529

Reserve Infantry Garde Res Schuetzen Bat wk,p364 3 RIR di,p306-wk,p290 13 RIR di,p552,563 26 RIR di,p543-wk,p46,420 28 RIR di,p429,432 32 RIR di,p475 36 RIR wk,p70 52 RIR di,p447 61 RIR di,p647 72 RIR di,p404,406,476,505,551-wk,p80,133 73 RIR wk,p258 77 RIR wk,p198 79 RIR wk,p11,194 86 RIR wk,p390 92 RIR wk,p152 99 RIR di,p494 106 RIR wk,p93 216 RIR wk,p151 224 RIR wk,p289 227 RIR wk,p210,421 229 RIR wk,p127 231 RIR wk,p276 233 RIR di,p409,575,594,616 234 RIR di,p286,501,554,578,655 235 RIR wk,p97 249 RIR wk,p281 250 RIR wk,p422 251 RIR di,p516 254 RIR di,p540 263 RIR di,p342

Infantry- Garde Fues Regt. wk,p370 1 GardeGren di,p266 1 GRzF wk,p283,316,333,347,399,432 2 GRzF wk,p40,57 2 GardeGren di,p298 2 GrenR di,p245,386,538 3 GRzF wk,p140,143,168,173,185,269 3 GrenR di,p347 3 Garde di,p247 5 GardeGren di,p324-wk,p323 7 IR di,p563 7 GrenR di,p622-wk,p261 8 LeibGR di,p600 9 GrenR di,p278 10 GrenR di,p237 11 GrenR di,p544 14 IR di,p360 15 IR di,p280 16 IR di,p226,567 18 IR di,p312,316 21 IR di,p525,536 23 IR di,p595-wk,p351 24 IR di,p242,273,449,455,506,558,637,651-wk,p16 25 IR di,p532 26 IR wk,p71 29 IR di,p413-wk,p193 32 IR di,p322,480-wk,p118,122 35 FuesR di,p255 36 Fues wk,p131,425 41 IR di,p328 43 IR wk,p111 44 IR di,p305-wk,p161,164,179,188,343 46 IR wk,p337 47 IR di,r631 48 IR wk,p228 51 IR wk,p35,69 52 IR wk,p224,354, 53 IR wk,p377 62 IR di,p495 66 IR di,p493-wk,p77 68 IR di,p395 71 IR di,p437,441-wk,p201 73 FuesR di,p576-wk,p264 74 IR wk,p14 76 IR wk,p79 77 IR wk,p55,83,330 78 IR di,p362 80 FuesR di,p514 82 IR wk,p114 84 IR di,p581 85 IR wk,p44 86 FuesR di,p259 90 FuesR wk,p272 92 IR di,p579-wk,p171,175,283 94 IR di,p329 96 IR wk,p252,318,325,39399 IR di,p486 100 LGrenR di,p249 103 IR di,p390 104 IR di,p406 107 IR di,p383 109 LeibGR wk,p265,316 115 LeibIR di,p258-wk,p220 116 IR wk,p65 119 GrenR di,p601 120 IR di,p497 122 FuesR wk,p207 125 IR di,p297-wk,p412 127 IR di,p392,424 128 IR di,p573,634 129 IR di,p317 130 IR di,p422-wk,p404,418 132 IR wk,p19,370 145 IR di,p253-wk,p341,426,428 146 IR di,p546,612 147 IR di,p378 148 IR di,p538 150 IR di,p334,386 151 IR di,p309 153 IR di,p235,250,261,275 155 IR wk,p383 156 IR di,p477 158 IR di,p478 159 IR wk,p216 160 IR di,p238 161 IR wk,p104,134, 164 IR wk,p147 165 IR di,p227 174 IR di,p628 176 IR di,p315 178 IR wk,p37 208 IR wk,p203 262 IR wk,p375 370 IR di,p499 417 IR di,p636 447 IR di,p587 457 IR di,p656 463 IR di,p617,624 465 IR wk,p328,334

The Books (Working list) Wir Kaempfer im Weltkrieg - wk Deutsche Infanterie (Ehrenmal) - di Das Ehrenbuch der deutsche Feldartillerie - fa

Ok, In this thread I will be making a list of units that can be found in standard works. Most of them do not have an index, and if one were to list every mention of the units the list would be muuuch longer... but unfortunately I dont have the time to do that. What I am starting is a list of where to find texts on specific units in standard works. In many books there are half a page to 2-3 pages taken from Regimental histories or documents from a particular unit. These are very interesting to a document collector/researcher, but often hidden where you will never find it. Here is the work so far... with each of these you will find at least half a page of frontline action to the unit, either from a participant or historian. I will use codes for the book, then the page number eg 1 RIR xx, p111-yy, p111 will be 1 Res Inf Regt Book-xx page 111 and book yy page 111

No Chance of one of their EK docs turning up I guess.... :-)

You master of the crappy scan you !!!!! What a great little group. Any chance of better scans for pages 4 and 5?

The 1917 Rebellion in the French army is somewhat understandable when you read the following. Not forgetting that the germans spent much of the war on the defensive in the west, that in 1915 almost all Western front offensive fighting was done by the french, that verdun was a simple attack-counter attack- attack- counter attack scenario... With the exception of defensive fighting after the German attack in 1918 and a bit of 1914, the french spent almost all the war on the offensive... These are stunning figures.. French army losses during the war. It is usually said that Verdun and the Nivelle offensive were the battles that caused the French their highest losses. The following statistics found by Yves Buffetaut at the French archives (reference 6 N 58 at the SHAT) provide an interesting breakdown of casualties suffered during the course of the war. By far the worst losses were those suffered during the war of movement, and many more were to follow in the years of static warfare that followed. August & September 1914 : 329,000 (Battle of the frontiers and the Marne) October & November 1914 : 125,000 (Race to the sea) December 14-January 15 : 74,000 (French winter offensives) February-March 15 : 69,000 (French winter offensives) April, May, June 1915 : 143,000 (French offensives in Artois and Champagne) July & August 1915 : 48,000 Sept, Oct, November 15 : 131,000 (French offensives in Artois and Champagne) December 15 & January 16 : 22,000 By the time the battle for Verdun had started, the French army had already lost 941 000 men. February, March, April 1916 : 111,000 (Verdun) May 16 : 29,800 (Verdun) June 16 : 37,600 (Verdun) July 16 : 44,700 (Verdun and the Somme) August 16 : 26,500 (Mainly Somme) September 16 : 39,200 (Mainly Somme) October 16 : 23,800 (Verdun and the Somme) November 16 : 23,000 (Somme) December 16 : 14,600 (Successful offensive at Verdun) January 17 : 6,500 February 17 : 10,300 March 17 : 11,600 As the troops were preparing for the Chemin des Dames offensive, or "Nivelle Offensive", the total casualties (dead + missing) had already reached 1,319,000 men. April 1917 : 51,700 (Chemin des Dames) May 17 : 29,100 (End of Chemin des Dames) June 17 : 13,500 July 17 : 15,500 August 17 : 19,000 (2nd battle of Verdun) September 17 : 10,000 October 17 : 13,000 (battle of the Malmaison) November 17 : 5,000 December 17 : 4,000 January 1918 : 6,000 February : 9,000 (the Germans sent 15,000 prisoners to France in February) March 18 : 30,000 (German offensive on the Somme) April 18 : 28,000 (German offensive on the Somme & Flanders) May 18 : 29,000 (German offensive at the Chemin des Dames) June 18 : 81,000 (German offensives : Chemin des Dames and Matz) July 18 : 52,000 (German offensive on the Marne and French counter-stroke) August 18 : 24,000 (Allied offensive) September 18 : 23,000 (Allied offensive) October 18 : 39,000 (Allied offensive) November 18 : 9,000 (Allied offensive) The casualties totaled 1,798,000 including the 18,000 prisoners released before the armistice. Suprisingly, in spite of the horrible losses suffered there, the Chemin des Dames and Verdun losses appear rather small when compared to the losses of 1914 and 1915. Many people with an interest in the war like to repeat the old red herring "After the mutiny of 1917 the French army lost its fighting spirit and their allies had to carry the weight", not only the German histories dispute this, but so do the horrific losses suffered, France loosing over 300 000 men in 1918 alone.

Jup indeed... and the Frenchies had many men that fell to the Germans... some mind boggling figures.... French army losses during the war. It is usually said that Verdun and the Nivelle offensive were the battles that caused the French their highest losses. The following statistics found by Yves Buffetaut at the French archives (reference 6 N 58 at the SHAT) provide an interesting breakdown of casualties suffered during the course of the war. By far the worst losses were those suffered during the war of movement, and many more were to follow in the years of static warfare that followed. August & September 1914 : 329,000 (Battle of the frontiers and the Marne) October & November 1914 : 125,000 (Race to the sea) December 14-January 15 : 74,000 (French winter offensives) February-March 15 : 69,000 (French winter offensives) April, May, June 1915 : 143,000 (French offensives in Artois and Champagne) July & August 1915 : 48,000 Sept, Oct, November 15 : 131,000 (French offensives in Artois and Champagne) December 15 & January 16 : 22,000 By the time the battle for Verdun had started, the French army had already lost 941 000 men. February, March, April 1916 : 111,000 (Verdun) May 16 : 29,800 (Verdun) June 16 : 37,600 (Verdun) July 16 : 44,700 (Verdun and the Somme) August 16 : 26,500 (Mainly Somme) September 16 : 39,200 (Mainly Somme) October 16 : 23,800 (Verdun and the Somme) November 16 : 23,000 (Somme) December 16 : 14,600 (Successful offensive at Verdun) January 17 : 6,500 February 17 : 10,300 March 17 : 11,600 As the troops were preparing for the Chemin des Dames offensive, or "Nivelle Offensive", the total casualties (dead + missing) had already reached 1,319,000 men. April 1917 : 51,700 (Chemin des Dames) May 17 : 29,100 (End of Chemin des Dames) June 17 : 13,500 July 17 : 15,500 August 17 : 19,000 (2nd battle of Verdun) September 17 : 10,000 October 17 : 13,000 (battle of the Malmaison) November 17 : 5,000 December 17 : 4,000 January 1918 : 6,000 February : 9,000 (the Germans sent 15,000 prisoners to France in February) March 18 : 30,000 (German offensive on the Somme) April 18 : 28,000 (German offensive on the Somme & Flanders) May 18 : 29,000 (German offensive at the Chemin des Dames) June 18 : 81,000 (German offensives : Chemin des Dames and Matz) July 18 : 52,000 (German offensive on the Marne and French counter-stroke) August 18 : 24,000 (Allied offensive) September 18 : 23,000 (Allied offensive) October 18 : 39,000 (Allied offensive) November 18 : 9,000 (Allied offensive) The casualties totaled 1,798,000 including the 18,000 prisoners released before the armistice. Suprisingly, in spite of the horrible losses suffered there, the Chemin des Dames and Verdun losses appear rather small when compared to the losses of 1914 and 1915. Many people with an interest in the war like to repeat the old red herring "After the mutiny of 1917 the French army lost its fighting spirit and their allies had to carry the weight", not only the German histories dispute this, but so do the horrific losses suffered, France loosing over 300 000 men in 1918 alone.

Which would mean the others would have gotten it during the war... I wonder if the Dutch Attaches in England got MIDs or MCs? What kind of "war service" were they providing the germans?

It is indeed an evil looking blade !!!

2 Thoughts from an EK point of view... I would guess they would not have awarded him one during the war, the statutes for the white ribboned cross would have been just right for this. I would assume that it was a bit of political stroking done in the post war period. tossing a few medals their way to get brownie points and who cares about the prussians anyway. I would put it down as an two off wierdo occurance. secondly, how do "Neutrals" get awards for war service to germany? They may have been good attaches, but the Iron cross is for Military, or at least "war " service, hardly something neutral attaches would provide. It is probably a postwar gesture by someone who did not really give 2 farts about what he was awarding.

Did you just buy that for an insane amount on french Ebay? I saw it, liked it... but chickened out because of the price......

And what is a Fenian ? ;-)

"This letter is by a French ship Capt. on Sainte-Dominigue(Haiti) of his present situation dated November 26, 1777. Capt. Francais the 26 November 1777" Is this the guy who killed Captain Jack Sparrow in part 3?

Hi Chris, Sorry, no mention...

Hi Dave, Thanks! That fits in very well indeed. The 6th Bavarian division is on the map in the post above, fits in perfectly with the area of operations that Schmitt was in. Best Chris

Hi, von Berchem in volume 6 pages 52 and 99 Lt K?stner volume 14, page 80 Lt. d.R. K?stner volume 15 page 18

Hi, is it a one piece cross? If so there cannot be an unintended striking as both sides of the stamp would be different. If the core is 2 seperate very thin brass plates back on back (these exist) then it may be someone mixed up the 2 core plates....

I just recieved a French document to a guy who was probably a few hundred meters from our German friend here... I still have to see if I can find the exact position where he fought on the map....

Here is Scmitt's map of the area to the South of Verdun. Just below the Binos is St-Mihiel. He was in the sector just below Verdun, which is on the top left. From the Units on the map he must have been there in mid 1916. Funny to think of this in the map case of the chieff of staff, poured over by old guys with monacles....while guys whose EK docs I have were less than a pinprick.... Does anyone know where von Ge?ling served?

Hi, al attempt to get the naming for Dan...

If I am not mistaken, it is the little web tongue that makes a buckle "Tropical", irrespective if Rommel wore it or not...

Not only that... it is hand drawn..

You mean the stones that litter the desert? I Saudi Arabia there are hundreds of Rocks painted white in the desert... and none of the locals can figure out why!!