Chris Boonzaier

.... makes an Ebay buy that much sweeter....... :-)

smells crook to me.....

I wonder how he ended up in Frejus?

Hi Rebecca, there is only one Gentleman here... and I be he! The other members are just a bunch of guys... and some gals.... so welcome!!! All the best Chris (Gentleman) ;-)

I know nothing about the Regiment but I assume more Hungarian than Austrian? This is really interesting as WW1 EK docs to Foreigners are really very, very difficult to fing....

Hi, If I were to use one of these in a Bavarian Blue Waffenrock... which ones would be the best and which Bayonet? Lets say "1913 style"

A war face??? That is the Face of a guy driving to work, knowing his wife is using the computer to order Birthday presents for the kids.... and not being able to remember if he had erased his Browser History before he left home that morning...... :-)

During the time spent in the frontline at Maurepas during the battle of the Somme by the Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment Nr. 7 , Private Grieshammer and Gefreiter Mütter (both of the 9th Company) distinguished themselves with exemplary courage on the 18th of August 1916. During the day they braved the heaviest bombardments of all calibers to bring messages from the Battalion to Regimental command post. When the French advanced after numerous attacks they once again made the perilous journey. Thrown to the ground numerous times by exploding shells they reached the Le Forest positions to relay a request for reinforcements and ammunition to the commander of the reserve battalion. They then skillfully guided the reinforcements through the enemy barrage using their knowledge of areas where the fire was less heavy to arrive in the front line without loss. A few hours later they volunteered again to search for the stretcher bearers. Due to fog they were not able to find them but as dawn broke they found their way to the regimental headquarters and relayed the need for stretcher bearers. They then returned through the enemy barrage to transmit a message to the battalion.

Hi Mark, thanks for the information! I will indeed keep them together! I assume he was not in one of the 4 Regiments and was probably on the Brigade staff ? Thanks Chris

Hi, Gebruder Hemmerle means "The Hemmerle brothers" Best Chris

Indeed it was ;-) I have a box of maps from the officer, he kept every map he ever touched during the war :-)

This is about as good as a Trench Map gets... 21st of March 1918, operation Michael, the plan of the creeping Barrage or "Feuerwalze" in the Bullecourt area where the British 59th Division was in the line. The map is marked "Streng Geheim" and belonged to an officer of the 16th Bavarian Minenwerfer Company.

Hi, here is a write up of a young man killed in the actions of 1914... http://www.kaiserscross.com/40312/179301.html Hofmann had been in the army 2 monhts before his first wound.

Some time ago I picked up not one but 2 Militärpass belonging to Uffz. George Hofmann.... Fantastic early Ypres area battles... Poelcapelle, Langemark etc.... more "Ypres" you cannot find! :-)

Here is a real "Out of the woodwork" piece! :-)

Hi, I think based on the French Chapeau de Brousse.... http://lepoilu-paris.com/fr/4415-chapeau-de-brousse-modèle-49-indochine-algerie.html

I think the hat may be french originally?

Whiskey and Whores I am told.... but that also costs money.... :-(

Indeed... the CdG documents can be a real addiction....

Hi, I founf him!! SeyFang He had rheumitism and Heart Problems in 1917, the reason he left his unit. Best Chris

Super! That is some battle record, I think you may have the family name wrong? Can you post a good scam of the page with his name, date of birth etc?

I have a few EK Docs to this Regiment, but not to this company at this time...

The Füsiliers, NCOs and officers awarded the EK2 from the 10th Company Füsilier Regiment 39 after a successful attack at Verdun on the 1st of August 1916

Very nice MG pics!!

Hehe... I am sure he had contact before he came home... but imagine.... the unit reports its death... the family and firm he works with post death notices in the newspaper.... and then they get a letter that he is still alive!... did the relief of this news make up for the terrible time they went through ?