Glenn J

Mike, Major Richard v. Steinau-Steinr?ck commanded the 1st Battalion of Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 114 from 17 February 1898 until his retirement on 19 January 1899. He was still alive in 1910. Regards Glenn

Robert, this photograph appeared in an article on the W?rttemberg Polizei in the March/April 1985 edition of the Zeitschrift f?r Heerekunde. Regards Glenn

Robert, not sure about the last couple of photos but the others show members of the W?rttemberg "Bereitschaftpolizei" from the twenties and early thirties. They had two distinct uniforms - the dark green service dress and a fieldgrey exercise and daily dress uniform with ski-cap. Regards Glenn

Tony, having got my hands on the history of I.R. 64, I am at least in the position to confirm that Herr Thier did indeed serve in that regiment. As is usual with most regimental histories, it is not indexed and finding references to individual officers can be difficult. I came across no reference to him before October 1916 when he is listed in an Offizier-Stellenbesetzung as the company commander of 6./I.R. 64. The text following indicates that 6th company was largely composed of new recruits at the time and that for most of them this was their first time in action. On 19 April 1917 a Leutnant d.R. Fischer assumed command of the company and as during the period 18 April to 2 May 1917 , the regiment lost 17 officers killed and a further 23 officers wounded, I am assuming that Thier was wounded and handed over command. Bearing in mind that Thier was a company commander at this time, I am further assuming it was the Thier commissioned in Jan 15 mentioned above. Regards Glenn

Tony, I am going to Potsdam on Thursday. The MGFA have a copy there and I'll dig it out. Regards Glenn

Stijn, he had a few General der Infanterie August Ludwig Traugott Graf zu Eulenburg. Regards Glenn

Tony, I have come across just one Leutnant d.R. Thier in my stuff. He was commissioned into Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 48 on 17 Jan 1915 albeit serving at the time with General v. Linsingen's troops in the East. I.R. 48 was also a Brandenburg outfit so possibly it is the same Thier who later transfered to I.R. 64. In any case no Leutnant d.R. Thier was KIA. Regards Glenn

How can this General Officer be Oberstleutnant a.D. Karl v. Eschwege? regards Glenn

Joe, the Bezirksfeldwbel was the designation of the SNCO in each company sized recruiting area district within a battalion sized recruiting dustrict (Bezirkskommando). Depending on the geographical size of the Bezirkskommando, the actual number of company districts and therefore Bezirksfeldwebeln could vary but usually there were about four or five per Bezirkskommando. The Bezirksfeldwebel was the main point of contact for all personnel subject to military service within his company sized recruiting area district and all requests for exemptions for reservist/Landwehr training exercise exemptions and notifications of changes of address etc, etc. were directed to him. Regards Glenn

Chip, a map showing the assault on the Narew Line including Rozan in late July 1915. Regards Glenn

Solomon, the Generalgouverneur of Belgium was Generaloberst Moritz Freiherr v. Bissing. The Lindenberg is the 1914 Bezirkskommandeur of Crefeld - char Oberst (22.3.14) Lindenberg. The former commander of I./I.R. 173, he commanded Bezirkskommando M?nster from 13 September 1912 to 17 February 1914. Regards Glenn

David, 1. I am assuming in this context that "Achtung" means the status or standing of a Cadet, i.e. the respect or regard entitled to one holding that appointment. 2. As an officer aspirant he would have spent time in the various junior NCO ranks of his chosen arm as part of his training. On transfer to the artillery it was probably considered that his previous junior NCO service in the infantry was insufficient and he briefly had to gain experience in those ranks in his new arm of service. 3. Lamotte = 11. I.R. 4. Theobald = 4. I.R. Brian, It was normal for aspirant officers (unless they took the cadet school route) to enter their regiment of choice as private soldiers and serve as junior NCOS until appointed (in the Bavarian Army) to the rank of Junker before commissioning. Regards Glenn

Chris, I actually got that wrong. The first six months of 1915 has about 55,000 entries. For the whole of 1915 my index has 88,601 Prussians and W?rtzembergers. Regards Glenn

Dave, Transfeldt's figure are for German Jewish citizens, not Austro-Hungarians. Regards Glenn

Chris, The wartime editions of the Milit?r-Wochenblatt were not indexed. So far I have name indexed my copies up to the middle of 1916 and the work comtinues. To give you an idea of the scale of the work involved, my index for 1915 alone contains some 55,000 Prussian and W?rttemberg officer and military official promotions. Herr Wehmann's date is shown on the same page but in the entry directly above. Regards Glenn

Hi UM, yes, poor old Friedl?nder met his fate in a concentration camp. He finished WW1 as a Major (1.11.17) on the k.u.k. General Staff. A Major General since 28.8.31, he rose to the rank of Lieutenant-General (Feldmarschalleutnant) in the Austrian Bundesheer. Regards Glenn

Kev, Walter Transfeldt in his "Wort und Brauch in Heer und Flotte" gives the following figures: 96,000 Jewish soldiers participated in WW1 of which 2000 were commissioned plus a further 1200 medical officers. There was not an Austro-Hungarian Jewish Field-Marshal although Generaloberst Samuel Baron von Hazai was a Jewish convert to christianity. Regards Glenn

Chris, we have a Leutnant der Reserve Papendick (Landwehrbezirk Tilsit) commissioned on 22 March 1915 in Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 33. This is probably Emil. Offizieraspirant Walter Papendick (Landwehrbezirk Tilsit) of 2. GRzf. was commissioned on 7 August 1915. Regards Glenn

Chris, I am not aware of the existance of a regimental history of Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 40 so it may not be possible to ascertain much more about him. I can tell you he survived the war. His promotion to Leutnant der Reserve was gazetted in the Milit?r-Wochenblatt in the second week of April 1916. Regards Glenn

Chris, I have only come across two officers with that name: Leutnant der Reserve Wehmann (Landwehrbezirk Landsberg a.W.) of Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 40. Commissioned as such on 10 April 1916. And Hauptmann der Landwehr a.D. Wehmann of Landwehrbezirk Stra?burg who died on 13 July 1916 and is obviously not your man. Regards Glenn

Excellent photographs. The General-Postmeister is Georg Domizlaff. Regards Glenn

Robert, char. Oberst Maximilian v. Knoch 10.09.69-28.01.28. Awarded the OPLM on 15.08.18 as commander of RFAR 10. very nice photo! Regards Glenn

Sascha, he is a Sergeant. Note the Unteroffizier Troddel. The Feldwebel and Vizefeldwebel were entitled to the Officers' Portepee and Infantry Officers' sword. Regards Glenn

The Army officer is presumably the then Oberstleutnant Hans-Henning v. Gersdorff, the Generalfeldmarschall's adjutant. Regards Glenn

Chip, in the original German "?berz?hlig". Basically although promoted to the substantive (Patentiert) rank of Major he was filling an unestablished or supernumary post and was therefore still paid as an Hauptmann. If an officer fulfilled the necessary requirements in terms of qualification and seniority amongst his peer group but an established post was unavailable in which to substantively promote him, he could be promoted to the higher rank as a supernumerary, usually on the unit staff until an established post became available. The officer concerned received a patent of promotion but continued to receive the remuneration of the lower rank until assuming an established post. Regards Glenn