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First name, not sure we have him yet: H. Becker from Oldenburg, Oberlehrer. no rank mentioned. Hermann acc. to Adressbuch Oldenburg 1915. Nachrichten für Stadt und Land (Oldenburg), 17.5.1918

First name: Lt dR Peter Lübben Nachrichten für Stadt und Land (Oldenburg), 15.5.1918

More about Alfred Kupke from IR 16 (spelling with one p is correct). Major (E) in 1939. Jeversches Wochenblatt, 11.10.1938 Hermann Sassenberg went into Polizei after WW1 and back to Wehrmacht later. Made Oberst in 1940. Died in Oldenburg in 1965 acc. to myheritage. Jeversches Wochenblatt, 3.9.1940 Hestermann is Gustav, from FAR 58. Died in 1935. Westfälische Zeitung, 18.10.1935

This is an absolutely fascinating story, worth an article of its own or even a book: The Dr. Hadra in our list, "landsturmpflichtiger Arzt" from 2nd GardeR zF is Dr. Edmund Georg Hadra, a (converted) Jew. Born in Berlin in 1877, Dr. med. from Univ. Leipzig in 1906. Wounded three times in WW1, he received the HHOX in 1918. Survived Theresienstadt, where he was sent in 1942. Emigrated to South America after the end of WW2, then to the US in 1948, where his daughter already lived. Practiced again in several NYC hospitals and died in Manhattan in 1971, at 93. What a life. https://books.google.de/books?id=Hk93DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA296&lpg=PA296&dq=dr+hadra+garde&source=bl&ots=COPCCWFSgg&sig=ACfU3U3cO_nZcxoYESn_FpZh5XVXau0cSA&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjOiZiN7br0AhWHDuwKHVSTCWoQ6AF6BAgYEAM#v=onepage&q=dr hadra garde&f=false https://www.geni.com/people/Edmund-Georg-הדרה/6000000030164240491

We have an Albert Schmidt in our list, not sure if this is the same one, from Leer: Wilhelmshavener Tageblatt, 4.6.1918

Dr. Gustav Duden died 1927 in Wiesbaden, acc. to his death certificate at ancestry. (He was actually a son of the famous Konrad Duden).

Dr. Paul Blunk (1880-1947): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Blunk Dr. Erich Böhne, from Krupp (1890-1979): http://akteureundtaeterimnsinsiegenundwittgenstein.blogsport.de/a-bis-z/gesamtverzeichnis/ . Year of death acc. to myheritage.

Prof. Dr. Reinhard Schmaltz is Reinhold: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhold_Schmaltz. Died 1945 Lt dR Blömeke from RIR 213 should be Benno acc. to Verlustlisten.

Even more on Paepenmöller, with a picture: Westfälische Zeitung, 29.11.1934 Prof Dr Ernst Meister died 1939: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Meister_(Geologe) Prof Dr Conrad Ramstedt lived 1867-1963: https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/11573033 Here is his picture with the HHOX: https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/catalog/nlm:nlmuid-101694285-img Ramstedt was actually the godfather of - Karl Lagerfeld: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_Ramstedt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_Ramstedt The German Wikipedia mentions that Lagerfeld called him "der schickste Mann, den ich je gesehen habe" - so even might have influenced his style.

This story from Volksblatt (Oldenburg), 14.4.1932, is about a former Hptm "Hemman" who was sentenced in court for fraud. A Hohenzollern-Hausorden is mentioned, a Princely one? The story mentions that he wrote a book "Carie's Briefe" in 1904 - I checked it, his correct name is Ernst Hemmann. There is a Lt dR with that name in the 1914 RL in FußAR 3.

Dr. Heinrich Claus - what a life: Doctor in China, WW1 in Africa, Russia, Turkey, the Kaiser's private doctor in the 1930s, and still alive at 100 (in 1977). Not sure when he died exactly: https://www.heimatfreundebali.de/heilbad/ärzte/dr-claus/

Death notice for Dr. Adolf Buttermann (1877-1962) https://www.doolia.de/anzeigen/detail.php?A=50670544fe8d5fe2eab4.1962#dr._med._adolf_buttermann Years for Dr. Felix Eberhard Buttersack (1865-1950): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Buttersack

The Dr. Walter Bürger is the future Reichsbahnpräsident (1877-1967), who also got the RK KVK in 1944.

As per Verlustlisten, Lt dR Fix from IR 79 should be Karl.

Died in 1931. Westfälische Zeitung, 14.2.1931 By the way, do we have first names for the two LtdR Lange from RIR 39 and 75?

Another first name: Major dL aD Gustav Seydel, died 1926. Westfälische Zeitung, 11.12.1926

KIA 1918: Westfälische Zeitung, 25.10.1919

First name: Lt Gustav Wehmeier. Since he was Bataillons-Adjutant, he should be from infantry, if I am not mistaken. So he would be the one from RIR 56. Westfälische Zeitung, 7.11.1918

Ah ok - another Princely made to seem like a Royal one... First name: Lt dR Karl Schürmann from Bielefeld. Westfälische Zeitung, 6.7.1918

Somehow, I don't find him in our list: Lt dR Artur Göricke, after the war Generaldirektor of Göricke Bicycles in Bielefeld (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Göricke). Westfälische Zeitung, 21.5.1918

First name: Lt dR Hans Schwarz from Bielefeld, should be the one from RIR 53. Westfälische Zeitung, 17.5.1918

We had his death notice here already, but here is his award notice: Lt dR Fritz Eversmeyer from Bielefeld. Should be the one from RIR 53. Westfälische Zeitung, 6.2.1918

First name: Lt dR W. Pankoke, Wilhelm as per Verlustlisten: Westfälische Zeitung, 8.1.1918

First name: Lt Arthur Bauer from IR 92, KIA 1917 Westfälische Zeitung, 11.12.1917 Major Arnold Kißler, so far listed as Wilhelm in our list. Westfälische Zeitung, 27.3.1917

The OTL v. Wangenheim without first name is Ernst, KIA 1917, Kdr IR 55. Westfälische Zeitung, 27.11. and 5.12.1917