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    Posted

    Chris,

    not sure about the signature but your Vogelgesang is one Mar.-Intendanturrat Ernst Vogelgesang, with a Bestellung as such from 1.10.12 B.

    Regards

    Glenn

    Posted

    And one Leutnant der Seewehr 2. Aufgebots der Matrosenartillerie with a Patent of 27.1.03 H10h. Herr Vogegesang was on the strength of Landwehrbezirk I Oldenburg.

    Regards

    Glenn

    Guest Rick Research
    Posted

    The autograph of Captain Fryatt's future killer!!! :speechless1:

    EK2 "white black" is signed by Ernst TRESP, born 1888, Marine Intendantursekret?r 25.7.18, Station Wilhelmshaven. Recipient of a "black" EK2 :speechless: and was a Marine OBER-Intendantursekret?r in 1928.

    Ernst Vogelsang was born in 1875 and shows as a "Lt dR" in the Beamten section of the Naval Honor Rank List. But that is either in error :banger: or was a "Nominal Status Improver" since the 1914 Navy Rank List shows that he was indeed the very Matrosenartillerie Leutnant dSW Glenn found (LD2) and in the 1918 Navy Rank List shows him with yon EK2w and LD2.

    Vogelsang was an Abteilungs Vorstand of the Verwaltungsressort, Werft Wilhelmshaven in 1914.

    • 3 weeks later...
    Guest Rick Research
    Posted

    Captain Fryatt sank an attacking U-boat when "cruiser rules" were still in effect. The British, of course, armed merchantmen and ordered them to fire on submarines, which made the gentlemanly code of shouting to please heave to and be boarded suicidal. Fryatt ran over the sub, and was much praised in the press for sinking it.

    That was, of course, illegal under the established rules guaranteeing merchant vessels would NOT be attacked without warning or proivision for the crews if they cooperated.

    So when Fryatt the publicity hog subsequently fell into German hands, he was tried by German court martial and shot, by order of Admiral Schr?der.

    In its day Fryatt's case was as famous as Nurse Clavell's. The fact that both were "righteous busts" got lost in the outcome of the war.

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