webr55 Posted January 6, 2021 Posted January 6, 2021 This might also be a new one: Lt W. Heck from Groß Czyste. From Die Presse, 3.7.1918
Daniel Krause Posted January 7, 2021 Author Posted January 7, 2021 Hmpf. That might be the MWB published Lt d.R. Heck on the 31.10.1918, Staatsanzeiger had him 03.10.1918. As in that times the delay was between 6 weeks and 3 months, it might fit...if Die Presse got the info very soon after the award. Best, Daniel
webr55 Posted January 7, 2021 Posted January 7, 2021 A first name: Lt dR Bernhard von Zaleski From Die Presse, 20.6.1918
webr55 Posted January 8, 2021 Posted January 8, 2021 Another Schmidt, Major Georg Schmidt from IR 61. As I understand, this cannot be the Georg Schmidt who was commander of IR 82. From Die Presse, 28.5.1918 This might be the same Schmidt, published by a different (his former?) regiment, but not sure. His career would have to be checked. Die Presse, 24.5.1918 yes, indeed the same one, confirmed here (Die Presse, 23.5.1918): 1
webr55 Posted January 8, 2021 Posted January 8, 2021 (edited) just a chance find, Waldeck is not very common: Unteroffizier Kurt Schwarz from IR 83 is listed in the Waldeck lists, though without first name: From Die Presse, 19.5.1918 Edited January 8, 2021 by webr55
Daniel Krause Posted January 8, 2021 Author Posted January 8, 2021 Thanks for the Schmidt! Noiw it is just the little problem to figure out, which HOH3X is his :-) Best, Daniel
Dave Danner Posted January 8, 2021 Posted January 8, 2021 Regarding Kurt Lange, apparently they got the rank wrong. Then-Leutnant, later Generalmajor, Kurt Lange's father was Geheimer Justizrat Paul Lange in Deutsch Krone, later in Ballenstedt am Harz. 2
Dave Danner Posted January 8, 2021 Posted January 8, 2021 Regarding W. Heck, there is a Lt.d.R. Wilhelm Heck who received the ÖM3K with RIR 265. I have nothing further on him or any other W. Hecks. No Hecks from Gr. Czyste in the Verlustlisten and no Hecks in RIR 265 there. The name is almost entirely found along the Rhine and Main rivers and nearby communities, not in West Prussia.
Mattyboy Posted January 8, 2021 Posted January 8, 2021 I don't think we have mentioned him before - Rittm Kurt Müller. 1
webr55 Posted January 9, 2021 Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) not much, but some more info on Hptm W. Würtz Die Presse, 17.1.1918 One of the Hoffmanns, Hptm Hoffmann from Bromberg Die Presse, 16.1.1918 Edited January 9, 2021 by webr55
Mattyboy Posted January 9, 2021 Posted January 9, 2021 A first name - Lt dR Martin Schmidt from IR 20 (MWB dated 17/Aug/1918). From Karsdorf as per the verlustlisten. See pages 8-10 of the attachment. http://idb.ub.uni-tuebingen.de/opendigi/LXV304a-22#p=14 1
webr55 Posted January 9, 2021 Posted January 9, 2021 5 hours ago, Mattyboy said: A first name - Lt dR Martin Schmidt from IR 20 (MWB dated 17/Aug/1918). From Karsdorf as per the verlustlisten. See pages 8-10 of the attachment. http://idb.ub.uni-tuebingen.de/opendigi/LXV304a-22#p=14 Great source! Also has additional info on Lt Hans Wagenschein from IR 78, KIA 1918
webr55 Posted January 9, 2021 Posted January 9, 2021 The same source also has info about another member of the same Burschenschaft, a Hauptmann Eggers. The Jan/Feb 1918 issue mentions his HHOX: This is not Hptm Friedrich Eggers, he got his HHOX already in 1916. He also got the ÖM3K, which is mentioned in the May/June 1917 issue - but still no first name: ok, so he was Hptm dR in RIR 232, at least when the Sep/Okt/Nov 1916 issue came out: In Jan 1915, he was Olt dR in IR 77. Still no first name.
webr55 Posted January 9, 2021 Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) This is strange: The first issue of this Burschenschaft journal from 1914 lists an Eggers as Hptm already, also from IR 77. Period mistake? Ah ok, the same issue mentions his promotion to Hauptmann: Edited January 9, 2021 by webr55 1
Mattyboy Posted January 9, 2021 Posted January 9, 2021 Good detective work! His name is Dietrich Eggers, according to the verlustlisten. Ok I have another Schmidt - I believe his first name is Waldemar Schmidt from IR 75. This is from the Bremer Zeitung dated 01st December 1942. Perhaps someone can provide more details on this man. 1
Dave Danner Posted January 10, 2021 Posted January 10, 2021 Hptm W. Würtz is Went from IR 148. The "Hptm Hoffmann from Bromberg" is Alfred Paul Christian Hoffmann, *11.2.1883 in Posen, †5.4.1946 in Berlin-Dahlem. He was born in Posen, his father was a Rechnungsrat in Bromberg. He was an Oberleutnant in IR 21, promoted to Hauptmann on 10.10.14, commanded to the General Staff, retained in the Reichswehr, promoted to Major with an RDA of 1.4.25* and to Oberstleutnant on 1.2.30. In the 1932 ranklist, he was commander of the 3.Nachrichten-Abteilung and was retired as an Oberstleutnant at some point after that. If he was in the Wehrmacht, I have not come across him. His 1946 death certificate lists him as a "Schriftsteller" without reference to his military rank. Amtsrichter Dietrich Eggers from IR 77 was promoted to Hptm.d.R. on 30.9.14, after the wounding but before it was published. That's why the ranks don't match in the different sources. Landgerichtspräsident Dr. Schmidt is Albert. Webr55 posted about him earlier in this thread on 20 December 2020. A poorly edited article here - he was born in Groß Hehlen, Celle, not "Groß Hehlem, Oelle". He received his Dr.jur. from Rostock on 15.3.1913. He was wounded in 1916 with 3./IR 75. He received the MMV1 in May 1918 while on the staff of the 17. Infanterie-Division, to which IR 75, GR 89 and FR 90 belonged. ------------- * For some reason, most or all of the 1.4.25 Reichswehr promotions were actually made later that year around July and backdated. 2
webr55 Posted January 10, 2021 Posted January 10, 2021 Chance find, something not very common: Turkish Lifesaving Medal, to Schreibersmaat Georg Gloge on SMS Goeben (Die Presse, 15.12.1917)
webr55 Posted January 10, 2021 Posted January 10, 2021 (edited) Another chance find: I think Lt dR Hermann Ellinger is not yet listed as a Zähringen awardee, neither in Roth nor in the additional lists from Rick. From Freiburger Zeitung, 2.11.1918 Edited January 10, 2021 by webr55
Mattyboy Posted January 10, 2021 Posted January 10, 2021 Hi Dave, Thanks for the additional info on Albert Schmidt, and sorry I got his name wrong. Here is a new name - Otto Mossdorf. The website also mentions Heinz Schimming whose gravestone was posted by Komtur on 29th Nov 2020. http://www.denkfried.de/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Kreuzberg_halleschetor.html Best Regards, Matt. 1
webr55 Posted January 10, 2021 Posted January 10, 2021 Julius Baader got submitted to HHOX, but most probably didn't get it anymore. From Freiburger Zeitung, 12.11.1918
webr55 Posted January 10, 2021 Posted January 10, 2021 Another Zähringen chance find, I think we don't have him yet (or at least adds a first name): Lt dR Dr. August Keller From Freiburger Zeitung, 18.11.1918
webr55 Posted January 11, 2021 Posted January 11, 2021 Two more Zähringen not listed: Lt Hugo Droll Lt Hermann Strub (we have his brother Josef only so far) Both from Freiburger Zeitung, October 1918 One of the Webers, Hptm and Bataillonskdr, not sure this helps anything: Die Presse, 30.10.1917
Mattyboy Posted January 12, 2021 Posted January 12, 2021 A first name - Lt dR Erich Bockhorn. From the Solinger Zeitung dated 09th July 1918 1
Mattyboy Posted January 12, 2021 Posted January 12, 2021 (edited) A new first name, and one to add to my list of flyers! Lt dR Fritz Rehorn. From the Solinger Zeitung 31st Aug 1918. Probably the Lt dR Rehhorn mentioned in the MWB dated 19th Oct 1918. Edited January 12, 2021 by Mattyboy
webr55 Posted January 12, 2021 Posted January 12, 2021 Some more info on Lt Hensler from IR 169. From Freiburger Zeitung, 26.10.1918
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