Chris Boonzaier Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 ... is one that started out in the infantry. unfortunately this man also fulfills the more obvious end to that sentence... I once again ended up being the Mother Theresa of dying memories by paying through my nose and rescuing these from their rotten soggy frames.... Took a good half hour to figure out that there are erroros on the Ehren-Chronik, he was 8th RESERVE bavarian Feldartillerie Regiment (Chronik says regular) and he was killed on the 22nd of JULY (Chronik says June)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share Posted January 12, 2010 flash killed this photo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share Posted January 12, 2010 group photo from prewar infantry days.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share Posted January 12, 2010 The Big picture... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share Posted January 12, 2010 The 8th Bavarian Reserve Division really took a beating at Maurepas on the Somme in July 1916... this is where he was killed. Probably by Allied artillery. Nachname: Sörgel Vorname: Johann Dienstgrad: Reservist Geburtsdatum: 25.11.1886 Geburtsort: Velden Todes-/Vermisstendatum: 22.07.1916 Todes-/Vermisstenort: b. Maurepas [Nähere Informationen zu diesem Friedhof erhalten Sie hier.] Johann Sörgel ruht auf der Kriegsgräberstätte in Rancourt (Frankreich) . Endgrablage: Kameradengrab He is buried in a mass grave in Rancourt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share Posted January 12, 2010 I am just waiting for the gunners to weigh in here-........ :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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