Flammenwerfer Militärpass

[Chris Boonzaier]

Unfortunately Pionier Friedrich Kämpfe seems to have been issued a new Pass along the way, but this is his original pass...

[Chris Boonzaier]

After a spell in hospital sent to train with FW

[Chris Boonzaier]

Trained then posted to the FW regiment... and there he must have got a new pass as this one was almost full by then..

[Thomas W]

Sometime after June of 1916 about 500 infantrymen were transferred into the flamethrower regiment to fill the ranks of the 3rd Battalion.

In late 1916 the light trench mortar was designated a weapon of the infantry, since the pioneer arm couldn't provide enough men to serve as trench-mortar troops. It could be that the pioneer arm couldn't provide enough men to serve as flamethrower troops, either.

Judging by the date Kämpfe went into the 2nd Guard Pioneer Replacement Battalion, he may have been one of those 500 infantrymen recruited as flamethrower pioneers.

[Naxos]

Flammenwerfer-Pionier from Jäger-(Sturm)-Bataillon 3

The man was drafted in 1917 to 2. Ersatzkompanie 2.Garde-Pionier-Ersatz-Btl. In April 1918 he was transferred to Fammenwerferzug Jägerbataillon 3 (also mentioned as "Flammenwerfertrupp Jägerbataillon 3"). With this unit he took part in an engagement (Gefecht) on July 3rd 1918 at St.Albert (near Saint Menges north of Sedan). This Pionier remained with Flammenwerfertrupp, Jäger-Btl.3 until the end of the war. After demobilisation on Nov. 20, 1918 he was transferred back to the 2.Garde-Pionier-Ersatz-Bataillon. Then on Feb. 1, 1919 he was again transferred to Dragoner Regiment 7 in Tangermünde.

Edited August 28, 2012 by Naxos

[Chris Boonzaier]

Veeeery nice indeed!!

[Naxos]

trained on:

Ausgeb(ildet) mit Karab(iner) 98, Pist(ole) 08, als Fammenwerfer, mit MG 08 + MG 08/15

Edited August 28, 2012 by Naxos

[Robin Lumsden]

:love:

[Bernhard H.Holst]

Hello:

In number 3 post: was read the "Articles of War"!

Received "Putzzeuggeld" (money for small maintenance items i.e. boot polish etc);

Took the oath.

Bernhard H. Holst