Chris Boonzaier Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Here is a nice group to a guy who fought from October 1914 till the end in the Füsilier Regiment 36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 Docs.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 And the rest.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 He fought in all the battles, started as a Private, made it up to Offiziers Stellvertreter, was lucky never to get wounded... always rated as "outstanding" in his reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernhard H.Holst Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Hello Chris. There were and there are such guys. Thanks for showing this even though the E.K. documents are more on the "strictly utility" side. Bernhard H. Holst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E Williams Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Nice grouping.......................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Nice group! Would you show more of the Militärpaß? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dond Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 I agree on all of the above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 17, 2013 Author Share Posted November 17, 2013 Nice group! Would you show more of the Militärpaß? Hi, at the moment I am on the move 24/7, hope for some time later this week to catch up on things and will scan the inside. Best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Nice! I love these groups. These men were the real spine of the German army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 18, 2013 Author Share Posted November 18, 2013 I have quite a few groups where the guys served 14-18... but this one is unusual in that his service was never interupted. He went into the field in October 1914... and stayed in rgw regiment (Verdun, Somme, Champagne etc) until 1918, Left for hospital in April 1918, then officers course... but between those dates he was "there"... From memory, all the other groups I have have guys being wounded, then off in hospital, then time at the ersatz Battalion, then on a course of some sort, maybe some time at the Feldrekrutendepot, many guys after 2-3 years were sent to work in a factory for a while (!).... but this is the only infantry Guy I have (as far as i can remember) that was in an infantry company, in an active western front unit, that spent 42 months on service (with leave of course!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 18, 2013 Author Share Posted November 18, 2013 Some good shots of the crosses.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 18, 2013 Author Share Posted November 18, 2013 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle Posted November 18, 2013 Share Posted November 18, 2013 Do you know, if he served during WWII? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 18, 2013 Author Share Posted November 18, 2013 Hi, unfortunately i have no idea :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 19, 2013 Author Share Posted November 19, 2013 Here are the Militärpass entries Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 19, 2013 Author Share Posted November 19, 2013 From the nose, i think he is the guy in the middle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 19, 2013 Author Share Posted November 19, 2013 2nd from left and then left in uniform Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted November 19, 2013 Author Share Posted November 19, 2013 more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtle Posted November 19, 2013 Share Posted November 19, 2013 Thanks for those nice pictures! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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