Leutnant Meiler - Kgl. Bayer. 1. Fußartillerie-Regiment - info needed

[IrishGunner]

Any information regarding an Oberleutnant Meiler serving with 7. Batt. Kgl. Bayer. 1. Fußartillerie-Regiment in October 1914 appreciated...

I got nothing...

[arb]

Hugo Meiler (*14.06.1877 in Schongau)

24.10.00 Leutn.

25.06.10 Oberlt.

02.08.14 Führ. 7./b. Res. Fußart. R. 1

20.10.14 Hptm.

20.08.15 wounded

28.09.15 left hospital and returned to 7./bay. Res. Fußart. R. 1

01.12.16 transferred as commander of I./2. bay. Fußart. R.

11.02.18-20.03.18 instructor of a gunnery course at Grafenwöhr

20.03.18 returned to I./2. bay. Fußart. R.

27.01.19 assigned to the "Bespannungs" Abtl. of 1. bay. Fußart. R.

11.03.19 transferred to the staff of 1. bay. Fußart. R.

15.06.19 referent for returning POWs in the Ministry for Military Affairs

09.10.19 attached to the "Abwicklungsstelle" (demobilization staff) of 1. bay. Fußart, R.

09.04.20 left military service

MVO4mschw 23.11.14

EK2 27.09.14

EK1 31.03.16

Österr. Mil. Verd. Kreuz II. Kl. m. KD 25.08.15

PHOvH3mSchw 10.06.18

From several of his entries on ancestry.com.

Andy

[IrishGunner]

Andy, beautiful! Thank you.

[IrishGunner]

Just looking at this again. I thought he was in the active 1. bFuAR not the Reserve 1.bFuAR.

I have a "sterbebild" to a soldier who was a batman - "Diener bei Oberleutnant Meiler im 1. kgl. Fuss-Art. Regt., 7. Batt."

Died on 4 October 1914.

I suppose the family (or printer) could have made a mistake and left off the "Res."

[IrishGunner]

Just found a online reference to Meiler's biography published in 1928:

"Kriegsfahrten der Siebten Batterie Bayerisches Reserve-Fussartillerie-Regiments No. 1 im Weltkrieg 1914-1918"; bearbeitet nach amtlichen und persönlichen Aufzeichnungen von Hugo Meiler

Guess the sterbebild is indeed missing the "Reserve" designation for Henghuber's unit.

Interesting how one tiny missing detail can send your research the wrong direction. Thanks to Andy I'm on the right track.