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    27th Jaeger Battalion


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    I don´t know were to put this really ? Since the 27th Jaeger Batl was an Prussian Unit but with mostly Finnish volunteers...

     

     

    Maybe its interesting to share some info about this unit ? I have a lot of info and pics to show you , lets begin......

     

    The unit was born August 26th 1915 and troops was to be foreign volunteers lead by German officers .

    66 Finnish soldiers was upranked to build up the group which was called " Ausbildungstruppe Lockstedt. " 

    Later in May 9 1916 it was named Königlich Preussisches Jägerbataillon Nr. 27

     

    The 27th fought on the Eastern front in 1916 to get experience and combat training.

     

     

    Commander of 27th was Major Bayer  ( img034.jpg )

     

    C 1st Comp   Hauptmann Julius Knaths          ( img035.jpg)

     

    C  2nd Comp  Hauptmann von Mangoldt   (img036.jpg)

     

    C 3rd Comp    Hauptmann von Coler        ( img037.jpg) 

     

    C 4th Comp    Hauptmann Ausfeld           ( img038.jpg)

     

    C Pioneer Comp   Hauptmann Walter Just  (img039.jpg)

     

    C Machinegun Comp  Leutn Staehl            ( img040.jpg)

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    The first Finnish soldiers to be promoted was the following:

     

    Zugführer .  Valter Horn                                     (img044.jpg)

                        Karl Rainer Wolfgang Mandelin      (img045a.jpg)

                        Armas StÃ¥hlberg                             (img046a.jpg)

                        Karl Runar Appelberg                     (img045b.jpg)

                        Gabriel von Bonsdorff                     (img042.jpg)

                        Erik Jernström                                 (img045c.jpg)

     

     

    more to come 

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    Next level was Gruppenführer , following Finnish soldiers where prometed to this rank.

     

    Martin Rafael Berg                 (img047a.jpg)

     

    Otto Emil Bonsdorff                (img047b.jpg)

     

    Per Ole Ekholm                       (img048a.jpg)

     

    Hans Elenij                              (img049a.jpg)

     

    Nils Eero Gadolin                     (img050a.jpg)

     

    Gustaf Verner Gustafsson        (img051a.jpg)

     

    Leonard August Grandell          (img051b.jpg)

     

     

    rest of Gruppenführers in next post

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    Hello!

    These are very interesting infos!!!! Brilliant! Thaks for sharing!

    Additionally to your infos I can add, that Major Bayer cam from the Inf.Rgt.27 (by chance the same number..)

    The bataillon consisted of four Jäger companies, one engineer company, one MG company, one platoon light field-howitzers and one music-corps.

    It was dissolved february, 13 in 1918

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    More of Finnish gruppenführers :

     

    Halske                                  no firstname , no pic 

     

    Erik Axel Heinrichs               (img050b.jpg)

     

    Karl Gunnar Heinrichs          (img052a.jpg)

     

    Lars Birger Homén               (img053a.jpg)

     

    Oscar Höckert                       no pic

     

    Arno Jaatinen                       (img054a.jpg)

     

    Friedel Jacobsson                 (img046b.jpg)

     

    Otto Mauritz Johansson         (img055a.jpg)

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    Hello!

    These are very interesting infos!!!! Brilliant! Thaks for sharing!

    Additionally to your infos I can add, that Major Bayer cam from the Inf.Rgt.27 (by chance the same number..)

    The bataillon consisted of four Jäger companies, one engineer company, one MG company, one platoon light field-howitzers and one music-corps.

    It was dissolved february, 13 in 1918

     

     Hi ,I didn´t know about the Music Corps earlier , good to know I will see if I find something about them

          Thanks 

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    More Finnish Gruppenführers :

     

    Paul Kirilow                   

     

    Toivo Kusima 

     

    Aarne Karl Adolf Lang 

     

    Torsten Lesch 

     

    Kaarlo lauri Malmberg

     

    Georg Mandelin 

     

    Karl lennart Oesch

     

    Rhenbäck                               (  no First name , pic yet) 

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    And the last of The Finnish Gruppenführers 

     

    Maxmillian Lars Helge Savonius 

     

    Sven Hjalmar Selander 

     

    Knut Solin 

     

    Victor Alonzo sundman

     

    Gustaf Jarl Taucher 

     

    Pehr Willhelm Zillacius 

     

    Harald Öhquist

     

     

     Next I will list the Hilfsgruppenführer   ( They where 30 )

     

    Until then Goodby 

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