christerd Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 (edited) 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) Edited February 7, 2015 by christerd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christerd Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 The first Finnish soldiers to be promoted was the following: Zugführer . Valter Horn (img044.jpg) Karl Rainer Wolfgang Mandelin (img045a.jpg) Armas Ståhlberg (img046a.jpg) Karl Runar Appelberg (img045b.jpg) Gabriel von Bonsdorff (img042.jpg) Erik Jernström (img045c.jpg) more to come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christerd Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 (edited) 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 Edited February 7, 2015 by The Prussian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christerd Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christerd Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christerd Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 If the Finnish collector who loaned me the Bayer book is reading this... I still have your book!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christerd Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/2713-german-troops-in-finland-1918/?hl=%2Bmax+%2Bbayer#entry23248 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misiu Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Oskar Pirinen is also a famous participant weithin the Jäger movement Regards Detlef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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