GWF1967 Posted 16 May , 2023 Share Posted 16 May , 2023 "Lt. Kuhr". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Finneran Posted 18 May , 2023 Author Share Posted 18 May , 2023 GWF1967 great photo and the odd C96 visible. Thanks for posting. The more the merrier! Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 24 May , 2023 Share Posted 24 May , 2023 Machine Gun captured from the Germans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 27 June , 2023 Share Posted 27 June , 2023 On 17/05/2023 at 01:25, GWF1967 said: "Lt. Kuhr". What a great mix of uniform styles plus Pickelhauben and Stahlhelm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyC Posted 27 June , 2023 Share Posted 27 June , 2023 (edited) On 17/05/2023 at 00:25, GWF1967 said: "Lt. Kuhr". If - and it is a big if - he was already a Leutnant in 1914, this photo was taken in the Ukraine (Galicia) before 15/16th September 1916, the day Lt. Kuhr was KIA at Swistelniki (Svitanok near Narajiwka). The hut in the background looks typically for this part of Galicia. He was with 3rd Coy RIR 3 at the time, having been part of IR 146 at the outbreak of the war. The regimental history calls the 16th Sept. 1916 the worst day of the regiment´s time on the eastern front. They had to withdraw from their positions after massiv attacs by the Russians and lost 5 officers and 76 NCOs and other ranks KIA, 7 officers and 107 other soldiers WIA and 13 officers and 1455 other men MIA. At the end of the day not much more than 200 soldiers were left in the regiment´s positions. GreyC Edited 27 June , 2023 by GreyC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 27 June , 2023 Share Posted 27 June , 2023 2 hours ago, GreyC said: If - and it is a big if - he was already a Leutnant in 1914, this photo was taken in the Ukraine (Galicia) before 15/16th September 1916, the day Lt. Kuhr was KIA at Swistelniki (Svitanok near Narajiwka). The hut in the background looks typically for this part of Galicia. He was with 3rd Coy RIR 3 at the time, having been part of IR 146 at the outbreak of the war. The regimental history calls the 16th Sept. 1916 the worst day of the regiment´s time on the eastern front. They had to withdraw from their positions after massiv attacs by the Russians and lost 5 officers and 76 NCOs and other ranks KIA, 7 officers and 107 other soldiers WIA and 13 officers and 1455 other men MIA. At the end of the day not much more than 200 soldiers were left in the regiment´s positions. GreyC Many thanks for the details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyC Posted 27 June , 2023 Share Posted 27 June , 2023 Is there anything on the back of the photopostcard? GreyC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 27 June , 2023 Share Posted 27 June , 2023 3 hours ago, GreyC said: Is there anything on the back of the photopostcard? GreyC “A part of my company”! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyC Posted 27 June , 2023 Share Posted 27 June , 2023 The Leutnant was a platoon-leader of 3rd Coy the day he died. GreyC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 27 June , 2023 Share Posted 27 June , 2023 12 minutes ago, GreyC said: The Leutnant was a platoon-leader of 3rd Coy the day he died. GreyC Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 29 June , 2023 Share Posted 29 June , 2023 Accepting the big 'If', the presence of so many steel helmets in this one might be seen as a little odd for mid-September 1916. On the Somme, the IR 63, one of the first units to get these, apparently, only got them in August 1916. Not impossible they were in Galicia by mid-September 1916, but worth bearing in mind. Julian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyC Posted 29 June , 2023 Share Posted 29 June , 2023 The Stahlhelm was issued from February 1916 and was in use at Verdun. GreyC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 1 July , 2023 Share Posted 1 July , 2023 On 29/06/2023 at 10:54, GreyC said: The Stahlhelm was issued from February 1916 and was in use at Verdun. GreyC Thanks GreyC. I guess - and hope! - that somewhere in the bowels of the archives there is a document recording this. I have always relied on post-war regimental accounts to determine the date individual units received e.g., helmets and Gew.98... Julian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Finneran Posted 18 December , 2023 Author Share Posted 18 December , 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Finneran Posted 19 December , 2023 Author Share Posted 19 December , 2023 Nice view of the trench mount but again the barrel jacket repair clamp visible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mark Finneran Posted 27 December , 2023 Author Share Posted 27 December , 2023 (edited) GWF1967 great photo. Don’t often see the rolled epaulets. Very young looking machine gunners here. The main point of this image is the larger pattern barrel carrier to the left. 4 barrels. Edited 27 December , 2023 by Mark Finneran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Finneran Posted 29 December , 2023 Author Share Posted 29 December , 2023 The British MG community will know of the B $ S Inf patterns. I am looking for the German equivalent the EM14 - entfernungsmesser (range finder!!!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mark Finneran Posted 23 January Author Share Posted 23 January Cnock Sir - superb imagery. Great views of some of the accessories 😍😍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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