themonsstar Posted 21 September , 2019 Share Posted 21 September , 2019 Destroyed windmill in Ypers. Pioneer Company 369 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themonsstar Posted 21 September , 2019 Share Posted 21 September , 2019 The German Army entering Doullens, France 1914. Not sure about anything on this card other then it could be a transport unit of some sort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie2 Posted 21 September , 2019 Share Posted 21 September , 2019 The second photo is of No.3 Section of the Eisenbahn Regiment 2 Recruit Depot. The sender was Pionier Willy Jarren who is somewhere in the photo. Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themonsstar Posted 21 September , 2019 Share Posted 21 September , 2019 Charles what's an Eisenbahn🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools mckenna Posted 21 September , 2019 Share Posted 21 September , 2019 (edited) 1 minute ago, themonsstar said: Charles what's an Eisenbahn🙄 Railway or Railroad, I think. Edited 21 September , 2019 by Jools mckenna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie2 Posted 21 September , 2019 Share Posted 21 September , 2019 Jools is correct. Roughly translated - Railway Troops Regiment No 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 22 September , 2019 Share Posted 22 September , 2019 14 hours ago, themonsstar said: 31st Prussian Regt? I know one of the medal ribbons is the Iron cross 2nd class not sure of the other. The second one is a soldier from the Prussian 107th Regt? A German signals unit Hello! The 2nd ribbon of #1 is the War Merit Cross of Lippe-Detmold https://www.ehrenzeichen-orden.de/deutsche-staaten/kriegsverdienstkreuz-1914.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themonsstar Posted 23 September , 2019 Share Posted 23 September , 2019 Thank you for the information on the cards, this is what great about this website is the amount of knowledge you guys have and pass on. I posted a card like this a couple of months ago however what's nice about this one is that it's been used and the information is on the back not that I have a clue what is on there other than the basics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fritz Posted 23 September , 2019 Share Posted 23 September , 2019 The sender is from Armierungsbataillon 76, !. Kompagnie. That is sure. Mil. Eis. Dir.. could mean Militär-Eisenbahn-Direktion. Never heart, but possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie2 Posted 23 September , 2019 Share Posted 23 September , 2019 Militär Eisenbahn Direktion 1 had its HQ in Lille and was responsible for maintaining and operating the railways behind the lines. Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themonsstar Posted 23 September , 2019 Share Posted 23 September , 2019 Cheers for helping out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaeger6 Posted 23 September , 2019 Share Posted 23 September , 2019 I can't decipher much of it. Looks like just a few words to show his family that he is still alive, he mentions an earlier letter he received and says something about (his?) children in the end. The stamp gives us no hint wherefrom the postcard was sent, just the date which is also mentioned on top of the postcard. But as a location he simply says "Im Felde" and in an Armierungsbataillon it could have been anywhere in a large area around the HQ in Lille. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyC Posted 23 September , 2019 Share Posted 23 September , 2019 Hi, the card is from (Oberleutnant?) Riggelsen to his father (and family) in Mohrkirchosterholz (today Mohrkirch) in Schleswig-Holstein. His father was "Amtsvorsteher" i.e. the highest ranking policeman of the district. As the sender writes his address is the Mil Eis. Direktion, he will have been based in Lille. The Card shows an advertisment to buy war bonds. GreyC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaeger6 Posted 24 September , 2019 Share Posted 24 September , 2019 Nice job, @GreyC, I would have never guessed Mohrkirch. "bey Kiel" distracted me a bit, but I should have looked into the Verlustlisten. List Preußen 1173 mentions on page 24588 a Wilhelm Riggelsen, Oberleutnant, living in Mohrkirch. He was wounded 1 March 1918 and stayed with his unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyC Posted 24 September , 2019 Share Posted 24 September , 2019 (edited) Glad I was correct. Sometines it´s really difficult, especially if the writing-sample is short. That´s why I always am for posting the whole piece of writing as you have done. That made it much easier! GreyC Edited 24 September , 2019 by GreyC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themonsstar Posted 25 September , 2019 Share Posted 25 September , 2019 Thank you all for your time and research. And if I can ever return the research just ask. Roy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themonsstar Posted 26 September , 2019 Share Posted 26 September , 2019 (edited) This book was published in 1931on German Pioneer's I have posted the contents so if anyone is looking for any information on the Pioneer's from the other side just post during the 1st WW. Edited 26 September , 2019 by themonsstar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Feledziak Posted 27 September , 2019 Share Posted 27 September , 2019 I had a great uncle who was a member of Pioneer Regiment No29. He was killed in the Argonne on 22 April 1915. I have their regimental history but tricky for me to fully comprehend as I am not a reader of German. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools mckenna Posted 27 September , 2019 Share Posted 27 September , 2019 (edited) I have recently bought this photo of Officers and Ncos playing cards and it seems like one Nco is named. Could anyone tell me what it says? Edited 27 September , 2019 by Jools mckenna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyC Posted 27 September , 2019 Share Posted 27 September , 2019 Sorry, no time for translation: Zum Andenken an den letzten Tag im Waldlager v. Russland von links nach rechts: sitzend: Uffz: Hillenbrand, stehend Vzfw Erl, Schurter (?), ich, u. Reindl Beim gemütlichen Tarock. Uffz. Reindl wurde in Rumänien schwer verwundet (Bauchschuß) auch trafen wir ihn durch Zufall im Lazarett in Piscul. Kurz vorher wurde ihm das Geschoß aus dem Bauch entfernt. War schwer mitgenommen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools mckenna Posted 27 September , 2019 Share Posted 27 September , 2019 16 minutes ago, GreyC said: Sorry, no time for translation: Thanks grey for the transcript, I can get a rough idea what it means using Google translate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaeger6 Posted 29 September , 2019 Share Posted 29 September , 2019 (edited) On 26/09/2019 at 18:03, themonsstar said: This book was published in 1931on German Pioneer's I have posted the contents so if anyone is looking for any information on the Pioneer's from the other side just post during the 1st WW. Roy, do you have any idea if (2. Westpreußisches) Pionier-Bataillon 23 is mentioned in the book? I am looking for information about a pioneer Josef Berensmeier (5. Kompanie, II. Feld-Bataillon, Pionier-Regiment 23) who was reported missing on 25 September 2015. Up to now I couldn't find anything about the first five companies of the regiment, so I don't even know where he was reported missing, the Champagne is the best guess. The Verlustlisten only state the date and the unit. For me, it is not even clear whether they had already been integrated into (Masurisches) Pionier-Bataillon 26. Markus Edited 29 September , 2019 by Jaeger6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie2 Posted 29 September , 2019 Share Posted 29 September , 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Jaeger6 said: who was reported missing on 25 September 2015. Markus, better late than never! I‘ve had a look at some of the others who were reported PoW in the same list as Berensmeier and they were in French captivity. Unfortunately their place of capture is not recorded in the Red Cross files but are recorded as Pi. Regt. 23. It might be worth your while looking at more of them, sometimes those recorded as missing have a RC index card which records where they were last seen. Charlie Edited 29 September , 2019 by charlie2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaeger6 Posted 29 September , 2019 Share Posted 29 September , 2019 Thanks, Charlie. At least it seems clear that the unit was transferred to the western front - after a hundred years - and I should follow the French threads IRC and troops around Prosnes. Markus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themonsstar Posted 30 September , 2019 Share Posted 30 September , 2019 Hi Markus I will have a look through the book and see what I can find for you. Roy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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