fritz Posted 10 May , 2015 Share Posted 10 May , 2015 And some more And finally these ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragnorak72 Posted 11 May , 2015 Author Share Posted 11 May , 2015 Thanks for posting all of those photos. The cemetery seems to be in a nice location. Would all of those graves have been POWs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temptage Posted 11 May , 2015 Share Posted 11 May , 2015 Yes every single soldier in Niederzwehren Cemetery was a POW, but many have been brought from other Cemeteries. If you look on CWGC it states this: Historical InformationThe cemetery was begun by the Germans in 1915 for the burial of prisoners of war who died at the local camp. During the war almost 3,000 Allied soldiers and civilians, including French, Russian and Commonwealth, were buried thereIn 1922-23 it was decided that the graves of Commonwealth servicemen who had died all over Germany should be brought together into four permanent cemeteries. Niederzwehren was one of those chosen and in the following four years, more than 1,500 graves were brought into the cemetery from 190 burial grounds in Baden, Bavaria, Hanover, Hesse and Saxony.There are now 1,796 First World War servicemen buried or commemorated in the Commonwealth plot at Niederzwehren. This total includes special memorials to 13 casualties buried in other cemeteries in Germany whose graves could not be found.The following cemeteries are among those from which graves were brought to Niederzwehren:BAYREUTH TOWN CEMETERY, Bavaria. 24 burials of 1918.DARMSTADT FOREST CEMETERY, Hesse. In use from 1915. 102 burials.DIETKIRCHEN PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY, Hesse-Nassau. 45 burials (28 of Irish regiments) of 1914-18.FREIBURG IN BREISGAU MAIN CEMETERY, Baden, 43 burials of 1918.GERMERSHEIM CEMETERY, Palatinate. 26 burials of 1915-1918.GIESSEN MILITARY CEMETERY, Hesse. 99 burials of 1914-1919.GOTTINGEN MILITARY CEMETERY, Hanover. 88 burials of 1914-1919.HAMELN PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY, Hanover. 70 burials of 1915-1918.INGOLSTADT CEMETERY, Bavaria. 23 burials of 1917-1918.LANGENSALZA PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERIES No. 1 and No. 2, Prussian Saxony. 225 burials of 1915-1918.MAINZ MILITARY CEMETERY, Rhein-Hessen. 23 burials of 1915-1919.MANNHEIM MAIN CEMETERY, Baden. 21 burials of 1916-1918.MESCHEDE PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY, Westphalia. 49 burials of 1917-1918.OHRDRUF PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY, Thuringia. 107 burials of 1915-1918.PADERBORN CEMETERY, Westphalia. 29 soldiers burials of 1914-18.QUEDLINBURG CENTRAL CEMETERY, Prussian Saxony. 102 burials of 1914-1918.SENNELAGER PRISONERS OF WAR CEMETERY, Westphalia. 32 burials of 1914-1918. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fritz Posted 31 May , 2015 Share Posted 31 May , 2015 For ragnorak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragnorak72 Posted 1 June , 2015 Author Share Posted 1 June , 2015 That's great. Thanks very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conisbrough100 Posted 19 July , 2015 Share Posted 19 July , 2015 Hi There, I wondered if anyone on this original thread is still able to get to Niederzwehren in the next year or so at all? Sarah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fritz Posted 19 July , 2015 Share Posted 19 July , 2015 Hi Sarah, most probably in September this year. Fritz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temptage Posted 19 July , 2015 Share Posted 19 July , 2015 Sarah, PM me the details of the man/men you want photos of as I am compiling an ongoing list for Fritz, with his permission, which he has promised to help out with when he returns there either later this year or early next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conisbrough100 Posted 24 July , 2015 Share Posted 24 July , 2015 Hi There, The man is 6261 Pte George Richards, Lincolnshire Regiment, died 10th May 1915 buried VII A 6. However it's a bit more than a photo - we have a laminated sheet which we need to lay / have laid at the grave and photographed, then left there (or in the cemetery register if the grave is too exposed) if that's possible? Sarah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fritz Posted 24 July , 2015 Share Posted 24 July , 2015 Why not? Fritz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temptage Posted 24 July , 2015 Share Posted 24 July , 2015 I already have him on my list as someone else has also requested a photo of his headstone (http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=196926&page=3#entry2266401) Fritz, we have 7 on the list for your next visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halsteadiron Posted 27 July , 2015 Share Posted 27 July , 2015 Would it be possible to add Stanley Robert Marsh to your list from Fritz to photograph at Niederzwehren please. He is buried in plot 7, row b, grave 8. He was originally buried at Gottingen having died as a prisoner of war in 1918. Thank you very much indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temptage Posted 27 July , 2015 Share Posted 27 July , 2015 Sorted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Bennett Posted 3 August , 2015 Share Posted 3 August , 2015 Tony I have sent you a PM Thank you Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conisbrough100 Posted 8 August , 2015 Share Posted 8 August , 2015 Tony/Fritz, can you please let me know where to send the laminated sheet / card that I need laying on the grave to? It's important that it is left on the grave or in the register for our project. Thanks Sarah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temptage Posted 9 August , 2015 Share Posted 9 August , 2015 I think it is best to liaise with Fritz as he will be the one visiting the Cemetery. PM him and you should be able to get an address to send it to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Bennett Posted 25 August , 2015 Share Posted 25 August , 2015 A public thanks to Tony & Fritz for the photo received Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steandpaula Posted 26 August , 2015 Share Posted 26 August , 2015 A big thank you from us to at St Helens Rolls of Honour. Ste Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John(txic) Posted 26 August , 2015 Share Posted 26 August , 2015 Danke, liebe Fritz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conisbrough100 Posted 1 September , 2015 Share Posted 1 September , 2015 Thank you from the Conisbrough and Denaby 100 Project! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fritz Posted 2 September , 2015 Share Posted 2 September , 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temptage Posted 2 September , 2015 Share Posted 2 September , 2015 Fritz, you dont happen to have kept all the photos you have taken for everyone, do you? Especially the ones you took back in May/June time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fritz Posted 4 September , 2015 Share Posted 4 September , 2015 Hi Tony, I am not sure. In May I took some general pics. Of course always the same views, only the season changes. Here are two examples. Do you know them? Fritz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
temptage Posted 4 September , 2015 Share Posted 4 September , 2015 Someone had contacted me to ask if I could send her a certain photograph of her relative again, but unfortunately I have deleted it after sending it to her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fritz Posted 5 September , 2015 Share Posted 5 September , 2015 It is in my archives. What name? Fritz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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