Wendy Macpherson Posted 2 July , 2015 Share Posted 2 July , 2015 What army are these chaps with please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy Macpherson Posted 2 July , 2015 Author Share Posted 2 July , 2015 They are at Warneton, Belgium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 2 July , 2015 Share Posted 2 July , 2015 German. Are you thinking 16th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment, maybe ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 2 July , 2015 Share Posted 2 July , 2015 The inscription says 'Regiments-Gefechtsstand', which means Regimental Command Post, followed by a placename beginning with 'T' that I can't immediately decipher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWK Posted 2 July , 2015 Share Posted 2 July , 2015 Could it be "Tembrich", a German surname ? "Warneton" : was the card sent from there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinBattle Posted 2 July , 2015 Share Posted 2 July , 2015 Well, in simple terms, a small part of the German Army in Belgium in 1915, with the chap 2nd from right marking himself with a cross, so sent/meant by him to his family. There look to be possibly three different units here, those with visible tunic buttons, with fly front (and puttees, not boots) and the chap to the right of the window frame seems to have wider spaced buttons. Several are combat veterans with Iron Cross ribbons on their tunic buttons. The chap left of window frame appears to have a different medal ribbon and a coloured cap band. The tall chap on the right of the window seems to have his ribbon on his chest, not on the button band. Interesting the variety of ways men can find simply to wear a cap! As to whether the building can be identified, it seems brick filled wood frame..... There are bound to be many more clues, so over to experts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 2 July , 2015 Share Posted 2 July , 2015 The inscription says 'Regiments-Gefechtsstand', which means Regimental Command Post, followed by a placename beginning with 'T' that I can't immediately decipher. Why do you think it is a place name ? I see "Fern . . . . " so I would take a punt on it having a signals/telephone connection. "Fernbrillen" maybe, which could translate as binoculars or telescope maybe . . . . . ? Your thoughts ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 2 July , 2015 Share Posted 2 July , 2015 I know it's a name, Mr Drill, because if it were a meaningful word, I would be able to read it, and I can't. Command posts were usually named after their actual location or somewhere in the regiment's home area. Also sometimes after the commander who inhabited it. But a name at all events. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWK Posted 2 July , 2015 Share Posted 2 July , 2015 It is a name of sorts alright, a name of a pace/village/town or the name of a person or something the soldiers made up themselves. . And it could be that the writer of that message is fooling us all : he wrote "Regimment" instead of "Regiment", so maybe there's a surplus letter in this T.... business. Still would like to know though why this photograph is supposed to be from Warneton, France and not from e.g. Warneton, Belgium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Evans Posted 2 July , 2015 Share Posted 2 July , 2015 Tenbrielen comes to mind - just North of Comines. 28.P.17.c Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWK Posted 2 July , 2015 Share Posted 2 July , 2015 Seeing that the writer had some issues with his M's and N's that could well be it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy Macpherson Posted 2 July , 2015 Author Share Posted 2 July , 2015 It is a name of sorts alright, a name of a pace/village/town or the name of a person or something the soldiers made up themselves. . And it could be that the writer of that message is fooling us all : he wrote "Regimment" instead of "Regiment", so maybe there's a surplus letter in this T.... business. Still would like to know though why this photograph is supposed to be from Warneton, France and not from e.g. Warneton, Belgium. Hi JWK Thanks for your help. The postcard is on delcampe.net and listed under: Komen-Waasten / Comines-Warneton / Ten Brielen / 1914-18 / Fotokaart. I am not experienced enough to know if the postcard is listed in the correct location. I would have to trust the seller. I enjoy looking at and buying postcards from this area of Belgium because my great uncles were there with the NZEF in 1917. Many thanks.... Wendy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 2 July , 2015 Share Posted 2 July , 2015 Yep, Tenbrielen would get my vote. Good one, Phil. The letter in that word that has a dot over it is actually an 'e' and the letter before it is the 'i'. The writer drifts his dots to the right ... see the first word 'Regiments', where the dot is over the 'm'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWK Posted 2 July , 2015 Share Posted 2 July , 2015 Yep, Ten Brielen gets my vote too! And those dots over the I : they're usually waaay over to the right I find, so count one or two letters back and you get to the corresponding I in the word. In this the writer fooled us all by writing "Tembrielen" Would ofcourse have helped if you'd included the Delcampe description in the OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 3 July , 2015 Share Posted 3 July , 2015 ... Are you thinking 16th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment, maybe ? Clearly I am missing something - why so specific? That said, lower cockades have that Bavarian look to them - being apparently larger than the national cockades. ... There look to be possibly three different units here, those with visible tunic buttons, with fly front (and puttees, not boots) and the chap to the right of the window frame seems to have wider spaced buttons. Several are combat veterans with Iron Cross ribbons on their tunic buttons. The chap left of window frame appears to have a different medal ribbon and a coloured cap band. The tall chap on the right of the window seems to have his ribbon on his chest, not on the button band. ... By no means an expert (there, I have admitted it!), but the mix of uniforms and other dress bits and pieces would be acceptable for members of the same unit in 1915. There are, though, at first sight at least, a surprisingly large number of decorated 'veterans' there - 8 out of 13. They all seem to be EK, I and II Class. And the brick-filled timber-framed building is, of course, appropriate for the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy Macpherson Posted 3 July , 2015 Author Share Posted 3 July , 2015 German. Are you thinking 16th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment, maybe ? Yes always looking for the 16th's, it was those chaps who rained down the artillery on my uncles and killed Leonard. Unfortunately it's looking like these chaps were located a little further from Warneton than I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy Macpherson Posted 3 July , 2015 Author Share Posted 3 July , 2015 Thank you for identifying the army. Wendy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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