DaveC Posted 16 December , 2017 Share Posted 16 December , 2017 Hi Everybody Seeking information on Res Lt Walter Botticher 66 Infanteri Regiment KIA 03/09/1916 Any information Most Welcome. Wishing You All a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Regards DaveC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie2 Posted 16 December , 2017 Share Posted 16 December , 2017 According to the regimental history, https://portal.dnb.de/bookviewer/view/1026499666#page/n0/mode/2up Lt. Bötticher, OC 9 Company, was killed in hand to hand combat. Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveC Posted 17 December , 2017 Author Share Posted 17 December , 2017 Hi Charlie Many thanks for the extract from the Regimental History, Would there be a photo of Lt. Bötticher, in the History? Kindest Regards DaveC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie2 Posted 17 December , 2017 Share Posted 17 December , 2017 Dave, With the link in my last post the Regimental history can be viewed on line. There are no pictures at all in the history. Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie2 Posted 17 December , 2017 Share Posted 17 December , 2017 Dave, There is another Regimental history which should be more comprehensive and may contain a photo. Dr. Otto Korfes: "Das 3. Magdeburgische Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 66 im Weltkrieg" - Aus der Reihe "Erinnerungsblätter deutscher Regimenter - Truppenteile des ehemaligen preußischen Kontigents 302. Band", Berlin 1930, Verlag: Tradition Wilhelm Kolk, 458 Seiten. He was an artist of some repute http://kunstmuseum-hamburg.de/tag/walter-boetticher/ He was also lightly wounded in September 1914 as a Vizefeldwebel with I/IR135 Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Feledziak Posted 17 December , 2017 Share Posted 17 December , 2017 We did record some information on here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loader Posted 17 December , 2017 Share Posted 17 December , 2017 Any idea who they were fighting in this action? Interesting to see what the other side has to say. Can the German page be translated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveC Posted 17 December , 2017 Author Share Posted 17 December , 2017 1/4th, 1/5th. 1/6th and 1/7th Battalion's Duke of Wellington (West Riding) Regiment, 1/4th and 1/5th Battalions suffered heavy casualties Regards DaveC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loader Posted 18 December , 2017 Share Posted 18 December , 2017 Thanks Dave. More avenues to research. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph J. Whitehead Posted 19 December , 2017 Share Posted 19 December , 2017 I checked the regimental and there is a photo where he is shown, although not very clear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 19 December , 2017 Share Posted 19 December , 2017 Hello! The book "Ehrenmal des preußischen Offizierkorps" (a casualty list of all prussian fallen or wounded officers) shows him as: Lt.d.Res. Bötticher, became Lt.d.Res. in Inf.Rgt.135, fell in Inf.Rgt.66, Sept. 9, 1916 in Thiepval Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveC Posted 19 December , 2017 Author Share Posted 19 December , 2017 Hi Ralph Thats great many thanks for that Also many thanks to the Prussian for tOfficer's Caualty listing for Res Leutenant Walter Botticher. Kindest Regards DaveC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveC Posted 19 December , 2017 Author Share Posted 19 December , 2017 (edited) 27.08.1885 Hagen - 03.09.1916 an der Somme Walter Bötticher, a painter and graphic artist from the circle of Karl Ernst Osthaus, who founded the Folkwang Museum in 1902 in Hagen, initially studied at the Kunstschule Weimar in 1906, then at the Lehr- and Versuchsatelier für angewandte und freie Kunst (Debschitz School) in Munich. He was later taught by Christian Rohlfs who had moved to Hagen in 1901. In 1907/08 the two shared a studio in Hetschburg near Weimar. In 1910 Bötticher moved to Berlin where he became acquainted with Emil Nolde and the artists’ association Die Brücke. In 1911 he returned to his native town again. His work was shown in solo or group exhibitions at the Museum Folkwang in 1911–15 and was also published in the magazines ‘Cicerone’, ‘Kunstchronik’, ‘Die Rheinlande’ and ‘Xenien’ from 1911 onwards. Osthaus praised the young artist: “He is one of the group which has Matisse in France and Nolde in Germany as their leader. [...] Whoever wants to see where our hopes for the future of art lie, will have to take note of this artist’s name.” In 1912 Bötticher was represented at the Sonderbund exhibition in Cologne that was primarily organised by Alfred Flechtheim and Osthaus. After Bötticher’s early death as a soldier in World War I, a commemorative exhibition first held in the museum in Hagen and later, in 1920, at the Galerie Alfred Flechtheim in Düsseldorf, focussed on the Expressionist painter’s œuvre. Edited 20 December , 2017 by DaveC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 19 December , 2017 Share Posted 19 December , 2017 Great infos, Dave! In 1921 the Folkwang Museum moved to my hometown Essen, where it still exists. https://www.museum-folkwang.de/en.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveC Posted 20 December , 2017 Author Share Posted 20 December , 2017 Hi Andy I can't take credit for the bio I found it searching the internet, Regards DaveC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveC Posted 20 December , 2017 Author Share Posted 20 December , 2017 Hi Everybody Didn't know if i should start a new topic, but i'm moving on to the next Casualty now Res Lt Haedrich 66th Infantry Regiment. Any information most welcome. Regards DaveC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted 20 December , 2017 Share Posted 20 December , 2017 Hello Dave! I found a Walter Haedrich from IR66: http://des.genealogy.net/search/show/4617114 He died Sept. 9, 1916 in Thiepval Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilly100 Posted 21 December , 2017 Share Posted 21 December , 2017 Just reaching out here in uncharted territory for me regarding WW1 German casualties. I met an expat German chap recently here in Bali. He mentioned he had family that served and were killed during the First War but needs to do more research to get full name etc before progressing. He asked if the listing or records of all German WW1 casualties were complete and searchable to the degree that CWGC records are, which I said i did not know, but would ask around. Would anyone on this thread be good enough to elaborate on this question? I thought it was a good question as he was told some German archives were destroyed in the bombings in WW2. Seems he had family in that conflict also. Thanks Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Feledziak Posted 21 December , 2017 Share Posted 21 December , 2017 (edited) 5 hours ago, gilly100 said: elaborate on this question A very Good question Ian. From my own reading I understand that the Loss List is now complete and searchable. I have found 13 entries relating to members of my own family. http://des.genealogy.net/eingabe-verlustlisten/search?lang=en for a what looks like a comprehensive answer to your question can be found on this link. https://genealogy.stackexchange.com/questions/3915/finding-information-on-german-soldiers-from-world-war-i-and-world-war-ii which contains this handy list t or † (“tot”) – dead gefallen – killed in action † an seinen schweren Wunden – died because of his serious injuries v. or verw. (“verwundet”) – wounded l.v. (“leicht verwundet”) – slightly wounded s.v. or schw. verw. (“schwer verwundet”) – seriously wounded l.v.b.d.Tr. (“leicht verwundet, bei der Truppe”) – slightly wounded, but with the troops Gefgsch. (“Gefangenschaft”) – POW G + (“Gefangenschaft †”) – died as POW A.N. (“Auslands-Nachricht”) – message from abroad vermißt – missing in action bisher vermißt, verwundet – missing until now, wounded † infolge Krankheit – died because of illness Res. Feldlaz. ("Reserve Feldlazarett") – Reserve field hospital or aid station zum 3. Male verwundet – wounded for the 3rd time durch Unfall schwer verletzt – seriously injured because of an accident Edited 21 December , 2017 by Martin Feledziak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOK4 Posted 21 December , 2017 Share Posted 21 December , 2017 G + is normally gerichtlich tot erklärt (declared dead by court). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilly100 Posted 21 December , 2017 Share Posted 21 December , 2017 Thanks Martin, I shall pass on this info. Cheers Ian Thanks Martin, I shall pass on this info. Cheers Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveC Posted 23 December , 2017 Author Share Posted 23 December , 2017 (edited) Hi Andy Many thanks for the info on Walter Haedrich wishing you and everyone on the forum Merry Christmas. Regards DaveC Edited 23 December , 2017 by DaveC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilly100 Posted 29 April , 2018 Share Posted 29 April , 2018 Recent information that has come to light indicates there might have been some German (probably naval landing detachment) casualties sustained at Gallipoli quite early in the campaign on land, during and shortly after the Allied Landings on 25 April 1915, and prior to 30 April 1915. Are there any German naval researchers and historians that might have gone over any German Imperial Navy casualty roll (as mentioned in post #19 in the links) lists, believed to be in the Sutterlin(my poor spelling) script, that might assist in adding to this research? If the roll has name of casualty, ship name and possibly date of death, one might be able to confirm this line of enquiry. Cheers Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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