KIRKY Posted 3 November , 2020 Share Posted 3 November , 2020 Just been there today, 2 questions, why are some of the headstones flat on the ground. Also notice in the mixed British and German cemetery there is a German burial for 1914, how come so early? Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchener's Bugle Posted 9 November , 2020 Share Posted 9 November , 2020 Hi Kirky, this Cemetery only officially opened in 1967. Bodies were removed from existing locations throughout the UK to this location. Without having further details, I would suspect that he was a POW. Quite a few German POW's (286) died from Brockton Camp which is not far away. Although this opened after 1914. There is a recent book on the camp if you are interested called "Prisoners on Cannock Chase: Great War PoWs and Brockton Camp". There is no standardized design for German Headstones. There are many variants. Often multiple variants can be seen in the same location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie2 Posted 9 November , 2020 Share Posted 9 November , 2020 On 03/11/2020 at 23:19, KIRKY said: Also notice in the mixed British and German cemetery there is a German burial for 1914, how come so early He was taken PoW at Neuve Chapelle on 25 October and died at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeClarke Posted 9 November , 2020 Share Posted 9 November , 2020 (edited) Hi From memory the flat graves are Block 9 and are the aircraft crews buried together being indistinguishable. The other upright graves are singular. As Charlie2 says, Hermann Gustav Guster served in 9th Kompanie, 16th Infanterie Regiment. He was taken prisoner of war and succumbed in Shrewsbury Military Hospital, London Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire on Wednesday 18 November 1914. Guster was originally buried in Shrewsbury Cemetery, Shrewsbury, Shropshire in Grave 83.2.H. He is buried in Section 4 in Cannock Chase War Cemetery (not German War Cemetery). Regards, Graeme Edited 9 November , 2020 by GraemeClarke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchener's Bugle Posted 10 November , 2020 Share Posted 10 November , 2020 For those who have not made it over to the Continent I would strongly advice that they visit the British and German Cemeteries here - they are exactly what you will see over the channel. @KIRKY Did you manage to seek out some of the more famous burials like Ernst Busch (field marshal) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 10 November , 2020 Share Posted 10 November , 2020 6 hours ago, Kitchener's Bugle said: this Cemetery only officially opened in 1967. I was looking for a local family grave about ten years ago, and my dad told me to look for the Luftwaffe graves. Turns out that his information was half a century out of date, the silly old codger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchener's Bugle Posted 10 November , 2020 Share Posted 10 November , 2020 1 minute ago, IPT said: I was looking for a local family grave about ten years ago, and my dad told me to look for the Luftwaffe graves. Turns out that his information was half a century out of date, the silly old codger. There are some interesting Luftwaffe ones in there though...that span both Wars, like Major Karl Waldemar Ritscherle who was killed during the Battle Of Britain, but he also served in the Great War as an aerial gunnery specialist and was an "Ace". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeClarke Posted 10 November , 2020 Share Posted 10 November , 2020 Hi Did you find the U-Boat crew ?? Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIRKY Posted 10 November , 2020 Author Share Posted 10 November , 2020 Hi guys thanks for all of your input, answers a lot of questions, it is well worth visiting both cemeteries a great place to reflect, Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPT Posted 10 November , 2020 Share Posted 10 November , 2020 Looking at CWGC, the earliest German casualties are; WILHELM KUELPMANN Heizer S.M.S. Mainz Died 28 August 1914 from Isle of Sheppey General Cemetery ROBERT KAUTZKE Heizer S.M.S. Mainz Died 28 August 1914 from Isle of Sheppey General Cemetery RUDOLF MAYRHOFER Bootsmannsmaat S.M.S. Mainz Died 29 August 1914 ROBERT ADLER Obermaat "Koenigin Luise" Died 03 September 1914 from Deepcut Military Cemetery FRITZ ADOLF STRUCK Maschinistenanwarter S.M.S. Mainz Died 18 September 1914 from Chatham (Fort Pitt) Cemetery MAX MUELLER Jaeger 3./Jaeg.Btl.3 Died 27 September 1914 from Portsmouth (Highland Road) Cemetery ARTHUR OTTE Soldat 12./R.I.R.84 Died 11 October 1914 from Chatham (Fort Pitt) Cemetery OTTO FRIEDRICH FRICKE Soldat 11./I.R.53 Died 11 October 1914 from Manchester (Southern) Cemetery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIRKY Posted 11 November , 2020 Author Share Posted 11 November , 2020 18 hours ago, IPT said: Looking at CWGC, the earliest German casualties are; WILHELM KUELPMANN Heizer S.M.S. Mainz Died 28 August 1914 from Isle of Sheppey General Cemetery ROBERT KAUTZKE Heizer S.M.S. Mainz Died 28 August 1914 from Isle of Sheppey General Cemetery RUDOLF MAYRHOFER Bootsmannsmaat S.M.S. Mainz Died 29 August 1914 ROBERT ADLER Obermaat "Koenigin Luise" Died 03 September 1914 from Deepcut Military Cemetery FRITZ ADOLF STRUCK Maschinistenanwarter S.M.S. Mainz Died 18 September 1914 from Chatham (Fort Pitt) Cemetery MAX MUELLER Jaeger 3./Jaeg.Btl.3 Died 27 September 1914 from Portsmouth (Highland Road) Cemetery ARTHUR OTTE Soldat 12./R.I.R.84 Died 11 October 1914 from Chatham (Fort Pitt) Cemetery OTTO FRIEDRICH FRICKE Soldat 11./I.R.53 Died 11 October 1914 from Manchester (Southern) Cemetery Thanks makes sense now, Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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