GROBBY Posted 28 July , 2021 Share Posted 28 July , 2021 Hi can anyone help me find any information about a german NCO called Willy Luhmann .All I know is that he died in the war and is a Sergeant and possibly a Prussian, I have tred to enlarge his shoulder strap to find a regiment but cannot get it any clearer img003.pdfThank you for any help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FROGSMILE Posted 28 July , 2021 Share Posted 28 July , 2021 (edited) This is an area where @GreyCand @AOK4and @charlie2might be able to assist. I’m sure they’ll be along soon. Edited 28 July , 2021 by FROGSMILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knittinganddeath Posted 28 July , 2021 Share Posted 28 July , 2021 Just to add some information from GreyC from the original thread where this image was first posted: Quote Willy /Wilhelm Lühmann shows flaps from the infantry. Given the place the photo was taken IR 15 might well be his unit (img 001). He was either a Sergeant or Vize-Feldwebel. <The distinction between the two not visible on the photo. The photograph was taken in Minden, Westfalen, by B. Kasiel of Kleiner Domhof 11. There are Willy, Willi, and Wilhelm Lühmanns in the Verlustlisten but none from IR 15 (in the instances where the unit is listed). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie2 Posted 28 July , 2021 Share Posted 28 July , 2021 Is his name Luhmann or Lühmann? There is a Vize-Feldwebel Wilhelm Luhmann in Reserve Infanterie Regiment 15 in the casualty lists. The HQ and 1st Bn were raised in Minden from Infanterie Regiment 15 (info from Kraus). http://des.genealogy.net/search/show/3785859 Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knittinganddeath Posted 28 July , 2021 Share Posted 28 July , 2021 1 hour ago, charlie2 said: There is a Vize-Feldwebel Wilhelm Luhmann in Reserve Infanterie Regiment 15 in the casualty lists. I think you are right with Luhmann (no umlaut). I read it wrong initially, but see now that based on the rest of the message (zur Erinnerung) it is clearly just the usual swoosh over the U rather than an umlaut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOK4 Posted 28 July , 2021 Share Posted 28 July , 2021 He doesn't show up in the Ehrenliste of the 10th company in the regimental history. Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOK4 Posted 28 July , 2021 Share Posted 28 July , 2021 (edited) He has an earlier entry in the VL here: http://des.genealogy.net/search/show/3275744 Edited 28 July , 2021 by AOK4 wrong link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOK4 Posted 28 July , 2021 Share Posted 28 July , 2021 2 hours ago, GROBBY said: Hi can anyone help me find any information about a german NCO called Willy Luhmann .All I know is that he died in the war and is a Sergeant and possibly a Prussian, I have tred to enlarge his shoulder strap to find a regiment but cannot get it any clearer img003.pdfThank you for any help Hello, How come you are sure he died during the war? Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOK4 Posted 28 July , 2021 Share Posted 28 July , 2021 No Wilhelm Luhmann on the war memorial of Kalldorf either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GROBBY Posted 28 July , 2021 Author Share Posted 28 July , 2021 Sorry im not sure he died in the war but supposed as it was on a photo of him in uniform with a message As a constant reminder/enduring memory Willy Luhmann on the reverse and just thought the two went together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOK4 Posted 28 July , 2021 Share Posted 28 July , 2021 46 minutes ago, GROBBY said: Sorry im not sure he died in the war but supposed as it was on a photo of him in uniform with a message As a constant reminder/enduring memory Willy Luhmann on the reverse and just thought the two went together The message doesn't mean he died. It's just a picture given as a memento. Of course he could have died (you never knew when you went off to the front), hence the message. A lot of pics were signed like that in the war, so that the next-of-kin would have something to remember their loved one in case he would die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GROBBY Posted 30 July , 2021 Author Share Posted 30 July , 2021 The Verluslisten of 1915.11.8 with the name ,Does that mean he was wounded of could he have died ??. Im new on the german research so i dont know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie2 Posted 30 July , 2021 Share Posted 30 July , 2021 5 minutes ago, GROBBY said: The Verluslisten of 1915.11.8 with the name ,Does that mean he was wounded of could he have died ??. Im new on the german research so i dont know Both entries record him as wounded, I understand it that he was therefore wounded twice. There are no further entries for him so it must be assumed he survived the war. Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOK4 Posted 30 July , 2021 Share Posted 30 July , 2021 22 minutes ago, charlie2 said: Both entries record him as wounded, I understand it that he was therefore wounded twice. There are no further entries for him so it must be assumed he survived the war. Charlie No mention on the communal war memorial nor an entry as died in the VL means it is as good as certain he survived. Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GROBBY Posted 30 July , 2021 Author Share Posted 30 July , 2021 Thank you both for your information this helps a lot.Its nice to know he survived the war.Its also nice to have a name to a face ,A lot of the cards I have have a face and no name or a name and no face Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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