trajan Posted 29 August , 2022 Share Posted 29 August , 2022 (edited) Hi one and all, I'd appreciate help with this one please! A 1915 type, I think I have the name right, Paul Dardas, but which Friesen is he from? His unit is the Niedersächsische Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 46 so I assume the one in Saxony, so that is the one near Reichenbach im Vogtland, Vogtlandkreis. The rest is pretty straightforward, from joining the Ersatz section, then into the main unit. He remained in 1 Kompagnie, but his service number changed from 1327 to 1289. I am not an expert on these ID tags, but I have not seen one inscribed in 'script' form before - is that unusual or very unusual? BTW, He is not - fortunately! - on Graebersuche... Mant thanks - in anticipation, and corrections . additions welcome! Julian Edited 29 August , 2022 by trajan CORRECTED THE UNIT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie2 Posted 29 August , 2022 Share Posted 29 August , 2022 Trajan Paul Dradas came from Driesen in the Neumark. He was wounded twice http://des.genealogy.net/search/show/2089864 http://des.genealogy.net/search/show/3719649 Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 29 August , 2022 Author Share Posted 29 August , 2022 3 minutes ago, charlie2 said: http://des.genealogy.net/search/show/2089864 http://des.genealogy.net/search/show/3719649 Excellent! Many thanks Charlie! Julian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie2 Posted 29 August , 2022 Share Posted 29 August , 2022 1 hour ago, trajan said: Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 46 ?? In the first photo 1. Ers(satz) Bat(aillon) Res(erve) I(Infanterie) R(egiment) 46, 1. Komp(agnie) In the second photo I(nfanterie) R(egiment) 46 Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 29 August , 2022 Author Share Posted 29 August , 2022 Yes, that's correct! I completely misread those bits... So he enlisted in the 1. Ers(satz) Bat(aillon) Res(erve) I(Infanterie) R(egiment) 46, 1. Komp(agnie) first, then was accepted / transferred into the I(nfanterie) R(egiment) 46, 1. Komp(agnie)... That's the 1. Niederschlesischen Infanterie-Regiments Nr. 46, nicht war? Thanks! I possibly got confused by those 'J's', thinking they were 'F's' and then not concentrating... (I don't think its Alzheimer's... My mind wanders easily on days like today when stuck in a small flat with two teenage boys loudly playing PStation football next room...) That aside, I see from Wikki that one of this man's NCO's was Karl Hermann Arndt, whose last two posts were in WW2 as Generalleutnant, commander of LIX.Armeekorps, when awarded the Eichenlaub to his Ritterkreuz, and finally commander of the XXXIX.Panzerkorps. Julian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 29 August , 2022 Author Share Posted 29 August , 2022 (edited) Interesting - if I have the right Dreisen, because that is in Oberpfalz, Bavaria, yet the Inf.Reg. 46 is a Prussian one... The style of the ID tag indicates 1915 issue, and he was with the unit by 10 June 1915, when wounded Julian Edited 29 August , 2022 by trajan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie2 Posted 29 August , 2022 Share Posted 29 August , 2022 (edited) 11 hours ago, trajan said: if I have the right Dreisen Julian, No you haven‘t, Driesen was in Pommerania https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drezdenko Charlie Edited 30 August , 2022 by charlie2 Got my geography correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 30 August , 2022 Author Share Posted 30 August , 2022 Charlie, many many thanks! Also, er war ein echter Preuße! Julian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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