Michael Lowrey Posted 4 May Share Posted 4 May Oberfeuerwerker Putsche — yes, there was one, but Feuerwerker and Oberfeuerwerker were warrant officer (Deckoffizier) ranks in the navy not necessarily on the path to a commission, so details are sparse. (He's not listed in the Ehrenrangliste.) Entered service September 3, 1895, promoted to Oberfeuerwerker August 1, 1907. Prewar decorations are the Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen in Silber and the Dienstauszeichnung 1st class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Lowrey Posted 5 May Share Posted 5 May Friedrich Prosch: and speaking of warrant officers, we have this entry. There's no Prosch listed in the Ehrenrangliste but per the 1914 Rangliste, a Oberstückmeister by the name of Prosch was on Goeben in 1914. Entered service February 1, 1888, promoted to Oberstückmeister on April 1, 1906. Prewar decorations are the Allgemeines Ehrenzeichen in Silber and the Dienstauszeichnung 1st class. (A Stückmeister is an artillery-branch warrant officer (Deckoffizier)). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Lowrey Posted 5 May Share Posted 5 May Fritz Putzer, born December 31, 1888, Crew 1908, Oberleutnant zur See September 19, 1914, Kapitänleutnant July 18, 1918. From about August 1917 to July 1918 he head's the Euphrates detachment's naval battery. He’s then an adjunct with the Mittelmeerdivision to the war’s end. Out of service June 22, 1919. German decorations in early 1918 are the EK2 and Saxony’s Albrechts-Orden plus a prewar Lifesaving medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyC Posted 5 May Share Posted 5 May (edited) Here is some information, albeit not with connections to Turkey. https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/P/PuttkammerAlfredv-R.htm GreyC PS he did have a Turkish medal Edited 5 May by GreyC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn J Posted 5 May Share Posted 5 May 4 hours ago, Michael Lowrey said: Friedrich Prosch: and speaking of warrant officers Michael, I think you are right. Oberstückmeister Friedrich August Heinrich Prosch. His given name(s) confirmed in the marriage registry entry in 1896 at Schwerin Paulskirche as a Oberbootsmannsmaat and his entry in the Kiel address book of 1913 where he is listed as "Prosch Friedr. H.A., Mar.-Oberstückmstr." He was born 22 March 1870 in Kiel. Given that he is not listed in the Ehrenrangliste it is a possibility that he was as an artillery specialist assigned to the Sonderkommando with the Ottoman rank of 2nd lieutenant. Regards Glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn J Posted 5 May Share Posted 5 May 11 hours ago, Michael Lowrey said: Oberfeuerwerker Putsche Oberfeuerwerker Friedrich Richard Wilhelm Karl Putsche, born 2 May 1878 in Hamburg. A naval official post-war in the rank of a Technischer-Marine-Sekretär. Shown in the 1935 Kiel address book as a Feuerwerksleutnant a.D. Died 13 January 1949 in Kiel. Regards Glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn J Posted 5 May Share Posted 5 May 7 hours ago, Michael Lowrey said: Fritz Putzer, born December 31, 1888, Crew 1908 He was born in Bad Königsbrunn near Königstein (Elbe) in the Kingdom of Saxony. Returned to military service in 1935 entering the Luftwaffe. Rose to the rank of Oberst on 1.9.41. Served primarily in quartermaster/logistics functions. Still working as an editor in Detmold in the late fifties. Regards Glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenbecker Posted 5 May Author Share Posted 5 May (edited) Grey thanks, Yes, another gives his Military service in WWI as; Kompanieführer im Eisenbahn-Regiment 3 1-15 to Eisenbahn-Bau-Kompanie 32 10-16 to Adjutant der Militäreisenbahndirektion (M.E.D.) 4 12-16 to Vorstand der Abteilung 8 der Militäreisenbahndirektion 8 11-17 to Stab der I. Abteilung des Eisenbahn-Regiments 1 und Kodeis AOK 8 1-18 Company commander in the Railway Regiment 3 1-15 to Railway Construction Company 32 10-16 to Adjutant of the Military Railway Directorate (M.E.D.) 4 12-16 to Head of Department 8 of the Military Railway Directorate 8 11-17 to Staff of the I. Department of the Railway Regiments 1 and Kodeis AOK 8 1-18 One of these must have served with Ottoman Forces, either in Galica or Macedonia, for him to pick up his Bulgar and Ottoman medals? Possibly when with the 8th Army? Todays Quaritsch Karl Stabsarzt Marine Stabsarzte Div Zahlmeister Accounting Inspector Staff to Admiral Souchon on SMS Goeben (Yavuz) Military Mediterranean Division MMD 1914-15 Kaiserliche Marine Colonial Service China SMS "Geier" 1903-04 (not identified) shown in Klaus Wolf's Book Quast Wilhelm Capt / Hptm Eng Mühendis - OberIngenieur (Engineer Officer) unknown (not identified)? to many to confirm? shown in book by Klaus Wolf Not in Wolf Querle Aladar Offizier Stellvertreter unknown (not identified) 1917-18 (died 16-10-18) grave in German war cemetery at Tarabya Istanbul cause not stated? (not identified) Edited 5 May by stevenbecker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Lowrey Posted 6 May Share Posted 6 May Karl Quaritsch, born November 23, 1871, entered service April 1890, Marine-Stabszahlmeister (he was a paymaster, not a doctor) October 26, 1912, the Mittelmeerdivision's head paymaster to January 1915; after a staff position I can’t make sense of he becomes the battleship Prinzregent Luitpold head paymaster from May 1917 to the end of the war. Out of service October 27, 1919; Charakter as Marine-Stabszahlmeister June 30, 1921. German decoration in early 1918 are the EK2 and Oldenburg’s Friedrich August Kreuz 2nd Class plus the Order of the Crown 4th Class and the Dienstauszeichnung 3rd Class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn J Posted 6 May Share Posted 6 May 5 hours ago, Michael Lowrey said: after a staff position I can’t make sense of he becomes the battleship Prinzregent Luitpold head paymaster Michael, he was the head of the accounts office, i.e. paymaster of the II. Replacement Naval Infantry battalion No. 1 (Rechnungs-Amt des II. Ersatz-Seebataillons Nr. 1) based in Wilhelmshaven. Regards Glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn J Posted 6 May Share Posted 6 May Steve, although I have checked for Quasts, there are non of that rank with an engineer connection. I think your Offizierstellvertreter is a no-hoper. Regards Glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenbecker Posted 6 May Author Share Posted 6 May Cheers Todays Rabe Hans Maj (LtCol) Deutsche Militär-Mission in der Türkei - Instructor Ottoman War School 1909-14 RTG returned CO Ottoman 15th Regiment - Edirne'de 15. Piyade Alayi komutani Istanbul'da Tümen komutani (15th Infantry Regiment Commander in Edirne to Division commander in Istanbul) 1909-14 1914-18 from Infanterie-Regiment No 45 RTG to LtCol (3rd Upper Silesian) Infanterie Regiment No 62 (12th Div) Western Front 1918 (not identified)? shown in book by Klaus Wolf Raith Capt / Hptm (Maj) to Maj Deutsche Militär-Mission in der Türkei - att Stab Officer to Gen Goltz 6th Army in Iraq commanded MG force to support Persia advance 12-15 see BOWH Persia page 136 RTG returned CO 702nd Bn see Orbat 1917 -Yildirim ordusu 702. Piyade birligi komutani (Yildirim army 702nd Infantry unit commander) - Askeri heyette ve Irak'ta 6. Orduda (Military scout and 6th Army in Iraq) German Irakgruppe Mesopotamia 3-18 1915-16 1917-18 (not identified)? Later WWII LtCol Luftwaffe shown in book by Klaus Wolf Raspel Karl ObLtzS (Kapt) Marine Watch officer SMS Goeben (Yavuz) - Naval MG Sects Marine Landungsabteilung (Naval Shore Det) at Gallipoli commander MG Detachment II att 11th Div Keretsch Tepe (Kalkberg) at Helles (replaced ObLt Keiner) 11-15 RTG - returned to Firat nehir gemilerinde komutan (Commander on the Firat (Euphrates) River ships) (Tigris-Euphrates Flotila Det) 2-16 Mesopotamia - Responsible for surveying and mapping the Euphrates RTG returned Commander Euphrates Flotilla (Tigris-Euphrates Flotila Det) with Kapt-Lt Cappeln 8-16 still there Commander (Tigris-Euphrates Kampf gruppe) 1918 1915-16 1918- Kaiserliche Marine to Mesopotamia (not identified)? Kaiserliche Marine shown in book by Klaus Wolf Raydt Hermann ObLtzS d.S. I Marine der Seewehr I - Torpidobot komutani olan (Torpedo Boat Commander) to Ottoman Destoryer "Jarhissar“ or "Yarhisar" 1914-15 (born at Ratzeburg Lauenburg KIA 3-12-15) Tot reported OC Raydt and 8 German sailors lost (Ottoman 1 officer and 27 men lost) when "Yarhisar" sunk by British submarine E11 in sea of Marmara Kaiserliche Marine shown in book by Klaus Wolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Lowrey Posted 7 May Share Posted 7 May 22 hours ago, Glenn J said: Michael, he was the head of the accounts office, i.e. paymaster of the II. Replacement Naval Infantry battalion No. 1 (Rechnungs-Amt des II. Ersatz-Seebataillons Nr. 1) based in Wilhelmshaven. Regards Glenn Glenn, Thanks for that detail, much appreciated. Best wishes, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Lowrey Posted 7 May Share Posted 7 May Karl Raspel, born April 20, 1888, Crew 1907 (near the very end of Crew 1907 for promotion purposes), Oberleutnant zur See March 22, 1914, Kapitänleutnant April 28, 1918. Goeben from some point in 1915 to November 1915, then head of the machine gun detachment on Gallipoli, to January 1916, then head of the Euphrates detachment's flotilla of vessels to April 1918, then with the Mittelmeerdivision for the rest of the war. Out of service November 22, 1919. German decoration in early 1918 is just the EK2 (!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Lowrey Posted 7 May Share Posted 7 May Hermann Raydt, born August 16, 1879, entered service October 1901, Oberleutnant zur See der Seewehr I. May 13, 1909. head of the Turkish port flotilla Bosporus, then commander of the Turkish torpedo boat Jarhissar. Killed when Jarhissar was sunk on December 3, 1915. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn J Posted 7 May Share Posted 7 May 19 hours ago, stevenbecker said: Raith Capt / Hptm (Maj) to Maj Hauptmann Timotheus Paul Raith, born 28 July 1874 in Flensburg. Originally commissioned into Füsilier-Regiment Nr. 37 with a Patent of 27.1.96. Experienced trainer of troops with pre-war assignments with officer cadets and NCO training establishments. By 1914 a Hauptmann (13.9.11) and company commander in Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 128 in Danzig. Promoted to Prussian Major on 27.1.18. Retired at that rank. His un-digitized Luftwaffe personnel file at BA-MA shows him (as Paul Raith) as having risen to the rank of Oberstleutnant z.V. in WW2. Regards Glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn J Posted 7 May Share Posted 7 May 20 hours ago, stevenbecker said: Rabe Hans Maj (LtCol) Hauptmann Hans (27.1.06) Karl Ernst Rabe. Initially commissioned into (14.2.90) and spent his entire pre-war service in East Prussia with Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 45. He was placed at disposal on 14 October 1909. Received the Charakter of a Prussian Major on 5.9.14 and subsequently promoted substantively with a Patent of the same date. Was retired from the Prussian army on 16 January 1920. Holder of both the Medschidie and Osmanie Orders in the third class. Regards Glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenbecker Posted 7 May Author Share Posted 7 May Cheers, Todays Recke Lt Pilot Airforce at Diyarbakir 1916-17 shown in book by Klaus Wolf Redern Claus von LtzS Marine commander of the Assault in special forces 9-15 in SMS Goeben (Yavuz) 11-15 in Varna 12-16 - Sdr-Kdo (Sonderkommando) - Hücümbot komutani (Powerboat commander) 1915-16 (1891- 1931?) (not identified)? Kaiserliche Marine shown in book by Klaus Wolf Reeder Arnholdt Oberingenieur (Ing) Marine Oberingenieur Ottoman Mine layer "Nusret" - Sdr-Kdo (Sonderkommando Usedom) Naval Chief Engineer Reeder on board the Special Command 1915-16 Kaiserliche Marine reported layed minefield 8-3-15 that hit allied fleet awarded EK II 4-15 and Ottoman Silver Liakat Medal 10-15 (not identified)? shown in book by Klaus Wolf Rehm Friedrich Assistenzarzt Dr Marine Unter-Assistenzarzt Hekim Astegmen (Offizieraspirant) MO at Iskenderum - shown Assistenzarzt U Boat Half Flotilla Konstantinopel (replaced Lotze) 8-17 to 9-17 shown Assistenzarzt Baty doctor Batterie Dschemal Pascha (battery jemal pasha) (Tigris-Euphrates Flotila Det) Mesopotamia 1918 1916-18 (not identified) Kaiserliche Marine shown in book by Klaus Wolf Not in Wolf Rechtern Hans von Maj CO 701st Arty Bn - Stab HQ - Filistin'de Alman Asya Ordularinda görevli (Served in the German Asian Orders in Palestine) Feldartillerie-Abteilung 701 ARKO 1917-18 from Kapt 2nd Unter-Elsässisches Feldartillerie-Regiment No 67 (not identified)? Staff: 9 officers and 19 enlisted men + 11 Turks OR's each battery: 6 officers 103 enlisted men + 7 Turks OR's and a Minenwerfer Kompagnie with 4 officers 83 soldiers + 5 Turk OR's total 25 German officers and 308 German enlisted men only 14 officers and 197 men returned to Germany alive/with the unit Reck ObLt 702nd Bn - OC 2Co - see Orbat 1917 Yildirim ordusu 702. Piyade birlik komutani (Co comdr 702nd Bn) 1917-18 (not identified)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Lowrey Posted 8 May Share Posted 8 May Friedrich Rehm born October 4, 1891, entered service April 1910, Marine-Assistentarzt November 17, 1916, so already a commissioned officer when he gets to the theater in August or September 1917 as the doctor with the U-Boat Half Flotilla Konstantinopel for about a month before briefly being with the Euphrates detachment. After about October 1917, he's with the marine Battery Ayas. Out of service May 9, 1919. Charakter as Marine-Assistentarzt April 18, 1921. German decoration in early 1918 is just the EK2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Lowrey Posted 8 May Share Posted 8 May Claus von Redern, born May 19, 1890, entered service April 1914, Leutnant zur See der Reserve November 16, 1915. Sonderkommando Türkei September to November 1915 ; then Goeben to October 1916, in charge of minesweeping at Varna through December 1916 (what's his role in relationship to the loss of UB 45?) then back to Goeben for the rest of the war. Out of service December 31, 1918. German decoration in early 1918 is just the EK2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Lowrey Posted 8 May Share Posted 8 May Arnholdt Reeder, born November 28, 1886, Marine-Ingenieur October 13, 1914, Marine-Oberingenieur April 26, 1917. Sonderkommando Türkei as a technical advisor (director) to the Dardanelles commander through March 1916, then return to Germany and mainly on torpedo boats/destroyers for the rest of the war. Stays in the navy postwar. German decoration in August 1916 is the EK2. WWI decorations in full are he EK1 plus the Order of the Medjidie 5th Class, Silver Liakat Medal with Swords, and the Iron Half Moon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn J Posted 8 May Share Posted 8 May 16 hours ago, stevenbecker said: Rechtern Hans von Maj Major (25.11.16) Johannes Rechtern (NO noble predicate "von"), born 26 March 1872 at Lesum. Originally commissioned as a Leutnant in the Garde-Pionier-Bataillon with a Patent of 27.1.95. Transferred to Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 2 in 1898 and to Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 26 in 1900. Served in Southwest Africa as an Oberleutnant and was transferred to FAR 62 on 1 May 1908. In 1914 he risen to a battery command in the rank of Hauptmann (10.9.10) in FAR 67. Commanded Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment 14. Charakter as Oberstleutnant granted on 4 November 1920. Died in Dresden on 23 November 1944. Regards Glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn J Posted 8 May Share Posted 8 May 19 hours ago, stevenbecker said: Reck ObLt Tricky. There were two infantry Oberleutnants in the Prussian army of that name in 1917. My best guess would be Oberleutnant (22.3.15) Richard Reck, born 27 July 1886 in Berlin of Infanterie-Regiment 27. He was promoted to Hauptmann on 22.3.18. I believe I saw on the Axis History Forum, that the Reck in Infanterie-Bataillon 702 was a captain, so this officer would fit. Died 28 December 1945 in Berlin-Nikolassee as a Major a.D. The other Reck, Oberleutnant Karl Reck (18.8.16) was in Infanterie-Regiment 169 and retired at that rank. Regards Glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevenbecker Posted 8 May Author Share Posted 8 May (edited) Cheers Michael, I notice I did have him , no details on a name Redern von LtzS deR Marine shown 5th WO SMS Goeben (Yavuz) 1918 1917-18 (not identified)? Kaiserliche Marine shown US National Archives online records of the German Navy Item 808 Glenn you are good nice one. Thoses pesky airforce blokes again, should have known Todays Reinhold Ludwig Stabsarzt Dr Marine Stabsarzt RMO (Naval Shore Det) German Field Hosp Bigali at Kilia Tepe 11-15 to 10-17 to Military Hosp Harbiye to Euphrates River Det (Tigris-Euphrates Flotila Det) Mesopotamia - shown MO Halbflottillenarzt U Boat Halbflottille at Konstantinopel (replaced Dummel) 12-17 to 4-18 1915-18 (not identified) Kaiserliche Marine shown in book by Klaus Wolf Restorff von Capt / Hptm OzbV Adjt to FM von der Goltz 6th Army Mesopotamia 1915-18 shown in book by Klaus Wolf Rhode Josef ObLtzS Marine SMS Goeben (Yavuz) 1918- (not identified) Kaiserliche Marine shown in book by Klaus Wolf Not in wolf (some strange ones for you) Reegs Capt / Hptm Staff Airforce OC Armee-Flugpark der Heeresgruppe F at Damascus see Orbat 1917 1917-18 (not identified)? Reeps Ludwig Capt / Hptm unknown (not identified) unknown (not identified) Reich Generaloberstabsarzt Dr Marine Senior Medical officer Arzt des johanniter krankenhaus in beirut (Doctor at the Johanniter Hospital in Beirut) uberetatsmadig bei Mittlemeer Division Deutsches bakteriologisches institut Konstantinopel 1918 1917-18 (not identified)? Kaiserliche Marine shown US National Archives online records of the German Navy Item 808 PS I should mention that at any time you see a bloke I missed when going through your sources please mention him? As I may have him or can add to the pot As my old Troop Sgt said, "hols are ment to be filled" Edited 8 May by stevenbecker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Lowrey Posted 9 May Share Posted 9 May Josef Rhode, born January 1, 1899, entered service October 3, 1916, Fähnrich zur See September 19, 1917 — never a commissioned officer during the war. He's on Goeben from May of June 1918 to the end of the war To the reserves, December 1918. Leutnant zur See der Reserve September 28, 1919, out of service January 21, 1920 as a Leutnant zur See. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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