StAubyns Posted 3 December , 2005 Author Share Posted 3 December , 2005 Bob What is he holding in his left hand? Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckbeans Posted 3 December , 2005 Share Posted 3 December , 2005 Is it possible that the Drostes and Schmidts could be in the photographs? As one depicts Christmas 1914, could they be in the posted list? ckbeans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brian Kay Posted 4 December , 2005 Share Posted 4 December , 2005 Geoff Is there another site where these photos can be posted to get a bearing on where the places are ? Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StAubyns Posted 5 December , 2005 Author Share Posted 5 December , 2005 Brian If we can't get the information here, I can't image anywhere else where it would be possible. There is'nt a lot to go on at this stage of the album. I am tempted to miss a few pages and progress to the photos with text to see if that makes the indentification easier. I have a technical problem with the scanner at the moment and will post more asap. Thanks to everyone for their input so far Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 5 December , 2005 Share Posted 5 December , 2005 Don't worry Geoff we are all here waiting for the next batch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_Blanchard Posted 5 December , 2005 Share Posted 5 December , 2005 Could 'Jocherty or Jacherty' be Jonchery just south of the Aisne River? Regards David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StAubyns Posted 5 December , 2005 Author Share Posted 5 December , 2005 egbert, thanks for the encouragement David, you have prompted me to have another look - theres no "t"; its "Jochery" Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckbeans Posted 5 December , 2005 Share Posted 5 December , 2005 Looking forward to the next photos. Patience is a virtue! ckbeans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckbeans Posted 5 December , 2005 Share Posted 5 December , 2005 Looking again at page 2 photo 2 - the clarity is exceptional. It almost speaks across the years. ckbeans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StAubyns Posted 6 December , 2005 Author Share Posted 6 December , 2005 The scanners behaving again so on to Page 8 photo 1 Page 8 photo 2 Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StAubyns Posted 6 December , 2005 Author Share Posted 6 December , 2005 Page 8 photo 3 These gentlemen look rather well dressed for the front lines! Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StAubyns Posted 6 December , 2005 Author Share Posted 6 December , 2005 Page 8 photo 4 Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 6 December , 2005 Share Posted 6 December , 2005 I am whistling the tune "Where could it be, where could it be???" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StAubyns Posted 6 December , 2005 Author Share Posted 6 December , 2005 I know the feeling if not the tune The answer will come Thanks for your support in these difficult pages! Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egbert Posted 6 December , 2005 Share Posted 6 December , 2005 i was going to guess 8/2 is in Russia, but the following pictures are highly suspected Western Battlefields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StAubyns Posted 6 December , 2005 Author Share Posted 6 December , 2005 I hope your right. Dont forget the Panoptikan - it's not far away Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian turner Posted 6 December , 2005 Share Posted 6 December , 2005 Stating the obvious but 8/1 appears to be Russian POWs... Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malte Znaniecki Posted 7 December , 2005 Share Posted 7 December , 2005 Hello Geoff, Egbert and Ian Page 8 photos 1 - 4 were shot in the north of the Eastern Front. This is absolutely guaranteed. The pic of the cottages was shot in Northern Poland, Lithuania or Latvia. The town is to locate either in East Prussia (Germany) or also Lithuania - Latvia. The road with (per 100%) Russian POW's was (or still is) also in the same areas. Malte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StAubyns Posted 7 December , 2005 Author Share Posted 7 December , 2005 Malte Thats good to hear! Any chance of any place names? Thanks Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StAubyns Posted 7 December , 2005 Author Share Posted 7 December , 2005 One of these 4 photos perhaps has useful information. I have done a close up of the section concerned Page 9 Photo 1 Page 9 Photo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StAubyns Posted 7 December , 2005 Author Share Posted 7 December , 2005 Page 9 Photo 3 photo lost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StAubyns Posted 7 December , 2005 Author Share Posted 7 December , 2005 Page 9 Photo 4 and the close up Page 9 Photo 4a Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckbeans Posted 7 December , 2005 Share Posted 7 December , 2005 Keep going - would like to see the panoptikum in sequence and hope fore more info Thanks to all for moving things on ckbeans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malte Znaniecki Posted 8 December , 2005 Share Posted 8 December , 2005 So now we have got the unit ! Ldw.Fs.A.Btl. I 1. Batt. (s.F.H.) 1 means: Landwehr-Fußartillerie-Bataillon des I. Armeekorps 1. Batterie (schwere Feldhaubitzen) 1. Geschütz Egbert might translate this to English. This unit is one of the third line. It was created by German I. Army Corps (East Prussia). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob lembke Posted 8 December , 2005 Share Posted 8 December , 2005 So now we have got the unit ! Ldw.Fs.A.Btl. I 1. Batt. (s.F.H.) 1 means: Landwehr-Fußartillerie-Bataillon des I. Armeekorps 1. Batterie (schwere Feldhaubitzen) 1. Geschütz Egbert might translate this to English. This unit is one of the third line. It was created by German I. Army Corps (East Prussia). This is the Landwehr Foot Artillery (Heavy Artillery) Battalion of the 1st Army Corps, HQ at Koenigsberg, at extreme easterly East Prussia. !st Battery (heavy field howitzers) This term is usually used for 15 cm howitzers, but this gun is a very old model (not surprising with the Landwehr) and might possibly be another caliber, although it probably was 15 cm. (Landwehr was a level of reserves with lower readyness than Reserve, but higher than Landsturm. Originally most of the men would be in their mid-30s and were not having much active training any more as reservists.) !st gun (of the 1st Battery) However, didn't we establish that the officers in the album were with a field artillery unit; was it FAR 22? Bob Lembke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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