Feldpost numbers help

[Martyn Price]

Many yhanks anyway Ade. The assistance you gave me is much appreciated.

Does anyone else know whether the circular stamp which is not clear (but looks something like M20372) would relate to the 4th Sicherungs Division or the 44th minensuche flotilla headquarters?

As you said the soldbuch feldpost number M35032 relates to the 44. Minensuch-Flottille A-Gruppe M 4457.

The circular seal stamp was obviously placed in the soldbook at the same time as the FP no, so, it must relate to this unit, or its headquarters.

Would anybody mind having a look in their references for a likely candidate.

Many thanks

Martyn

[dean]

hi im new to this site and really have no idea where to post.
im looking for some help in identifing some feldpost numbers on some letters i recently bought.
25705A (21-9-1941)
19222 (16-5-1943)
06483A this one is handwritten on the envelope but the stamp says 10040 i think its kind of blurred there is also 13G stamped after the second number
thanks

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Dean, welcome to the forum!

Here you go:

25705

(Mobilmachung-1.1.1940) 9. Kompanie Infanterie-Regiment 480,

(2.1.1940-27.4.1940) gestrichen, wurde Fp.Nr. 23599 B,

(19.7.1941-14.2.1942) Stab u. 1. Kompanie Feldersatz-Bataillon VII/2, u. gestrichen,

(31.7.1942-9.2.1943) 13. Kompanie Infanterie-Regiment 377,

(24.8.1943-5.4.1944) 3.1.1944 13. Kompanie Grenadier-Regiment 377,

(6.4.1944-9.11.1944) 6.10.1944 gestrichen, wurde Fp.Nr. 34430 B.


19222

(Mobilmachung-1.1.1940) Artillerie-Vermessungs-Trupp III. Artillerie-Regiment 152,

(2.1.1940-27.4.1940) gestrichen,

(28.4.1940-14.9.1940) Eisenbahn-Bau-Kompanie 98, dann 6. Kompanie Eisenbahn-Pionier-Regiment 5.


06483

(15.9.1940-31.1.1941) Stab III u. 11.-15. Kompanie Infanterie-Regiment 204,

(15.7.1942-24.1.1943) Stab III u. 11.-15. Kompanie Jäger-Regiment 704.

10040

(Mobilmachung-1.1.1940) 2. Kompanie Panzerabwehr-Abteilung 46,

(28.4.1940-14.9.1940) 2. Kompanie Panzerjäger-Abteilung 46,

(25.1.1943-31.7.1943) gestrichen (Stalingrad),

(1.8.1943-23.3.1944) 17.7.1944 Feldgendarmerie-Trupp 654.


Hope that helps!

Cheers, Ade.

[Captainjohn1955]

Looking for any info on Feldpost number 56387E?

[Adrian Stevenson]

First off, welcome to the forum!

The info on the number you are looking for is as follows and is an interesting one:

56387


(12.3.1943-7.9.1943) Stab I u. 1.-4. Kompanie SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2 Nederland,

(8.9.1943-22.4.1944) 12.11.1943 Stab I u. 1.-4. Kompanie SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 42 (Brigade 4 Nederland),

(8.9.1943-22.4.1944) 17.12.1943 Stab I u. 1.-4. Kompanie SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 49 De Reiter,

(8.9.1943-22.4.1944) 25.4.1944 Stab I u. 1.-4. Kompanie Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 49 (4. SS-Brigade),

(23.4.1944-24.11.1944) 8.9.1944 Stab I u. 1.-4. Kompanie Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 49 SS-Brigade Nederland.

Hope this helps?

Cheers, Ade.

[Captainjohn1955]

Thanks a lot for the welcome and the information. I am a history buff, but this request was of a more personal nature. My wife's grandfather did not return from the war and in his last letter he gives the 56387E number as his destination. The letter was on Jan 21, 1945. Can we assume this feldpost number was still with the 49th regiment in 1945? My best "guess" so far is that he was trapped in the Halbe Cauldron.

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi, yes, the number would almost certainly have remained in use with the Regt into those final days of the war.

Some basic info on the units final days can be found here:

23rd SS Volunteer Panzer Grenadier Division Nederland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cheers, Ade.

[Captainjohn1955]

How about 31266 and 58033E?

I see you are a 30 year collector!! Must have caught your imagination.

[John Brandon]

31266
Mobilmachung-1.1.1940 Luftwaffen-Sanitäts-Bereitschaft 2/III.

2nd one's more interesting
58033

(12.3.1943-7.9.1943) schwere Panzerjäger-Kompanie Lettische SS-Freiwilligen-Division,

(8.9.1943-22.4.1944) 3.3.1944 schwere Panzerjäger-Kompanie 15 (15. SS-Division),

(25.11.1944-8.5.1945) 12:12.1944 Regimentsstab Bau-Regiment 1 (15. SS-Division).

and a little info courtesy of Axis History


15. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (lettische Nr. 1) was formed 1943 when the newly formed Lettische SS-Freiwilligen Legion was upgraded to a division. It contained manpower from numerous Latvian units that had previously supported the Germans, including units involved in the Holocaust such as the Arājs Kommando, a unit of the Lettische Hilfspolizei controlled by the SD responsible for the murder of 20.000-30.000 Jews.

It was sent to the front Nov 1943 where it fought the Red Army's winter offensive.

It was sent to West Prussia to recover from the losses suffered the Soviet offensive in the autumn of 1944. It returned to the front Jan 1945 and continued fighting the Red Army until the end of the war when it managed to surrender to the western Allies.

[HJ-Collector]

welcome to the new guys who are having a "feld day" with ade and johns very helpfull information