Article about: That depends really Dagon, i can read the printed words on the death cards but actual handwritting can be a totally different matter, it can be quite difficult sometimes but i could try
Couple of new ones i picked up Killed in Normandy !!
Can't find either of them on the Volksbund site but not sure pf the exact spelling of young Otto's surname ?
The gates of hell were opened and we accepted the invitation to enter" 26/880 Lance Sgt, Edward Dyke. 26th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers , ( 3rd Tyneside Irish )
1st July 1916
Thought shall be the harder , heart the keener,
Courage the greater as our strength faileth.
Here lies our leader ,in the dust of his greatness.
Who leaves him now , be damned forever.
We who are old now shall not leave this Battle,
But lie at his feet , in the dust with our leader
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That's what i thought as well Ade , but can't find him on the site.
The gates of hell were opened and we accepted the invitation to enter" 26/880 Lance Sgt, Edward Dyke. 26th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers , ( 3rd Tyneside Irish )
1st July 1916
Thought shall be the harder , heart the keener,
Courage the greater as our strength faileth.
Here lies our leader ,in the dust of his greatness.
Who leaves him now , be damned forever.
We who are old now shall not leave this Battle,
But lie at his feet , in the dust with our leader
Hi guys, I just picked up a large number of very interesting sterbebilder. I will be posting them one at a time here over the course of a few days.
Up first are a set of cards for two brothers killed in WWI: Josef Rödl of the 11th Infantry Regiment, KIA 6.9.14 at Serres, France at the age of 23, and Karl Rödl of the 19th Infantry Regiment, KIA 18.10.15 (almost exactly 100 years ago) at Lahure? France at the age of 20.
Up first are a set of cards for two brothers killed in WWI: Josef Rödl of the 11th Infantry Regiment, KIA 6.9.14 at Serres, France at the age of 23, and Karl Rödl of the 19th Infantry Regiment, KIA 18.10.15 (almost exactly 100 years ago) at Lahure? France at the age of 20.
It's Tahure. He was killed in the Second Battle of Champagne.
Anton Bauer, 1, Kompanie, 16th Reserve Infantry Regiment, KIA 29.11.14 at Messines, France, at the age of 22.
Ludwig Bauer, 10. Kompanie, Königlich Bayerisches Infanterie-Leib-Regiment, killed by a machine gun bullet to the head at the age of 35 on 5.8.16 at Fleury (Battle of Verdun).
Otto Bauer, 1. Kompanie, 15th Bavarian Infantry Regiment, Iron Cross 2nd Class and Military Service Cross, 3rd class with swords, KIA 15.7.18 by a machine gun at the age of 22.
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