Militaerpass No. 7

2325... Militaerpass of Mr. Matzek.

Another interesing one (all are interesting!). Our hero, Mr. Matzek, began his service in Leib-Kurassier Regiment "Grosser Kurfuerst" (Schlesische) No. 1, 2 Eskadron (Jahreklasse 1907). He bacame a Gefraiten in 1910.

He was recalled in 1916 (?) to Reserve-Fuss Artillerie Regiment No. 6 (6 Batterie), then in 1917 he joined to Fussartillerie Regiment No. 153.

He fought in Lothringen, Champagne and Verdun.

I can find more entries in this Pass, like: Bespannungs Abteilung Ersatz Bataillon Fussartillerie Regiment No. 6, and Leichtranken-Abteilung des Ers. Batl. Fussartillerie Regiment No. 6, but I have no idea what does it mean (Bespannungs/Leichtranken ? ).

This is my first pass with Artillerie entry, great.
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EDIT:

Now I know what are "Bespannungs" and "Leichtranken" units. Greetings to Mr. David Gregory.

A Bespannungs-Abteilung was a detachment that provided the horses and any equipment needed to pull things. Since there were relatively few motor vehicles available during WW1, most armies relied heavily on horses for transport.

The Leichtkranken-Abteilung of a replacement unit would be for men who were not badly ill (leicht = slightly, krank = ill/sick). He may have been recovering from wounds or illness. Another term you will find in this context is Genesenden-Kompagnie = convalescent company.

Militaerpass No. 6

Here is a Militaerpass of Mr. Bunk (sorry can't read his first name).

He was born in 1874, he had no children.

His first unit was a Husaren Regiment "von Schill" (1. Schlesisches) Nr. 4, garnison in Ohlau.

What is interesing, I can't find any battles entries inside but Mr. Bunk became first Gefreiten (1896), then Unteroffizier (1914), Sergeant (1917) and... Wize.... in 1919, don't know who. Anyone (David?;) ) ?

Awards received: Eiserne Kreuz II Klasse.

After the war he served in Reichswehr.

This is my first Militaerpass with the Husaren Regiment entry, cool.

Here you can see more pictures:



Still, I am looking for documents with such entries: 1. Leib-Husaren Regiment Nr.1 or 2. Leib-Husaren Regiment Koenigin Victoria von Preussen Nr. 2. If you have one in a good price (I am a student!!! ), mail me.

Units that can be found in my documents...

Here you can find short list of a Regiments/Bataillons that are present in my Militaerpass documents. I will update the list as soon as I receive new documents.

Here it is:

Gren.R 12 Grenadier-Regiment Prinz Karl von Preußen (2. Brandenburgisches) Nr.12
IR 13 Infanterie-Regiment Herwarth von Bittenfeld (1. Westfälisches) Nr.13
IR 17 Infanterie-Regiment Graf Barfuß (4. Westfälisches) Nr.17
IR 22 Infanterie-Regiment Keith (1. Oberschlesisches) Nr.22
IR 23 Infanterie-Regiment von Winterfeldt (2. Oberschlesisches) Nr.23
IR 31 Infanterie-Regiment Graf Bose (1. Thüringisches) Nr.31
FR 35 Füsilier-Regiment Prinz Heinrich von Preußen (Brandenburgisches) Nr.35
IR 46 Infanterie-Regiment Graf Kirchbach (1. Niederschlesisches) Nr.46
IR 51 4. Niederschlesisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr.51
IR 64 Infanterie-Regiment General-Feldmarschall Prinz Friedrich Karl von Preußen
(8. Brandenburgisches) Nr.64
IR 66 3. Magdeburgisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr.66
IR 67 4. Magdeburgisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr.67
IR 72 4. Thüringisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr.72
FR 80 Füsilier-Regiment von Gerdsdorff (Kurhessisches) Nr.80
Gren.R 100 Kgl. Sächs. 1. (Leib-)Grenadier-Regiment Nr.100
IR 148 5. Westpreußisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr.148
IR 149 6. Westpreußisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr.149
IR 156 3. Schlesisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr.156
KR 1 Leib-Kürassier-Regiment Großer Kurfürst (Schlesisches) Nr.1
DR 15 3. Schlesisches Dragoner-Regiment Nr.15
HR 4 Husaren-Regiment von Schill (1. Schlesisches) Nr.4
UR 2 Ulanen-Regiment von Katzler (Schlesisches) Nr.2
PB 6 Schlesisches Pionier-Bataillon Nr.6