Thanks, Karl-Heinz! This web site was where I was finally able to find
out where Heinz Radau, my wife's great uncle, was buried. For the place
of death they list the following:
Feldlaz. 188 mot. Rshew
I know that Rshew (Rzhev) is the salient that was heavily defended by
the Germans after Stalingrad was lost. Do you happen to know what
"Feldlaz. 188 mot." means?
Danke im voraus!
Trent Whiteley
Microsoft - Mac IE Dev.
(972) 475-1914
Just keep 'em coming, Trent ! The German abbreviation is short for
"Feldlazarett 188, motorisiert". The English translation is "Motorized Field
Hospital 188". In other words, Heinz Radau died in an army hospital at or
near RSCHEW.
By the way, the German spelling of the Russian city is RSCHEW (in case you
are looking for additional information on the internet).
Tschuess !
Karl-Heinz
Further to the Army Field Hospital.
Those mobile Field Hospitals formed part of the divisional War
establishment. In your case it was the Field Hospital of the 88. Infantery
Division.
The division was formed in Dec 1939 and from Jul 1940- to Feb 1941 was sent
on mandatory leave. It was part of the 6. Wave of Division establishment
The Replenishment District (Defence-District/Wehrkreis) was XIII which is
Franken in northern Bavaria and the adjacent parts of Tschechien (Pilsen).
The first material source was the so called Grenz-Kommandantur St Wendel in
the Saar-region.
Major Sub units of the division were:
245., 246, 248 Infantery Regiments
188 Artillerie Regiment
Ernst
KARL, YOU ARE VERY HELPFUL TO PEOPLE. I'M TRYING TO FIND KLEMME AND KLOEPPINGER
(KLOPPINGER, CLIPPINGER) FROM HANOVER, GERMANY. ANY HELP WILL BE APPRECIATED.
SHIRLEY
Karl-Heinz Becker wrote:
Ernst, just a quick question to you.
Do you have information of units in any
of the "Battles of Ypres" from WW1?
I have an uncle that died there from the
effects of mustard gas and is buried in
the military cemetery at Ypres, Belgium.
Regards,
Robert Lipprandt
Robert !
Which of the battles ? I konw of four! And will of course fdo my best!
Ernst