Wednesday 8 October 2014

The Names - World War One


The Great War

France 1914


Peter Klingel   
60th Reserve Infantry Regiment
21st November 1914

Johann Massman

Karl Theisen

Heinrich Moer
28th Infantry Regiment
30th December 1914


Andreas Zimmer
131st Infantry Regiment
28th October 1914 

Nikalaus Bausen

Johann Tonges

Russia 1915

Peter Korneli

166th Infantry Regiment
3rd May 1915

Nikalaus Korneli

Johann Bausen
174th Infantry Regiment
8th May 1915

Russia 1916

Nikalaus Zirwes

9th June 1916

France 1916

Johann Gietzen


Jacob Bickler
20th December 1916

Belgium 1917

Albert Korneli

8th November 1917

France 1917

Johann Korneli


Karl Schmitz

Russia 1917

Mathias Hammes

2nd January 1918

Belgium 1918

Wilhelm Frensch

25th June 1917

France 1918

Wilhelm Zirwes

25th October 1917


Wilhelm Zirwes
21st May 1918
 
Jacob Linden

Russia 1918

Karl Zimmer

27th December 1917


The VIII Corps took part in the Battle of the Frontiers as part of 4th Army
On 10th October 1914 it was part of the 3rd Army, then on 17th September 1915 it was part of the 7th Army.

The Corps fought on both the Eastern and the Western fronts.

This is reflected in the casualty lists.

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