Showing posts with label Belgium. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Belgium. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Poperinge
A pillbox near Poperinge, Belgium serves as a sightseeing stop for this British soldier and his two female companions.
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Ypres, 1916
A pair of Germans at Ypres with contrasting artillery shells. A 75mm French shell casing resting on top of a 15in English dud.
Monday, March 31, 2014
53rd Infanterie Brigade
A member of the 53rd Infanterie Brigade. Another photo of what appears to be this same soldier can be found at Drake Goodman's excellent site. His photo was taken in 1915 in Liège, Belgium.I would assume that this fellow had this portrait taken as the group photo that is at the other site.
Monday, March 17, 2014
Wilhelm Stienbuck
A card from Wilhelm Stienbuck while serving in Roeselare, Belgium. The larger sign indicates he was part of the paying office for the woodworker's union (Holzarbeiter Verband Zahlstelle: Roulers). The smaller one reads Flandern 1917.
Update:
I just scanned this card which was a few cards down the line in the box. It is also to Dora Stienbuck from the same soldier. His first name here is a bit more legible and seems to be Wilhelnye. That does not come up in any search engine as a name. Regardless what his first name may be, Herr Stienbuck did serve at least two years. The earlier card was postmarked in April of 1915 and the other in March of 1917.
In 1915 the 18th Reserve Division was in the Lassigny area until October.
Saturday, August 3, 2013
74th Landwehr in Belgium
A member of the 74th Landwehr posing by a damaged house in Belgium. His unit spent most 1916 in the area southeast of Ypres before moving to the Somme in October. Kruisstraat would be the site of three mine explosions during the Third Battle of Ypres.
Labels:
1916,
74th Landwehr,
Army,
Belgium,
Germany,
Kruisstraat,
Ypres
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Warneton, Belgium
A group of German soldiers in the rubble of a bombed building in Warneton, Belgium. Two of them stand out with their steel helmets and body armor.
Labels:
1917,
Army,
Belgium,
Bernhard Hoersch,
Body Armor,
Germany,
Münstermaifeld,
Sappenpanzer,
Warneton
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Belgian Card Players
Nothing on the back of this card to help with the where or when of this photo. The dark pants lead me to believe that this was taken before the war. In 1915 the army was supplied with Khaki uniforms modeled after those worn by the French Army.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Beverloo Camp
Labels:
1919,
Army,
Belgium,
Camp Beverloo,
Leopoldsburg
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Einzug unserer Truppen in Namur
The fortress at Namur fell to the Germans on August 24th after a three day bombardment. The city was occupied for the duration of the war.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Croix de Guerre with bronze lion attachment
Two Belgian Carabiniers. The one on the right is wearing a Croix de Guerre with bronze lion attachment. The bronze lion attachment is for mention in a dispatch at a regimental level.
Labels:
Belgium,
Bronze lion attachment,
Carabiniers,
Croix de Guerre,
Medal,
WWI
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Post war Belgium
A post war portrait of a soldier in Gand, Belgium. Wartime Belgian uniforms were supplied by the British while the helmet was from France.
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Saturday, October 8, 2011
Landsturm-Infanterie-Battailon
Labels:
1915,
Antwerp,
Bavarian,
Belgium,
Germany,
Kitzingen. B,
Landsturm-Infanterie-Battailon,
WWI
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Monday, October 3, 2011
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Royal Field Artillery, Ammunition Column
Labels:
1919,
86th Brigade,
Ammunition Column,
Belgium,
England,
Royal Field Artillery,
WWI
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Friday, July 29, 2011
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