Musk.
Bernhard Muhle
Information about birth
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Date of birth: 08/05/1897 |
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Place of birth: Siedenbögen, Visbek, Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, German Empire |
General information
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Last known residence: Siedenbögen, Visbek, Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, German Empire |
Army information
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Country: Grand Duchy of Oldenburg, German Empire |
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Force: Imperial German Army |
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Rank: Musketier |
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Enlistment date: 02/08/1916 |
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Enlistment place: Hameln, German Empire |
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Units: — 4. Kompagnie, I. Bataillon, Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 229 (Last known unit) |
Information about death
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Date of death: 26/09/1917 |
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Place of death: Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Belgium |
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Cause of death: Missing in action |
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Age: 20 |
Cemetery
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Deutscher Soldatenfriedhof Langemark Plot: B Row: Unknown Grave: 18461 |
Points of interest 4
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| #4 | Place of death (approximate) |
My story
Bernhard Muhle was born on 8 May 1897 in Siedenbögen (Visbek). On 2 August 1916, he was conscripted into the II. Ersatz-Bataillon of Infanterie-Regiment 164 in Hameln. On 5 September 1916, he was transferred to the X. Battalion of the Infanterie-Ersatztruppe Beverloo. After a short period of training, he was assigned to the 4. Kompagnie of Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment 229 in the field army on 26 October 1916.
From 22 September 1917 onwards, the regiment was deployed in Polygon Wood and the area south of it as far as the Reutelbeek. On 25 September 1917, the Germans launched a large-scale counter-attack there. On 26 September 1917, a British attack followed (the Battle of Polygon Wood). Since that day, Bernhard has been listed as missing. According to his comrades, he is believed to have been buried by shellfire.
After the war, his family received the following notification from the Zentralnachweise-Amt für Kriegerverluste und Kriegergräber: “It is with regret that we must inform you that your son Bernhard, who had been listed as missing since 26 September 1917, has now been reported as killed in action on the basis of information provided by a returned prisoner of war. The returning soldier reported that a German military cemetery was established near Hooge in Flanders in March 1919. In grave R.30, the body of a German soldier was buried and, based on the identity disc found with the remains, was identified as that of your son, the former Musketier Bernhard Muhle, 4./Res.Inf.Regt. 229. The identity disc removed from the deceased is being preserved here.”
The remains of Musketeer Bernhard Muhle were exhumed in the spring of 1955 and reburied in the German military cemetery at Langemark.
From 22 September 1917 onwards, the regiment was deployed in Polygon Wood and the area south of it as far as the Reutelbeek. On 25 September 1917, the Germans launched a large-scale counter-attack there. On 26 September 1917, a British attack followed (the Battle of Polygon Wood). Since that day, Bernhard has been listed as missing. According to his comrades, he is believed to have been buried by shellfire.
After the war, his family received the following notification from the Zentralnachweise-Amt für Kriegerverluste und Kriegergräber: “It is with regret that we must inform you that your son Bernhard, who had been listed as missing since 26 September 1917, has now been reported as killed in action on the basis of information provided by a returned prisoner of war. The returning soldier reported that a German military cemetery was established near Hooge in Flanders in March 1919. In grave R.30, the body of a German soldier was buried and, based on the identity disc found with the remains, was identified as that of your son, the former Musketier Bernhard Muhle, 4./Res.Inf.Regt. 229. The identity disc removed from the deceased is being preserved here.”
The remains of Musketeer Bernhard Muhle were exhumed in the spring of 1955 and reburied in the German military cemetery at Langemark.
Sources 4
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"Verlustlisten Erster Weltkrieg", Verein für Computergenealogie (DES) https://des.genealogy.net/search/show/7188639 Sources used |
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"Verlustlisten Erster Weltkrieg/Vermisstenliste", Verein für Computergenealogie (DES) https://des.genealogy.net/search/show/10023105 Sources used |
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Alfons Wiedersich. Das Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 229. Erinnerungsblätter Preußen Bd. 316 (Verlag Tradition Wilhelm Kolk, Berlin, 1929). Sources used |
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Johannes Ostendorf. Die Gemeinde Emsteck und der Weltkrieg. Ein Gedenkbüchlein aus großer Zeit. Oldenburg (Gerhard Stalling), 1925, 163. Sources used |
More information 3
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=8f78903f-4a88-479d-9496-a4038d48aaff |
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=20abe256-ddd1-4cf5-90fe-7d1c6aeba0e8 |
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Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge https://www.volksbund.de/erinnern-gedenken/graebersuche-online/detail/a3TJy0000003vrIMAQ |