|
|
|
Glossary
|
|
|
Ers. Res.
|
Ersatzreservist
(Men surplus to annual requirement of the peacetime Army)
|
|
Freiw.
|
Freiwiliger (Volunteer)
|
|
Gefr.
|
Gefreiter (Lance
Corporal) (Sanit Gfr – Medical Lance Corporal)
|
|
Ldstm.
|
Landsturmann
|
|
Lt.d.Res.
|
Leutnant der
Reserve (Reserve 2nd Lt.)
|
|
Musk.
|
Musketier (Private)
|
|
Offz Stellv
|
Offizier Stellvertreter
(Warrant Officer)
|
|
Utffz.
|
Unteroffizier
(N.C.O.)
|
|
Vizefeldw.
|
Vizefeldwebel
(Vice Sergeant Major)
|
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Wehrm.
|
Wehrmann (Landwehrman)
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Casualties of the 55th
Reserve Infantry Regiment (Courtesy of Ralph Whitehead)
|
|
1st
Company
|
Town of Birth
|
Military District
|
Nature of casualty
|
|
Anton Schulten
|
Ochtrup
|
Steinfurt
|
Killed
|
|
Heinrich Husse
|
Ramsdorf
|
Borken
|
Killed
|
|
Ernst Glagow
|
Wustrau
|
Ruppin
|
Killed
|
|
Paul Beumers
|
Mönchengladbach
|
|
Died of wounds in Reserve Feldlazarett
45
|
|
Otto Damrow
|
Kasimirsburg
|
Kösslin
|
Killed
|
|
2nd
Company
|
|
|
|
|
Peter Rotbers
|
Dusseldorf
|
|
Missing
|
|
Wilhelm Wessels
|
Haarenstroth
|
Westerstede
|
Missing
|
|
3rd
Company
|
|
|
|
|
Franz Wolf
|
Ostereiden
|
Lippstadt
|
Killed
|
|
Heinrich Metz
|
Völlenerfehn
|
Leer
|
Killed
|
|
Johann Wollenin
|
Schlagemühl
|
Johannisburg
|
Killed
|
|
4th
Company
|
|
|
|
|
Uttfz. Heinrich Kartelmeyer
|
Herringhausen
|
Herford
|
Killed
|
|
Gefr. Karl Rulfa
|
Lindenau
|
Osterode
|
Killed
|
|
August Wulf
|
Billmerich
|
Hamm
|
Died of wounds in Reserve Feldlazarett
1
|
|
Karl Koch
|
Oerlinghausen
|
Schötmar
|
Killed
|
|
Heinrich Menne
|
Afferde
|
Hamm
|
Killed
|
|
Karl Prein
|
Benninghofen
|
Hörde
|
Killed
|
|
Ludwig Albert
|
Reelkirchen
|
Blomberg
|
Killed
|
|
Heinrich Hus
|
Obernbeck
|
Herford
|
Killed
|
|
Hermann Klei
|
Werl
|
Schötmar
|
Killed
|
|
Arnold Brand
|
|
|
DoW 20.7.16 at Res. Feldlazarett
45, Vraucourt
|
|
5th
Company
|
|
|
|
|
Ltn Walter Doess
|
|
Seigburg
|
Killed
|
|
Walter Haussels
|
|
Solingen
|
Killed
|
|
Matthias Back
|
|
Dusseldorf
|
Killed
|
|
Ernst Tillmann
|
Holzwickede
|
Horde
|
Killed
|
|
6th
Company
|
|
|
|
|
Gefr Heinrich Schluter
|
Wersen
|
Herford
|
Killed
|
|
Gefr Josef Igges
|
Etteln
|
Buren
|
Killed
|
|
Erich Kuhlmann
|
Schildesche
|
Bielefeld
|
Killed
|
|
7th
Company
|
|
|
|
|
Offz Stellv Hermann Ridder
|
Deutsch Krone
|
|
Killed
|
|
Uttfz Wilhelm Huffschmidt
|
Stolberg
|
Aachen
|
Killed
|
|
Gefr Wilhelm Friedhof
|
Senne
|
Schötmar
|
Killed
|
|
Gefr August Arnold
|
|
Dusseldorf
|
Killed
|
|
Gefr Wilhelm Linnemann
|
Salzuflen
|
Schötmar
|
Killed
|
|
Gefr Wilhelm Janv
|
|
Breslau
|
Missing
|
|
Gefr Paul Kehl
|
|
Elberfeld
|
Missing
|
|
Sanit Gefr August Bruseke
|
Neuhaus
|
Paderborn
|
Missing
|
|
Peter Wakowski
|
Neu Allenstein
|
|
Killed
|
|
Adam Fugen
|
Steiningen
|
Daun
|
Killed
|
|
Wilhelm Riederbremer
|
Bieren
|
Herford
|
Killed
|
|
Erich Kaltenvoth
|
|
Essen
|
Killed
|
|
August Thomas
|
Asernissen
|
Schötmar
|
Killed
|
|
Theodor Erzeflad
|
Livie
|
Kempen
|
Killed
|
|
Johann Bohning
|
|
Luneburg
|
Killed
|
|
Freidrich Apke II
|
Solterwisck
|
Herford
|
Missing
|
|
Paul Sadler
|
|
Barmen
|
Missing
|
|
August Muller
|
|
Elberfeld
|
Missing
|
|
Johann Balsliemke
|
Sende
|
Wiedenbruck
|
Missing
|
|
Wilhelm Lubbeke
|
Hannover
|
|
Missing
|
|
Wilhelm Spanner
|
Wewelsburg
|
Buren
|
Missing
|
|
Franz Eichler
|
Mauche
|
Bomst
|
Killed
|
|
Gerhard Bilchof
|
Rhede
|
Borken
|
Killed
|
|
Wilhelm Schulz
|
Pieckarn
|
Posen West
|
Missing
|
|
Wilhelm Fischer
|
|
Bielefeld
|
Missing
|
|
Johannes Bentler
|
Katernberg
|
Essen
|
Missing
|
|
Nikolaus Gross
|
|
Muhlhausen
|
Missing
|
|
8th
Company
|
|
|
|
|
Vzfeldw Wilhelm Edelbrock
|
Styrum
|
Oberhausen
|
Missing
|
|
Vzfeldw Gustav Riesv
|
Schwartzenmoor
|
Herford
|
Killed
|
|
Utffz Eduard Otto
|
Ovenhausen
|
Hoxter
|
Killed
|
|
Utffz Josef Muss
|
Osterwiese
|
Wiedenbruck
|
Killed
|
|
Utffz Herman Gieselmann
|
Enger
|
Herford
|
Killed
|
|
Utffz Friedrich Strangboner
|
|
Herford
|
Killed
|
|
Utffz Johann Rohde
|
Cuersen
|
Hoxter
|
Killed
|
|
Uttfz Heinrich Weickers
|
Alternbeerse
|
Warburg
|
Killed
|
|
Utffz Ferdinand Drenkelfutz
|
Ovenhausen
|
Hoxter
|
Missing
|
|
Utffz Wilhelm Schmidt
|
Hegensdorf
|
Buren
|
Missing
|
|
Gefr Karl Jobmann
|
Sporl
|
Detmold
|
Killed
|
|
Gefr Friedrich Pabmeier
|
Gidinghausen
|
Minden
|
Killed
|
|
Gefr Heinrich Kampeter
|
Kobinghausen
|
Herford
|
Missing
|
|
Gefr Franz Kempe
|
Auenhausen
|
Warburg
|
Severely wounded and missing
|
|
Gefr Georg Meischl
|
Ernestgrun
|
Tirschenreuth
|
Missing
|
|
Gefr Heinrich Langehenke
|
Enthausen
|
Paderborn
|
Missing
|
|
Johann Sieberg
|
Erfeln
|
Hoxter
|
Killed
|
|
Johannes Thiele
|
Meerhof
|
Buren
|
Missing
|
|
Ignaz Gistwitski
|
Grabau
|
Lobau
|
Missing
|
|
Clemens Kaub
|
|
Witten
|
Killed
|
|
Heinrich Kober
|
|
Duisburg
|
Killed
|
|
Hermann Buckert
|
|
Gevelsburg
|
Killed
|
|
Wilhelm Baumbach
|
Urdenbach
|
Bemrath
|
Killed
|
|
Max Langenberg
|
Ohligs
|
Solingen
|
Killed
|
|
Josef Lucas II
|
Engelskirchen
|
Gummersbach
|
Killed
|
|
Simon Ostmann
|
Pivitsheide
|
Detmold
|
Killed
|
|
Hermann Motzkau
|
Liebstadt
|
|
Killed
|
|
Johannes Duker
|
Udendorf
|
Gelsenkirchen
|
Killed
|
|
Anton Riggemeyer
|
Rosebeck
|
Warburg
|
Killed
|
|
Franz Tobat
|
Kray
|
Essen
|
Killed
|
|
Josef Plata
|
Wirowen-Kalisch
|
Berent
|
Killed
|
|
Wilhelm Steinkamp
|
Unterwusten
|
Schotmar
|
Killed
|
|
Michael Mikolajczak
|
Szczevankovo
|
Samter
|
Killed
|
|
Emil Moslein
|
|
Dusseldorf
|
Killed
|
|
Johann Rudolf
|
Tondorf
|
Schleiden
|
Killed
|
|
Otto Ballmann
|
|
Dusseldorf
|
Killed
|
|
Paul Lehmann
|
|
Juterbog
|
Killed
|
|
Wilhelm Servatius
|
Langenfeld
|
Solingen
|
Killed
|
|
Wilhelm Roth
|
Marbach
|
Reckarkreis
|
Killed
|
|
Anton Dellbosen
|
Blerichen
|
Bergheim
|
Killed
|
|
Friedrich Tekutsch
|
Schalke
|
Gelsenkirchen
|
Killed
|
|
Franz Brinkmann
|
|
Hagen
|
Killed
|
|
Wilhelm Krimer
|
Bocholt
|
Essen
|
Killed
|
|
Hermann Strakelfahn
|
Spenge
|
Herford
|
Killed
|
|
Heinrich Bles
|
Styrum
|
Mulheim
|
Killed
|
|
Anton Muller
|
Merlsheim
|
Hoxter
|
Missing
|
|
Alfred Hendriks
|
Iserlohn
|
Hagen
|
Killed
|
|
Hermann Lucking
|
|
Herford
|
Killed
|
|
Eugen Machelett
|
Eggenscheid
|
Altena
|
Killed
|
|
Reinhard Eisenbach
|
Krimm
|
Lennep
|
Killed
|
|
Wilhelm Schelberg
|
Ammenhausen
|
Kreis der Twiste
|
Killed
|
|
Albert Goluke
|
Eilversen
|
Hoxter
|
Killed
|
|
Richard Erbmann
|
|
Braunschweig
|
Killed
|
|
Emil Menke
|
|
Bielefeld
|
Killed
|
|
Heinrich Steinkamp
|
Westerenger
|
Herford
|
Missing
|
|
Georg Kretzer
|
|
Duisburg
|
Missing
|
|
Aler Kipp
|
Neviges
|
Mettmann
|
Missing
|
|
August Maes
|
Materborn
|
Cleve
|
Missing
|
|
Josef Burke
|
Handrup
|
Lingen
|
Missing
|
|
Franz Besse
|
Dalhausen
|
Hoxter
|
Missing
|
|
Paul Schuster
|
Neuzulzendorf
|
Nimptsch
|
Missing
|
|
August Hilgenstobler
|
Horste
|
Detmold
|
Severely wounded and missing
|
|
Heinrich Mube
|
Dobren
|
Hannover
|
Missing
|
|
Paul Ulrich
|
|
Herford
|
Missing
|
|
August Enbrulat
|
Draweningken
|
Stalluponen
|
Missing
|
|
Christof Buschlep
|
Hausen
|
Worbis
|
Killed
|
|
Karl Antholz
|
|
Crefeld
|
Killed
|
|
Lorenz Justus
|
Bonenburg
|
Warburg
|
Missing
|
|
9th
Company
|
|
|
|
|
Friedrich Bruns I
|
Sabbenhausen
|
Lippe-Detmold
|
Killed
|
|
Hermann Resa
|
|
Hagen
|
Killed
|
|
10th
Company
|
|
|
|
|
Gefr Gustav Eickmeier
|
Unterwusten
|
Lippe-Detmold
|
Killed
|
|
Gefr Wilhelm Beyer
|
Neumunster
|
Holstein
|
Killed
|
|
Gefr Johann Freitag
|
Sassanfahrt
|
Bavaria
|
Killed
|
|
Gefr Johann Siekmann
|
Schildesche
|
Bielefeld
|
Killed
|
|
Heinrich Werner
|
|
Duisburg-Melberich
|
Killed
|
|
Gottbils Kienzle
|
Klein Villars
|
Maulbronn
|
Killed
|
|
Gustav Kuhlmann
|
Eickum
|
Herford
|
Killed
|
|
Isidor Dranga
|
Altenbammer
|
Lauenberg
|
Killed
|
|
Christian Pennigroth
|
Kutenhausen
|
Minden
|
Killed
|
|
Josef Bickschafer
|
|
Dusseldorf
|
Killed
|
|
Felix Milenz
|
|
Honigfeld
|
Killed
|
|
Johann Geerkens
|
Bocholt
|
Geldern
|
Killed
|
|
Fritz Bohe
|
|
Elberfeld
|
Killed
|
|
Wilhelm Herrler
|
|
Merseburg
|
Killed
|
|
Hinrich Bauer
|
Backemoor
|
Leer
|
Died of wounds at Res. FeldLazarett
45
|
|
11th
Company
|
|
|
|
|
Karl Kobler
|
Obermatzfeld
|
Meiningen
|
Killed
|
|
Karl Lesch
|
|
Gelsenkirchen
|
Killed
|
|
Emil Liefland
|
Nierbhaben
|
Hamm
|
Killed
|
|
Ludwig Grobski
|
|
Gostyn
|
Killed
|
|
Anton Tochtrov
|
Benninghausen
|
Lippstadt
|
Killed
|
|
Ernst Osper
|
Kronenberg
|
Mettmann
|
Killed
|
|
Karl Kohn
|
|
Barmen
|
Missing
|
|
Friedrich Urbach
|
|
Lengefeld
|
Killed
|
|
Ernst Schopp
|
Berghofen
|
Horde
|
Killed
|
|
Wilhelm Lueg
|
Duren
|
Bochum
|
Killed
|
|
Wilhelm Kollmeier
|
Langerfeld
|
Schwelm
|
Died of wounds at Res. FeldLazarett
45
|
|
12th
Company
|
|
|
|
|
Utffz Otto Schumann
|
Ochtrup
|
Steinfurt
|
Killed
|
|
Gefr Adolf Otting
|
Schildeische
|
Bielefeld
|
Killed
|
|
Gefr Gerhard Tebart
|
Winnekendorf
|
Geldern
|
Killed
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Casualties
of the 91st Reserve Infantry Regiment
|
|
|
2nd
Company
|
|
|
|
Wehrm. Hermann
Duweneck
|
|
|
|
3rd
Company
|
|
|
|
Wehrm. Angelin
Eierund
|
|
|
|
Ldstm. Willy
Gräpel
|
|
|
|
Wehrm. Hermann
Herting
|
|
|
|
Ldstm. Hermann
Kupferschmidt
|
|
|
|
5th
Company
|
|
|
|
Musk. Heinrich
Friedhoff
|
|
|
|
Musk. Heinrich
Götte
|
|
|
|
Ers. Res. Heinrich
Grethe
|
|
|
|
Wehrm. Heinrich
Grompe
|
|
|
|
Gefr. Gustav
Handwerk
|
|
|
|
Gefr. Franz Höxter
|
|
|
|
Utffz. Siegfried
Löhr
|
|
|
|
Ldstm. Jakob
Lübben
|
|
|
|
Ldstm. Friedrich
Müller
|
|
|
|
Uffz. Heinrich
Nüsse
|
|
|
|
Musk. Rudolf
Reimann
|
|
|
|
Ers. Res. Karl
Steinmann
|
|
|
|
Ers. Res. Andreas
von Vügt
|
|
|
|
Ers. Res. Heribertus
Weseler
|
|
|
|
Ers. Res. Franz
Wogan
|
|
|
|
6th
Company
|
|
|
|
Ldstm Friederich
Bähre
|
|
|
|
Ers. Res. Josef
Ballhausen
|
|
|
|
Ers. Res. August
Barkefeld
|
|
|
|
Musk Franz Bauer
|
|
|
|
Utffz. August
Benshausen
|
|
|
|
Ers. Res. Otto
Biel
|
|
|
|
Gefr. Andreas
Böhme
|
|
|
|
Ldstm Herman
Bonin
|
|
|
|
Vizefeldw. Ernst
Courant
|
|
|
|
Musk. Josef Grysczok
|
DoW 4.8.16
|
|
|
Ers. Res. Hermann
Hüter
|
|
|
|
Ers. Res. August
Ilse
|
|
|
|
Ers. Res. Willi
Kallert
|
|
|
|
Ers. Res. Ernst
Krüger
|
|
|
|
Ers. Res. August
Müller
|
|
|
|
Ldstm. Albert
Porsch
|
|
|
|
Res. Karl Roppe
|
|
|
|
Ers. Res. August
Sander
|
|
|
|
Ldstm. Heinrich
Schonten
|
|
|
|
Ers. Res. Wilhelm
Schütze
|
|
|
|
Ers. Res. Adolf
Uhe
|
|
|
|
7th
Company
|
|
|
|
Ldstm. Johann
Paßlig
|
|
|
|
8th
Company
|
|
|
|
Friew. Heinrich
Brinkmann
|
|
|
|
Freiw. Hans Dresing
|
|
|
|
Ldstm. Herman
Graf
|
|
|
|
Gefr. Friedrich
Klein
|
|
|
|
Ldstm. Max Menter
|
|
|
|
Wehrm. Reinhold
Mintken
|
|
|
|
Lt.d.Res Heinrich
Palmus
|
|
|
|
Musk. Friedrich
Piel
|
|
|
|
Musk. Bernhard
Thrum
|
|
|
|
9th
Company
|
|
|
|
Ldstm. Ottomar
Busch
|
|
|
|
Utffz. Gustav
Gasch
|
|
|
|
Utffz. Wilhelm
Gerloff
|
|
|
|
Ldtsm. Karl Oehns
|
|
|
|
Wehrm. Ernst
Rögelsack
|
|
|
|
11th
Company
|
|
|
|
Vizefeldw. Johann
Egberts
|
|
|
|
12th
Company
|
|
|
|
Ldstm. Herman
Brünink
|
|
|
|
Ldstm. Heinrich
Christoffers
|
|
|
|
Musk. Hubert
Driemüller
|
|
|
|
Musk. August
Düsenberg
|
DoW 23.7.16
|
|
|
Lt.d.Res. Friedrich
Hannes
|
|
|
|
Ers. Res. Fritz
Lauschke
|
DoW 3.7.16
|
|
|
Wehrm. Karl Löhr
|
|
|
|
Musk. Friedrich
Meyer
|
|
|
|
Extra Machine
Gun unit
|
|