Fritz Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 German Military Cemetery, Neuville-St.-Vaast, Pas-de-Calais Also known as "La Maison Blanche", the cemetery is the largest German cemetery of the Great War in France, and holds 44.833 soldiers, of whom 589 unknown, 8.040 in mass graves and 36.776 in single graves, on some crosses are two or more names. 131 graves have, instead of a cross, a gravestone with a star of David. The cemetery was built from 1919 to 1923 by the French authorities in cooperation with the Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge, which is identical to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It is situated Northeast of Arras on the D49 route. The cemetery, unlike the allied cemeteries, is a collective cemetery, where the fallen from many surrounding areas were collected and interred in this central cemetery. They came from the actions during the battle for Artois 1914-15, at Vimy and Notre Dame de Lorrette (Lorettohöhe) in 1915, also for the actions at Vimy Ridge in 1917 and the battles around Arras 1917-18. Photos of a memorial for 4. Hannoversches Infanterie-Regt. 164. A further photo taken before WW2 Whilst visiting in 1967, I noted the name of a single solder, and still remembering this to this day, I tried to see if any further information on him could be found. I remember following details: Musketier Jakob Cremer, Inf.-Regt.25, 1915 The only matching details I could find, I listed below, and these vary somewhat, also the date of death varies. Could not find any further information on this. It is interesting to note, that the original post WW1 crosses were still there when I visited in 1967 and 1968, these gave full details of the regiment. The modern replacements only have the name, rank and date of death, so it is difficult to identify these soldiers any further. Following example for Jakob Cremer (I.R.25), who was born in Mastricht, Holland, and fell in August 1914 - shown below for comparison: Verlustliste: Infanterie-Regiment von Lützow (1. Rheinisches) Nr. 25, 4. Kompanie - a selection: Soldat BRESSEL Heinrich 03.01.1893, Grehn, Neuß 17.11.1914, Seuchenlazarett Lille Musketier BREßLER Heinrich 03.01.1894, Glehn, Neuß 05.12.1914, Lazarett Lille Musketier BRUDER Peter 27.07.1893, Rankenholm 06.08.1914, Cheratte Musketier BÜHREN Paul 25.04.1897, Rheydt, München- Gladbach 28.04.1917, Gavrelle Landsturmmann BÜLLESBACH Mathias 17.11.1889, Hammelshahn, Neuwied 14.07.1916, an der Somme vermisst Reservist CASPER Josef 21.01.1890, Aachen 06.01.1915, Lazarett Mülhausen verwundet Dezember 1914 Sennheim Musketier CHRIST Heinrich 15.11.1894, Wiebelsheim, St. Goar 18.06.1915, Givenchy Musketier COENEN Jakob 14.12.1887, Otzenrath, Grevenbroich 12.07.1916, an der Somme Reservist CREMER Jakob 25.07.1890, Mastricht, Holland 06.08.1914, Cheratte Reservist CROMBACH Josef 24.10.1886, Stolberg, Aachen 26.08.1914, Sedan vermisst Musketier DAHM Anton 17.06.1893, Mayen 18.06.1915, Givenchy Unteroffizier DERICHS Karl Ewald 02.11.1893, Sterkrade, Dinslaken 06.09.1914, Vitry Musketier DICKES Hubert 15.05.1891, Quadrath, Bergheim 31.08.1914, Mongon vermisst Musketier DILLMANN Anton 09.11.1892, Brauweiler, Köln 27.09.1914, Vereinslazarett 8 Halle an der Saale Other military cemteries 1914-18 in the vicinity are: Nécropole nationale de Notre-Dame-de-Lorette Nécropole nationale de la Targette La Targette British Cemetery - Neuville-Saint-Vaast Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery - Souchez Cimetière tchécoslavaque/polonais - Neuville Saint Vaast 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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