East front/Normandy group

[desiro]

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[desiro]

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[Floris]

Nice grouping

It seems that he was wounded and later died because of a shot in his neck in the area of paris 1944.

[Luft 76]

Nice docs, indeed.
The man fought in Paris area where he was wounded.
Before, he received french money (p. 21 of his Sb) from the "Dienststelle FP Nr 01032 Nebenzahlstelle B". That one was in north of Paris. The man writing the letter is speaking about "Frontleitstelle Le Bourget" (see post 15). Probably the same, in fact.
Remains of 91.ID were involved in some fights during thhe battle of Gross Paris", like 352.ID.

[Eric JB]

Thanks Andy,

The handwritten letter shows exectly what happened to your man, as the guy who wrote it was fighting with him.

.....Panzer anrollten begleitet von Infanterie.
Wir wurden beschossen.

Josef der die Gruppe führte war rechts am dortigen m.g. als einige Panzergranaten über uns weg am anderen Straßenrand einschlugen u. auseinandergingen.
Dabei wurde Josef also durch Granatsplitter am Kin u. am Hals verwundet.

That is a very interesting letter, that shows clearly how Josef got wounded.

yours friendly

Eric-Jan

[desiro]

My German isnt so good.

He was in his machine gun postion when he was attacked by tanks
and was injured from the shells...hope thats right!

it seem strange that he ended up in hospital in England.

Ive located his grave at canock chase here in England.

Could anyone de-cyper that 26.6 entry?

Thanks for all the infomation very interesting.

Andy

[desiro]

Finally managed to visit Josefs grave at cannock chase.

[Admiraal]

Nice grouping
Are you sure he was the kompanieführer?
With his rank, thats not normal.. he was probably a Gruppenführer.
The 4.Kompanie was the heavy (MG) kompanie.

[Eric JB]

Hi Andy,

Great to see that this thread is brought back on track by you.

Now you have a photo of his grave, his last resting place, to complete your historical grouping.

Thanks for showing.

yours friendly

Eric-Jan

[desiro]

Nice grouping
Are you sure he was the kompanieführer?
With his rank, thats not normal.. he was probably a Gruppenführer.
The 4.Kompanie was the heavy (MG) kompanie.

Thanks for the reply Rik.I agree with you that he was a Gruppenfuhrer.

All the best
Andy

[desiro]

Hi Andy,

Great to see that this thread is brought back on track by you.

Now you have a photo of his grave, his last resting place, to complete your historical grouping.

Thanks for showing.

yours friendly

Eric-Jan

Cheers Eric-Jan for the comment.

I visited the graveyard on newyears day this year and it was closed,this
was first chance to go since then.
My daughter and myself had to walk around checking every grave for a hour
trying to find Josef as no staff around.
The grave was in a area we checked last but it is in a lovely place below a
berry tree.

All the best
Andy

[desiro]

Josefs grave under the Berry tree and his paperwork.

[mathsmal]

Just a bit of additional information:

Josef Meurer was originally buried at Melcombe Regis cemetery near Weymouth. This would make it likely that, after capture (wounded) by US troops, he'd have been evacuated to Portland (probably on an LCT, but possibly a hospital ship), to be treated at one of the US Army hospitals in the area. Unfortunately he did not survive, and was one of 69 Germans buried at Melcombe Regis. The majority of these died in hospitals between 1944-45. All were reburied at Cannock Chase in the 1960s.

[Panzer Rob]

Very nice grouping