Infanterie-Regiment 181

[Nick Carraway]

Gents,

I have award docs for a gent in IR181 and I am trying to figure out where he was. Any help appreciated!

EK2 awarded "for battles on 17 & 18 Oct 1939"

EK1 I have a better idea but wonder where I can find info on the battle: Awarded on 29.6.40 "Weil er am 10.6 bei Poilcourt-Sydney in schneidigen Vorgehen seinen Zug mit vorriss und als einer der ersten in das zunaechste vom feind noch stark verteidiger Dorf eindrang."

Many thanks!
Nick

[Tom B]

Oct. 39.....Polish campaign

[Nick Carraway]

Thanks, but do we know where in Poland?

[hucks216]

The entry on Lexikon for IR-181 has a fair bit of details for that period, including the fighting on 17 & 18 October 1939...
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/...nter/IR181.htm

[Nick Carraway]

Thanks for the link Certainly an early EK2 for an NCO.

[Nick Carraway]

Oct. 39.....Polish campaign

Not Poland...the Saar.

[Brian R]

Not Poland...the Saar.

Yep, the Saar fighting lasted from October 16-24 where the German Army retook German territory taken by the French a few weeks earlier. Definitely a historically significant award of the EK2

[Gerdan]

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poilcourt-Sydney

Gerdan