What surname?
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What surname?
What is this surname? I can't read it at all
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Re: What surname?
Could it be SS Uffz. Anwärter R. Knoch ?
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Hello :) The letter is signed "KURT". A lady translated it for me, but not the name and address on rear of envelope that you've helped with. IThanks for your help!
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Could it be the "SS-Kradschützen-Ersatz- Bataillon Ellwangen" ? But again it's a wild guess . .postofficeworker wrote:Hello :) The letter is signed "KURT". A lady translated it for me, but not the name and address on rear of envelope that you've helped with. IThanks for your help!
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Hello !
Here are my suggestions to those parts where I am pretty sure :
SS Usch.A. K. ????? b. Gen. Kp. Kradsch. E. Btl. Ellwangen / Jagst
In full length this should read as :
SS Unterscharführer Anwärter K. ????? bei [der] Genesenden Kompanie [des] Kradschützen-Ersatz-Bataillons Ellwangen/Jagst.
[Such a company would typically consist of convalescent men, sent there after beeing wounded or seriously ill.]
In the following link :
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Kas ... ngen-R.htm
you can find confirmation, that a number of SS-Ersatz-units were garrisoned in Ellwangen (near the river Jagst),
among them a SS-Kradschützen-Ersatz-Bataillon.
So I think most of the the deciphering of Richard is correct .
According to the surname I am very unsure. The only thing I would like to mention is, that there are
3 capital K 's (very similar to each other) in the handwriting and each of them looks different to the first letter of the surname.
I could also imagine, that the last two letters could be read as "ck", but that is also only a guess !
If you could post some more lines of the handwriting, maybe it is possible to make a more substantiated guess .
I hope this is at least a little help,
best regards,
hero.
Here are my suggestions to those parts where I am pretty sure :
SS Usch.A. K. ????? b. Gen. Kp. Kradsch. E. Btl. Ellwangen / Jagst
In full length this should read as :
SS Unterscharführer Anwärter K. ????? bei [der] Genesenden Kompanie [des] Kradschützen-Ersatz-Bataillons Ellwangen/Jagst.
[Such a company would typically consist of convalescent men, sent there after beeing wounded or seriously ill.]
In the following link :
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Kas ... ngen-R.htm
you can find confirmation, that a number of SS-Ersatz-units were garrisoned in Ellwangen (near the river Jagst),
among them a SS-Kradschützen-Ersatz-Bataillon.
So I think most of the the deciphering of Richard is correct .
According to the surname I am very unsure. The only thing I would like to mention is, that there are
3 capital K 's (very similar to each other) in the handwriting and each of them looks different to the first letter of the surname.
I could also imagine, that the last two letters could be read as "ck", but that is also only a guess !
If you could post some more lines of the handwriting, maybe it is possible to make a more substantiated guess .
I hope this is at least a little help,
best regards,
hero.
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Re: What surname?
Hello Hero! Thanks for the info :) I think the soldier's name is KURT KNOCH. There are a few on the Volksbund database, but I'd love to know what SS unit he belonged to at the front. Thanks for responding
Re: What surname?
Any information about soldiers named Knoch?
Re: What surname?
Hi Postofficeworker,
I don't think it is Knoch for the surname. The "K" for the first name (Kurt) and the "K" later on for Kradsch. look similar but bear no similarity to the first letter of the surname as far as I can see.
I don't think it is Knoch for the surname. The "K" for the first name (Kurt) and the "K" later on for Kradsch. look similar but bear no similarity to the first letter of the surname as far as I can see.
Re: What surname?
Knoch,
I'm sure you probably know this already.
Pz.Art.Rgt. 92 unter Oberst Knoch wurde am 28. Dezember 1943 der 5. Jäger-Division unterstellt.
I'm sure you probably know this already.
Pz.Art.Rgt. 92 unter Oberst Knoch wurde am 28. Dezember 1943 der 5. Jäger-Division unterstellt.
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Re: What surname?
Hi Storm.. many apologies for my late reply. Your info is gratefully received :)
Tony
Tony