Hello guys,
This morning I visited the militaria show in Wavre and found this interesting Soldbuch.
Richard Warmbold (1912) was an electrician from Northern-Germany on January 30 1942 he was enlisted in the army with Art Ers Abt (mot) 225, a training unit of the 225 Infantry Division, after his basic training he goes to Feld Ers Btl 110 and to the eastern front near Rshew with the 8th company (MG) of IR252 (110ID).
He meets the criteria to be awarded the winter war medal and he thus gets it in August ’42.
In May ’42 he gets spotted fever and stays in hospital for this until July 21 1942.
In the fall of ’42 he is transferred to the staff of “Afrika Brigade 999”, a penal unit, on February 1 ’43 he is promoted to Gefreiter and on November 1 ’43 to Obergefreiter, so we can presume he isn’t one of the soldiers serving his sentence; in March ’43 they were in Tunisia.
After their retreat from Africa, he is assigned to the staff of “Kommando Sizilien”, a unit of the 15th Pz Gren Div.
From September 11 1943 till October 1943 he is in hospital for kidney problems.
In January 1944 he is transferred to the staff of Pz Jg Abt 559 (sfl), were he gets a job as a technical specialist.
Because of his technical function he can’t be assigned to ad hoc created units.
In April 1944 his unit gets equipped with the famous Jagdpanther and is renamed Schw Pz Jg Abt 559 (Panther).
On July 20 1944, the day of the assassination attempt on A.Hitler, he is promoted to the rank of “Handwerker” and gets the “Dienststellüngsabzeichen für Handwerker” for me that is an unknown badge.
His unit participates in some of the heaviest combat actions on the western front in September/October ’44 in Belgium and Holland (Market Garden), in December ’44 his unit is part of the Panzer Lehr Division.
In the battle of the bulge they belonged to Kampfgruppe Poschinger, a Kampfgruppe that fought in the battle for control over Bastogne.
Richard Warmbold wasn’t a crewmember of one of the Jagdpanthers but maintaining and repairing them was an important job to; Jagdpanthers sure were modern and powerful tank destroyers but they also broke down a lot and mechanics were certainly needed to keep the operational.
On May 31 1945 he is discharged from the army and on April 3 1946 he is released from POW camp.
Cheers,
Peter
This morning I visited the militaria show in Wavre and found this interesting Soldbuch.
Richard Warmbold (1912) was an electrician from Northern-Germany on January 30 1942 he was enlisted in the army with Art Ers Abt (mot) 225, a training unit of the 225 Infantry Division, after his basic training he goes to Feld Ers Btl 110 and to the eastern front near Rshew with the 8th company (MG) of IR252 (110ID).
He meets the criteria to be awarded the winter war medal and he thus gets it in August ’42.
In May ’42 he gets spotted fever and stays in hospital for this until July 21 1942.
In the fall of ’42 he is transferred to the staff of “Afrika Brigade 999”, a penal unit, on February 1 ’43 he is promoted to Gefreiter and on November 1 ’43 to Obergefreiter, so we can presume he isn’t one of the soldiers serving his sentence; in March ’43 they were in Tunisia.
After their retreat from Africa, he is assigned to the staff of “Kommando Sizilien”, a unit of the 15th Pz Gren Div.
From September 11 1943 till October 1943 he is in hospital for kidney problems.
In January 1944 he is transferred to the staff of Pz Jg Abt 559 (sfl), were he gets a job as a technical specialist.
Because of his technical function he can’t be assigned to ad hoc created units.
In April 1944 his unit gets equipped with the famous Jagdpanther and is renamed Schw Pz Jg Abt 559 (Panther).
On July 20 1944, the day of the assassination attempt on A.Hitler, he is promoted to the rank of “Handwerker” and gets the “Dienststellüngsabzeichen für Handwerker” for me that is an unknown badge.
His unit participates in some of the heaviest combat actions on the western front in September/October ’44 in Belgium and Holland (Market Garden), in December ’44 his unit is part of the Panzer Lehr Division.
In the battle of the bulge they belonged to Kampfgruppe Poschinger, a Kampfgruppe that fought in the battle for control over Bastogne.
Richard Warmbold wasn’t a crewmember of one of the Jagdpanthers but maintaining and repairing them was an important job to; Jagdpanthers sure were modern and powerful tank destroyers but they also broke down a lot and mechanics were certainly needed to keep the operational.
On May 31 1945 he is discharged from the army and on April 3 1946 he is released from POW camp.
Cheers,
Peter
