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Europeana 1914-1918

Konrad Mergner (1880-1934) was a teacher in Lemgo. The father of two sons is described as a meticulous and accurate teacher and as an official loyal to the emperor. He is said to have been strict but fair and tended to take notes of everything. Mergner wa…

Joseph Pfefferle left Hamburg on May 13, 1914 as a representative of the Rickmers Line on the steamer "Queen Adelaide". The journey went from Hamburg via Antwerp, Liverpool, Algiers, Port Said, Colombo to the Chinese, Japanese and Russian coasts…

My grandfather Paul Richou was taken prisoner of war in Germany. Before being taken prisoner, Paul Richou describes the shootings and the ruins of the villages he passes through. He is part of the 135th Infantry Regiment, 8th Company, 9th Corps.; Two lett…

My great-great-grandfather Arthur Guillerme, a soldier in the 72nd Infantry Regiment "died for France" on November 11, 1914. He was killed at Lombaertzyde and received the Croix de guerre with bronze star.; Two photographs of Arthur Guillerme da…

Pierre Chaudemanche, a soldier in 1914, died very quickly on the Somme front, on September 24, 1914. Died in Etalon, he was buried in Fonches (Somme). Contribution made by his grandson Jean-Pierre Geslot.; Doc 1: Letter informing the family of the death o…

Gunner Gustav Lücker served in the 2nd Foot Artillery Regiment and was in the 1st recruit depot in Thorn in October 1916. There he received a card from Hans Kiehne from Bremen, in which he received friendly greetings from the "round table" in Br…

Cartolina di auguri da parte del soldato Beniamino Bisconti a sua figlia Maria per augurarle Buona Pasqua.; La cartolina presenta una facciata in cui è ritratta una bambina con un cesto di fiori in un prato. Queste cartoline con questo stile venivano usat…

Arsenie Dorobanțu died somewhere on the Italian front. From there he sent his mother an illustrated one with the following text: "4 Jan. 1918. E. (xp) Dorobanțu Arsenie. KuK Res. Offschule Schulkonys Fiumme. [Dest.] Maria M. Dorobantiu No 114, Vestzt…

Karl Epple was born on July 28th, 1877 as the son of the wine gardener Karl Christian Epple and his wife Friederike Epple in Cannstatt. Karl learned the trade of gardener and on October 8, 1902 he married Emilie Lutz (February 3, 1879 - November 29, 1963)…

Letters from Walther Huth to his parents and friends. His parents wrote down his letters in his diary after his death. The letters originated in Belgium, France and the Czech Republic, among other places. Walther Huth fell in France in 1915

Field postcards from Johann Kopf about a stay in the district hospital in Bernburg (Saxony-Anhalt).

Death picture of the medical sergeant Mathias Holler, died on August 1st, 1918 after a shot in the abdomen in French. imprisonment. Death picture of the officer deputy Joseph Habermayer, died on May 28th, 1918.

Martin was born in Northwich in 1893 of Irish parents and moved to Salford at 17. He signed up in 1914, and was with 179 Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery, Pendleton, Salford before serving in France. He won the Distinguished Conduct Medal 'fo…

My grandfather John O'Connor joined the war in 1914. He was in the 5th Royal Irish Lancers. I think he signed up for economic reasons and after the war he was employed in the Guinness Brewery in Dublin.; 3 postcards sent from John O'Connor of the …

My brother in law Joseph O'Brien was in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He was killed in action in Gallipolli aged 24 on the 30 April 1915. Before he left to go to war, he wrote to me with news that he was going to the Dardanelles. He also wrote…

Gerald Arthur Coffey was born in Clonmel, County Tipperary in the year 1878. At the outbreak of The Great War, he was living in Dublin City and he immediately volunteered to serve. He travelled to Liverpool in England and enlisted in the 5th Battalion, Co…

Giacomos Dimitris was born in Trypmeni Famagusta in 1889 and was listed as a half-horseman in the Half-Horse Corps on the Macedonian Front and served in France. When he returned to his village, he married Marika and they had 2 children, Paraskevi and Iuli…

Field postcards drawn in pencil by the gunner Hans Gaigl from Munich (Nymphenburg) - from the Bavarian Landwehr Foot Artillery Battalion No. 2, 6th Battery - to his wife Marie Gaigl.

Enrico Pani, prozio del testimone, nasce a Cagliari il 27 gennaio 1899. E' in guerra dal maggio 1917 a 18 anni in trincea sul fronte italiano del Carso. E' celibe. Muore a Cagliari nel 1976 di morte naturale. Documentazione fotografica della trinc…

Francesco Bertoni, padre dell'intervistata, è stato arruolato nella parte amministrativa dell’esercito nel ruolo di capitano. Non ha combattuto direttamente sul fronte e non c’è una storia particolare da raccontare, tranne il fatto che commentando gli…

Il padre dell’intervistata, Pietro Marzani, era originario di Trento. Allo scoppiare del conflitto nel 1914, è stato richiamato alle armi dall’esercito asburgico. Ha combattuto sul fronte russo mentre il resto della famiglia (madre e sorella) si è trasfer…

The German Hugo Rinkenbach (killed on April 1, 1918), the great-uncle of the bearer, made it into newspaper publicity as the smallest German war volunteer (newspaper photo of 18-year-old Rinkenbach next to the largest war volunteer). 2 photos from the fro…

Paul Meyer was born on May 2, 1897 in Mitteldorf near Stollenberg (Ore Mountains). He was wounded in 1914 during the war. In March 1918 he was still stationed in Champagne. Meyer died in Leipzig on April 24, 1978.; photographs and postcards.

Eugène Jean Henri GUITON was born on October 17, 1894 in Saint-Brieuc (Côtes-d'Armor) and died for France on August 11, 1915 in Vienne-le-Château (Marne). The judgment and its transcription can be found in the registers of death certificates of Septem…