G'day everyone, I've had a 'win' on Ancestry's German First World War casualty list. Deutsche Verlustlisten (Pr 198) 5879 14 April 1915 Füsilier-Regiment Nr 34 12 Kompagnie Gesechte vom 11 bis 17 III 15 Füs. Heinrich von Thun - Altona - in Gefgsch. I have some questions. They are: 1) I think that "Gefgsch" is an abbreviation of "gefänglisch" but the nearest I can find (in a 1892 pocket German-English dictionary at that!) is "gefänglich" or "in prison", thus Heinrich is a Prisoner of War. Can anyone with a better knowledge of German please? 2) Does anyone know of sources for finding WWI Prisoner of War records? (The casualty list doesn't even state which front Heinrich von Thun was serving. He's the son of a Great Great Aunt). 3) And finally, does anyone know of sources for the Regimental History of the 34th Fusilier Regiment, particularly for the period 1914-1915. Cheers David Armstrong Maylands, Western Australia

Gesechte is actually Gefechte = battles from 11. to 17. March, 1915; in Gefgsch (abbreviation for Gefangenschaft) = in a prisoner of war camp You could go to Axis History Forum into their World War 1 section and ask about the 34th fusiliers regimental history. There are some in depth resources there. Dave Koenig > From: davidrli@iinet.net.au > To: SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS@rootsweb.com > Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:17:37 +0800 > Subject: [SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS] First World War Casualties > > G'day everyone, > > I've had a 'win' on Ancestry's German First World War casualty list. > > Deutsche Verlustlisten (Pr 198) 5879 14 April 1915 > Füsilier-Regiment Nr 34 12 Kompagnie > Gesechte vom 11 bis 17 III 15 > Füs. Heinrich von Thun - Altona - in Gefgsch. > > I have some questions. They are: > > 1) I think that "Gefgsch" is an abbreviation of "gefänglisch" but the nearest I can find (in a 1892 pocket German-English dictionary at that!) is "gefänglich" or "in prison", thus Heinrich is a Prisoner of War. > > Can anyone with a better knowledge of German please? > > 2) Does anyone know of sources for finding WWI Prisoner of War records? (The casualty list doesn't even state which front Heinrich von Thun was serving. He's the son of a Great Great Aunt). > > 3) And finally, does anyone know of sources for the Regimental History of the 34th Fusilier Regiment, particularly for the period 1914-1915. > > Cheers > > David Armstrong > Maylands, > Western Australia > ==== SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS Mailing List ==== > Technical Terms and Rules of the S-H-ROOTS: > http://www.genealogy-sh.com/faq-sh-roots/index.htm > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message