German, War Cemetery, Reimsbach, Westwall, We Commemorate

ID-Nr:

KEHL Reinhold

Military Cemetery, Reimsbach, Wadern, Merzig-Wadern, Germany

looking at the image of Private (Gefreiter) KEHL Reinhold , from the 95 Infantry Division, German Wehrmacht.

looking at the image of Private (Gefreiter) KEHL Reinhold , from the 95 Infantry Division, German Wehrmacht.

insigna of the 95 Infantry Division, German Wehrmacht Wehrmacht.


Family Name	KEHL	Forname(s):	Reinhold
Date of Birth:	08.Sep.1912	Gender:	M
Place of birth:	Rasdorf	District of birth:	Fulda
Federal state of birth:	Hesse	Country of birth:	Germany
Parents-Father:	unknown	Parents-Mother:	unknown
Married to:	unknown
Resident:	Rasdorf, district of Fulda, in Hesse,	Country of Origin:	Germany

Division:	95 Infantry Division, German Wehrmacht Wehrmacht	Field mail number::	unknown
Army corps:	May 1940 1st. Armee	Army group & location:	C, Saarpfalz
Unit:	278 Infanterie-Regiment	Squad:	2nd company
Rank:	Gefreiter - Private	Field mail number:	unknown
Prisoner of war:	.......	Date of captive :	........
Date of Death:	13.May.1940	Age:	28
Circumstances leading to Death:	mortal wounded during action	Cause of Death:	unknown
Place of Death:	Westwall - Rémeldorf	District of Death:	57320 Neunkirchen-lès-Bouzonville, France
Country of Death:	France	Federal state of Death:	state of Death: Moselle

Reimsbach 1940
Grave site of:

13.May.1940, Monday morning at aproximate 5.30 am
Private (Gefreiter) KEHL Reinhold was the first fallen soldiers of this unit were to be mourned during the battles on the Siegfried Line and was also the first buried here at the War Cemetery in Reimsbach.
right side of Row-U, Grave-13. Reimsbach, War cemetery, the viewer is standing during a cold winter day where the landscape of the graveyard is still covered with snow, before the burial grave decorated with flowers and a wooden cross which was engraved name the KEHL Reinhard and the day of his dead ✞ 13.05.1940.

Reimsbach, War cemetery, the viewer is standing during a cold winter day where the landscape of the graveyard is still covered with snow, before the burial grave decorated with flowers and a wooden cross which was engraved name the KEHL Reinhard and the day of his dead ✞ 13.05.1940.

Reimsbach 2015
Grave site of:

KEHL Reinhold War Cemetery in Reimsbach,
right side of Row-U, Grave-13

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Reimsbach 2015
Grave site of:

KEHL Reinhold War Cemetery in Reimsbach,
right side of Row-U

Reimsbach
Grave site
Historical Inform.:

On historical ground, not far away from an old Roman road where Roman legionaries, once march into the Germanien territory, here had the 95 Infantry Division of the German Wehrmacht established its 1st War Cemetery up high in the pinewood forest.

👉 👉 👉 For more info. visit - Reimsbach War Cemetery

Reimsbach 1939
1st War Cemetery
of the 95th. Inf. Div.
German Wehrmacht:

Along the path of the 95th Infantry Division of the German Wehrmacht lie the first war cemetery, which was inaugurated after arrival in the spring 1940 by the 95th Infantry Division in Reimsbach an der Saar, a tiny village in the southwestern portion of Germany.
Reimsbach is located in the northern part of the federal state of Saarland who is bounded in the north and east by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate and in the south and south-west by France and in the west by Luxembourg. The capital is Saarbrücken.

Web-Link to :

👉 👉 👉 Reimsbach War Cemetery - Google map

Reimsbach 1940
arrival
95th. Inf. Div.
German Wehrmacht:

At the end of December 1939, the division moved to the Siegfried Line between Merzig, Beckingen, Dillingen and Reimsbach/Saar.
The medical services 195 were subordinate to the 95th Infantry Division of the German Wehrmacht. The two medical companies San.Kp.1/195 and San.Kp.2/195 including the Field hospital 195 were set up in Wildflecken und Hammelburg on the 19. September 1939.

Photo credit: to http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Korps/Karte/XII0540-3.jpg, Situation map dated 20.May.1940, showing the location of the respective Infantry Division of the German Wehrmacht including the 95th. Inf. Div.

Photo credit: to http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Korps/Karte/XII0540-3.jpg, Situation map dated 20.May.1940, showing the location of the respective Infantry Division of the German Wehrmacht including the 95th. Inf. Div.

278 Infanterie Regiment of the German Wehrmacht:

War Accident Details:

An excerpt from the 2nd. Kp. Infanterie Regiment 278 War Diary which described the circumstances under which their own attack groups could not rise to the height of 262 and suffered heavy losses: 28 dead and 25 wounded in one day reads as follows:

Location of height of 262 is 2 km. west of Niedaltdorf

The 278 Infantry Regiment was set up on September 19, 1939 at the Wildflecken and Hammelburg military training area from personnel units of WW VI and placed under the 95th Infantry Division.

At the end of February 1940 the regiment moved to the Beckingen area, where it was again deployed in the front line.
From May 10, 1940, the regiment was used for strong reconnaissance troops and to obtain favorable starting positions for an attack on the Maginot Line.
On May 13, 1940, the regiment's reinforced 2nd company attacked Höhe 262 in front of its own lines.

This was manned like a base by the French.
On May 12, 1940, under the cover of darkness, the 11th Company secured the availability of the 2nd Company: 1 group at the bridge over the Remeldorfer Bach, 1 group in the group of trees just south of Remeldorf and 1 group on the eastern slope at height 226.9.
At 5.21 a.m., their own heavy weapons opened fire on the enemy positions.
After four minutes the enemy fired a green flare.
However, this illuminated sign was also the signal for the own artillery to stop fire, which made it almost ineffective.
As a result, their own attack groups could not rise to the height of 262 and suffered heavy losses: 28 dead and 25 wounded.

History on the
West Wall:

13.05.1940, beginn of the French campain
25.06.1940. Armistice with France.

Research source:
Memorial:	unknown
Web-Link to :	👉 👉 👉 VDK. KEHL Reinhold
Web-Link to :	👉 👉 👉 95. Infanterie-Division (German Wehrmacht)
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ID-Nr:

Schneider Karl

Military Cemetery, Reimsbach, Wadern, Merzig-Wadern, Germany

not avaiable jet is the image of Major Schneider Karl, from the 95 Infantry Division, German Wehrmacht.

not avaiable jet is the image of Major Schneider Karl, from the 95 Infantry Division, German Wehrmacht.


Family Name	SCHNEIDER	Forname(s):	Karl
Date of Birth:	15.Aug.1895	Gender:	M
Place of birth:	Berlin	District of birth:	Berlin
Federal state of birth:	Berlin	Country of birth:	Germany
Parents-Father:	unknown	Parents-Mother:	unknown
Married to:	unknown
Resident:	Berlin,	Country of Origin:	Germany

Division:	95 Infantry Division, German Wehrmacht Wehrmacht	Field mail number::	unknown
Army corps:	May 1940 1st. Armee	Army group & location:	C, Saarpfalz
Unit:	278 Infanterie-Regiment	Squad:	2nd company
Rank:	Major	Field mail number:	unknown
Prisoner of war:	.......	Date of captive :	........
Date of Death:	14.May.1940	Age:	44
Circumstances leading to Death:	mortal wounded during action	Cause of Death:	unknown
Place of Death:	Westwall - Heiningen (Heining)	District of Death:	57320 Heining-lès-Bouzonville, France
Country of Death:	France	Federal state of Death:	Moselle

Reimsbach 1940
Grave site of:

14.May.1940, Tuesday 5:50 am. Major Karl Schneider from the 278 Infanterie-Regiment, Btl.Kdr. 2.Kp. was instructed to lead a shock troop unit into the enemy line during the morning dawn with the mission of capture enemy positions height 340 approximately 500 meters north of Heiningen on French soil.
Under hostile M.G. Fire Major Karl Schneider and his unit were just 10 meters before enemy resistance nest when he was mortally wounded.
He was also buried here at the military Cemetery in Reimsbach left side of Row-U, Grave-5

Reimsbach 2015
Grave site of:

Schneider Karl War Cemetery in Reimsbach,
left side of Row-U, Grave-5

Reimsbach 2015
Burial site of:

Schneider Karl War Cemetery in Reimsbach,
left side of Row-U

Reimsbach
Grave site
Historical Inform.:

On historical ground, not far away from an old Roman road where Roman legionaries, once march into the Germanien territory, here had the 95 Infantry Division of the German Wehrmacht established its 1st War Cemetery up high in the pinewood forest.

👉 👉 👉 For more info. visit - Reimsbach War Cemetery

Reimsbach 1939
1st War Cemetery
of the 95th. Inf. Div.
German Wehrmacht:

Along the path of the 95th Infantry Division of the German Wehrmacht lie the first war cemetery, which was inaugurated after arrival in the spring 1940 by the 95th Infantry Division in Reimsbach an der Saar, a tiny village in the southwestern portion of Germany.
Reimsbach is located in the northern part of the federal state of Saarland who is bounded in the north and east by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate and in the south and south-west by France and in the west by Luxembourg. The capital is Saarbrücken.

Web-Link to :

👉 👉 👉 Reimsbach War Cemetery - Google map

Reimsbach 1940
arrival
95th. Inf. Div.
German Wehrmacht:

At the end of December 1939, the division moved to the Siegfried Line between Merzig, Beckingen, Dillingen and Reimsbach/Saar.
The medical services 195 were subordinate to the 95th Infantry Division of the German Wehrmacht. The two medical companies San.Kp.1/195 and San.Kp.2/195 including the Field hospital 195 were set up in Wildflecken und Hammelburg on the 19. September 1939.

Photo credit: to http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Korps/Karte/XII0540-3.jpg, Situation map dated 20.May.1940, showing the location along the West-Wall (Siegfried-Line) of the respective Infantry Division of the German Wehrmacht including the 95th. Inf. Div.

Photo credit: to http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Korps/Karte/XII0540-3.jpg, Situation map dated 20.May.1940, showing the location along the West-Wall (Siegfried-Line) of the respective Infantry Division of the German Wehrmacht including the 95th. Inf. Div.

278 Infanterie Regiment of the German Wehrmacht:

War Accident Details:

An excerpt from the 2nd. Kp. Infanterie Regiment 278 War Diary which described the circumstances under which their own attack groups could not rise to the height of 340 and suffered heavy losses: 23 dead and 44 wounded in one day reads as follows:

Location of the height of 340 is approximately 500 meters north of Heiningen, which is a small Lorraine village across the border on French soil just 1.5km southwest of Ihn a German village in the municipality of Rehlingen-Siersburg, Saarland, Germany.

14. May 1940, Tuesday at dawn 4.10 am the undertaking had started according to plan.
On May 14, 1940, at 4:19 am, still, under the cover of darkness, the 2./J.R. 278 went into position to attack the height 340 north of Heiningen on French soil.

right side of height 340
On the right side of the 2./J.R. 278 and to secure their position there requested one 1 s. M.G.'s protection unit was position to secure off against enemy attacks from Guerstling Forest and Ervenwald
On the right side of the height, 340 was 2./J.R. 280 position, and in order to reinforce their position, there requested one protection unit with flamethrower equipment that was working in conjunction with the Pionier-Bataillon 195 to assist the attack from the north against the fortified Log cabins 1, 2, and 3 builds into height 340.

left side of height 340
On the left side of the 2./J.R. 278 and to secure their position there requested one 1 s.M.G. protection unit which was position to secure off against enemy attack from Heiningen against the rearward front.
On the left side of the height, 340 was 3./J.R. 280, and in order to reinforce their position, there requested one protection unit with flamethrower equipment that was required to work in conjunction with the Pionier-Bataillon 195 to assist the attack from the east against the fortified Log cabins 4 and 5 build into height 340.

4:40 am the German Artelerie set direct under fire to height 340.
5:10 am the German Artelerie set direct under fire to fortified log cabins build on the height 340.
5:50 am the attempt of the left 2./J.R. 278 spy unit to break into the enemy fortified Log cabins failed. In the hostile M.G. Fire was Btl. Kdr. Major Karl Schneider 10 meters before enemy resistance nest mortally wounded.
6:40 am the fortified log cabins number 1, 2, and 3 build on the height 340 was taken.
At 7:40 am the height 340 was successfully taken and declared free of the enemy.
At 22:30 p.m., the apron commander takes command of the height 340.

History on the
West Wall:

13.05.1940, beginn of the French campain
25.06.1940. Armistice with France.

Research source:
Memorial:	unknown
Web-Link to :	👉 👉 👉 VDK. Schneider Karl
Web-Link to :	👉 👉 👉 95. Infanterie-Division (German Wehrmacht)
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ID-Nr:

Chudy Heinz

Military Cemetery, Reimsbach, Wadern, Merzig-Wadern, Germany

not avaiable jet is the image of Chudy Heinz, from the 95 Infantry Division, German Wehrmacht.

not avaiable jet is the image of Chudy Heinz, from the 95 Infantry Division, German Wehrmacht.


Family Name	CHUDY	Forname(s):	Heinz
Date of Birth:	26.Sep.1915	Gender:	M
Place of birth:	Regis-Breithingen	District of birth:	Leipzig
Federal state of birth:	Saxony	Country of birth:	Germany
Parents-Father:	unknown	Parents-Mother:	unknown
Married to:	unknown
Resident:	Regis-Breithingen	Country of Origin:	Germany

Division:	95 Infantry Division, German Wehrmacht Wehrmacht	Field mail number::	unknown
Army corps:	May 1940 1st. Armee	Army group & location:	C, Saarpfalz
Unit:	Schnelle Abteilung 195	Squad:	Radfahr-Schwadrone 195
Rank:	Schütze	Field mail number:	unknown
Prisoner of war:	.......	Date of captive :	........
Date of Death:	20.Mar.1940	Age:	24
Circumstances leading to Death:	mortal wounded during action	Cause of Death:	unknown
Place of Death:	Zeurange (VDK - 500 m nordw. Zwingen)	District of Death:	57320 Flastroff, France
Country of Death:	France	Federal state of Death:	Moselle

Reimsbach 1940
Grave site of:

On Wednesday, March 20, 1940, at around 1.30 a.m., upper riflemen Chudy Heinz was on a mission with the cyclist's Squadron 195 deep into the enemy line during the night with the mission of identifying enemy positions.
Upper riflemen Chudy Heinz with his Lieutenant Gottbehüt an officer, a sergeant, and 3 men were ambushed by the enemy northwest of Zeurange on French soil.
Upper riflemen Chudy Heinz was mortally wounded during the encounter and he was buried in the war cemetery in Reimsbach.

Reimsbach 2015
Grave site of:

Chudy Heinz War Cemetery in Reimsbach,
right side of Row-O, Grave-10

Reimsbach 2015
Burial site of:

Chudy Heinz War Cemetery in Reimsbach,
right side of Row-O

Reimsbach
Grave site
Historical Inform.:

On historical ground, not far away from an old Roman road where Roman legionaries, once march into the Germanien territory, here had the 95 Infantry Division of the German Wehrmacht established its 1st War Cemetery up high in the pinewood forest.

👉 👉 👉 For more info. visit - Reimsbach War Cemetery

Reimsbach 1939
1st War Cemetery
of the 95th. Inf. Div.
German Wehrmacht:

Along the path of the 95th Infantry Division of the German Wehrmacht lie the first war cemetery, which was inaugurated after arrival in the spring 1940 by the 95th Infantry Division in Reimsbach an der Saar, a tiny village in the southwestern portion of Germany.
Reimsbach is located in the northern part of the federal state of Saarland who is bounded in the north and east by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate and in the south and south-west by France and in the west by Luxembourg. The capital is Saarbrücken.

Web-Link to :

👉 👉 👉 Reimsbach War Cemetery - Google map

Reimsbach 1940
arrival
95th. Inf. Div.
German Wehrmacht:

At the end of December 1939, the division moved to the Siegfried Line between Merzig, Beckingen, Dillingen and Reimsbach/Saar.
The medical services 195 were subordinate to the 95th Infantry Division of the German Wehrmacht. The two medical companies San.Kp.1/195 and San.Kp.2/195 including the Field hospital 195 were set up in Wildflecken und Hammelburg on the 19. September 1939.

Photo credit: to http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Korps/Karte/XII0540-3.jpg

Photo credit: to http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Korps/Karte/XII0540-3.jpg

278 Infanterie Regiment of the German Wehrmacht:

War Accident Details:

An excerpt from the 95th Infantry Division of the German Wehrmacht War Diary which described the circumstances under which Lieut. Gottbehüt with his comrades in arms failed to return from the patrol reads as follows:

Location of the ambush was 500 meters northwestlich of Zeurange on French soil.
Zeurange is a small Lorraine village across the border on French soil just 2.0km southwest of Oberesch a German village in the municipality of Rehlingen-Siersburg, Saarland, Germany. Reimsbach, War cemetery, Location map of the ambush, 500 meters northwest of Zeurange on French soil.

Reimsbach, War cemetery, Location map of the ambush, 500 meters northwest of Zeurange on French soil.

On Wednesday, March 20, 1940, at around 1.30 a.m., on a night mission the squadron company led by Lieutenant Gottbehüt with an officer, a sergeant, and 4 men were ambushed by the enemy northwest of Zeurange on French soil.
Leutnant Gottbehüt was instructed to lead a Patrol Scout troops from the cyclist's Squadron 195 deep into the enemy line during the night with the mission of identifying enemy positions.
The lieutenant Gottbehüt and the upper riflemen Chudy Heinz and Henning Heinrich were mortally wounded.
Sergeant Lehner was wounded and taken prisoner.

History on the
West Wall:

13.05.1940, beginn of the French campain
25.06.1940. Armistice with France.

Research source:
Memorial:	unknown
Web-Link to :	👉 👉 👉 VDK. Chudy Heinz
Web-Link to :	👉 👉 👉 95. Infanterie-Division (German Wehrmacht)
Research Literature:	War Diary from the 95th Infantry Division of the German Wehrmacht
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