A German soldier visits German graves at the General Cemetery in Dordrecht
A German soldier visits German graves at the General Cemetery in Dordrecht.
The graves of Friedrich Knaute, Willi Bormann, Erich Niemeyer, Hans Lausen, Franz Deutsch and Adam Kettler and Johan Mann at the General Cemetery in Dordrecht.
The large graves in the center of the photo are the following killed: Freather Knaute, obergefreiter Bormann and gefreiter Niemeyer.
Six pieces of mountain guns (Skoda 7.5 cm mountain hawks) were placed at the Kampfgruppe de Boer awarded on 12 May, including the four documents submitted on 12 May of 5./AR.22. The pieces of artillery were loaded at the cemetery and Bet. They were partly set up in the streets to shoot the station. In addition, one piece was by a pontoonnier corporal [J. Grollé 1.DCP ] from the roof of the pavilion with a light machine gun shot with the whole Some of the crew were taken out. Five of them died. Those were the Unteroffizier Ulmer , obergefreiter Bormann, Gefreiter Niemeyer and Knaute and the Cannonier Kahnenbley.
Gefreiter Hans Lausen:
On May 12th, 10./FJR. 1 together with 11./FJR.1. and some staff units carried a bright Fight at Wieldrecht with 4-3 GB. In that fight, two men were killed. 10./FJR.1 (Hans Lausen) and became the Deputy Company Commander ( Oberleutnant Specht and Feldwebel Wallner ) seriously injured.
Schütze Deutsch and Oberleutnant Mann:
IR 72. was the strategic air landing reserve allocated to the 7th Air force, not yet trained for the landing. It was it. Part of 46 ID. Of this reserve the entire 1st battalion plus the 6th Company of the 2nd Battalion on 10, 11 and 12 May 1940 flown into Waalhaven. The 1st company was deployed against the West of the island of IJsselmonde (Region) Hoogvliet- Pernis) , the 6th company was sent to Rotterdam. a platoon of the 2nd company as security at Waalhaven and the rest of the 1st battalion and staff was assigned to the Gruppe de Boer, which was formed on 12 May 1940. 12 and 13 May 1940 fought hard in Dordrecht. Schütze Deutsch He died in Dordrecht on 12 May during the fights around the railroad. Oberleutnant Mann was Zugfuhrer in the 3rd Company. He probably came into the early evening for heavy fights along the track.
Gefreiter Adam Kettler:
Gefreiter Kettler died on or along the highway near Dordrecht or was there He was seriously injured after which he died. It’s unclear if he fell during the Movement from 11.FJR.1 to Dordrecht - where 11 men of 11./FJR.1 in various degrees of severity were injured on the traffic bridge of Dordrecht or that he was seriously injured or killed when in the afternoon 11./FJR.1 went into battle with the survivors of Battalion Ravelli (NL) Wildright.
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