Insane letter/photo grouping

[Dane Jensen]

Howdy all! I hope everyone is well! I have something very special to show y’all, this is a grouping I acquired last Christmas and have yet to really dig into.

This is a Letter/photo grouping of Ludwig Murr of the 10. Bavarian infantry regiment of the 2nd machine gun company letters date from around 1914 all the way to 1918.

I took these quick photos today but can certainly get more and close ups if you would all like.

I would love to get his story translated and possibly put into a book but I would have no idea where to start.

If any of you would know what to do, please don’t hesitate to let me know!

All the best,

Dane Jensen

 

[Lars13]

Congratulations Dane,
What a wonderful grouping. You have letters / postcards, and pictures, and you can probably find his military records in the Bavarian archives online (not all records have survived), so you'll have the complete story.
Regards,
Lars

 

[sudsent]

Excellent historical materials, can you take those photos separately?

 

[Dane Jensen]

Excellent historical materials, can you take those photos separately?

Most certainly, I’ll have to do this later tonight though as I’m at work.

 

[Dane Jensen]

Congratulations Dane,
What a wonderful grouping. You have letters / postcards, and pictures, and you can probably find his military records in the Bavarian archives online (not all records have survived), so you'll have the complete story.
Regards,
Lars

Aye, I’ll certainly have to check there, I would love to find his whole story!

 

[sudsent]

Looking forward it

Most certainly, I’ll have to do this later tonight though as I’m at work.

 

[Dane Jensen]

These photos of men in his unit together, no writing on these cards


Two photos of him and his squad, no writing on these cards


A card of him at his school graduation on June 22nd 1915


No writing on this card

A card with writing

 

[Dane Jensen]

Two photos with writing


A photo with writing


A photo with writing


A card simply dated 1918


A small photo with signature

 

[Dane Jensen]

I was wrong on his first name, his first name is Ludwig

It seems he was also apart of the K. Bayer. 25. Inf.-Reg 1. Komp

 

[Dane Jensen]

There are also these two books filled from cover to cover with writing from 1916

 

[Doug B]

I’ve used a translation service before but now with the various translation apps you might be able to do it using one of those. Great grouping!

 

[Dane Jensen]

Correction on his name, it is Ludwig Murr, was part of the K. Bayer. 25. Inf.-Reg 1. Komp
Then later joined the 10. Bavarian infantry regiment of the 2nd machine gun company

 

[Dane Jensen]

I’ve used a translation service before but now with the various translation apps you might be able to do it using one of those. Great grouping!

I’ve tried using some of those apps, they don’t always seem to get the hand writing or they won’t translate the whole card. It’s really unfortunate.

Thank you so much Doug!

 

[Dane Jensen]

Found some info with the help of my buddy who has access to the Bavarian archives,

Ludwig Murr born on 06.05.1896 in Nürnberg.

Recruiting list: 178 cm tall, "usual" chin, nose, mouth and shape, black hair and glasses

Enlisted in 1915

<Service record>

15.10.1915 to | E/14 Infantry regiment as Rekrut
20.11.1915 to 1 E/14 Infantry regiment 4th company
06.04.1916 to 25 Infantry regiment 1st company in the field
07.10.1916 to I| E/19 Infantry regiment rifle company
21.10.1916 II E/14 Infantry regiment 2 rifle company
30.11.1916 II E/14 Infantry regiment 3 company (?)
19.02.1917 (unreadable for me)
01.08.1917 to E (ersatz?) machine gun company 3
16.10.1917 to E (ersatz?) machine gun company 5
26.10.1917 to 2nd machine gun company 10th infantry regiment

<major battles>

06.04-28.08.1916 battle of verdun
29.08-13.09.1916 forests of verdun
26.10-17.01.1918 Artois
18.01-15.03.1918 french Flandern
20.03.1918 Arras

those are the battles from one of his lists, some go into more detail some less.

<medical History>

medical history in German:
13.09.1916 Bluterguß r. (rechtes) Knie
15.09.1916-06.10.1916 Reserve Lazerett IV Saarbrücken
21.03.1918 Spl. A. G. am lk. Fuß = Splitter Artillerie Geschoss am linken Fuß
24.03.1918-06.04.1918 Feldlazerett Antwerpen
11.04.1918-03.05.1918 Reserve Lazarett Haunalm?
07.05.1918-19.06.1918 Reserve Lazarett Nürnberg

translated:
September 13, 1916: Bruise on the right knee
September 15, 1916–October 6, 1916: Reserve Hospital IV, Saarbrücken
March 21, 1918: Splinter from an artillery shell on the left foot
March 24, 1918–April 6, 1918: Field Hospital Antwerp
April 11, 1918–May 3, 1918: Reserve Hospital Haunalm?
May 7, 1918–June 19, 1918: Reserve Hospital Nuremberg

Gong to have to confirm with the letters of this is all true but I’m fairly confident on his findings,