Benedictine brother (Landsturmmann) Theophil Wigbert Hattig

Discussion in 'Non-Military Biographies' started by liverpool annie, Feb 4, 2009.

  1. liverpool annie

    liverpool annie New Member

    I have been researching Franciscan Brothers and Priests for my Honour Roll ... thankfully they all came home ... but I came across this German Brother who didn't go home ..... and felt I had to acknowledge him ..... RIP Br. Wigbert (Theophil) Hattig

    http://www.fylde.demon.co.uk/danielbrothers.htm

    ( The famous German artist Kathe Kollwitz created the widely known statues Trauerndes Elternpaar (Mourning parents) in memory of her son Peter who was killed in action and buried at Vladslo in 1914. 25,644 German soldiers, killed in WWI, are buried here )
     

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  2. liverpool annie

    liverpool annie New Member

    And here is his friend - Brother Otto RIP

     

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  3. Adrian Roberts

    Adrian Roberts Active Member

    Landsturmmann was one of several designations of a soldier, equivalent to Private, in the Reserves of the German Armies.
     

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