Help with SS Soldier research/Feldpost.

Hi all

What does "1./E.SS-"Westland" 1043" stand for?

What unit does this feldpost number belong to?: FP: 30629 E(or F?)

This guy joined the Waffen SS 21.07.1942, and became a "Frontsoldier" 20.12.1942.
Where was Westland the 20.12.1942?
Where was SS Germania the 20.12.1942?

Hope you can help me.

Thanks;
Sverri

 

Hi Sverri, give me some time to check a few books--I might be able to give you some useful info. I know I can get you bits on Sr officers who served in it and things like that, but I dont know how much I can find. I havent seen much on SS Westland in print.

 

Where is it from? Sounds like a dog tag ID but without the name (I am guessing that would be above it).

 

"1./E.SS-"Westland" 1043 is the dogtagnumber he had.

but what does it mean? "1./E.SS"
What does the "E" stand for?

Sverri

 

Both the regiments you quoted were part of Wiking and hense were in defensive positions on the banks of the Terek river in Russia. I am afraid I dont know much about the rest.

 

Sverri--off the top of my head "E" just identifies them as non-German SS--Estnisches Nr1. or something like that. Or the first of two Waffen SS Divisions that were called: Estonian Division der SS Nrs 1 and Nrs 2. In other words--its just a particular unit ID.

[ 20. March 2003, 02:55 PM: Message edited by: C.Evans ]

 

Carl, I doubt that because they were dutch/volksdeutch and so not Easternische (however it is spelt). I would be guessing that it is related to the particular unit within the regiment.

 

Hi Stefan--thats could be possible.

Im not into collecting Documents or Soldbuchs or letters--so Im most likely not correct. However, I do collect I.D.Disks, and I have seen some designated with just one letter--like that "E" which in my mind on W-SS Stuff--that means Estnisches.

Based on what ive seen on docs and in Soldbuchs etc. The entire unit designation for example--would be something like this: 4th KP, 2nd Btn Rgt List--or something like that. Trouble is--they had countless ways of putting certain info on those things.

As I dont collect Feldpost--I dont know what abbreviations etc--that they might have used. Im guessing this based on what I know of ID tags and the like.

 

Thanks for the relpies.

Does anyone of you know where Westland and Germania where on the 20.12.1942?

I hope you can help.

Thanks;
Sverri

 

Hi Sverri,

As far as i can find out Wiking including both Westland and Germania had been fighting in the area of Malgobeck and Ssagopschin (Caucasus) during late 1942,up until Dec 22, when the front was shortened and Wiking was pulled out of the line.

The Division was expecting to spend Christmas in prepared positions,however they were then moved to form part of Panzergruppe Hoth to assist in the rescue attempts at Stalingrad,fighting in the area of the Kalmuck Steppe.

Although they had captured the area around Malgobeck in early Oct 1942,in Dec they were still in defensive positions in this area.

Hope this helps,

Paul