This memorial page is dedicated to Alfons Erdmann, one of more than 725 war victims connected to the municipality of Deurne documented by Stichting Oorlogsslachtoffers. The municipality of Deurne and the surrounding villages of Liessel, Vlierden, Helenaveen, Neerkant and Zeilberg were liberated in the autumn of 1944 during heavy fighting. Victims fell on all sides: Allied soldiers from countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and New Zealand, and German soldiers.

But the archive covers more than just the combat victims on Deurne soil. Residents of Deurne who lost their lives elsewhere are also commemorated: civilians who were murdered in concentration camps, forced labourers who died in Germany, people who were executed or succumbed to the effects of persecution and oppression. In addition, residents of Deurne who entered German military service and were killed elsewhere are also included.

Stichting Oorlogsslachtoffers has been documenting the story of all these people since 1995, without distinction of nationality, side or background. The goal is to give every person a name and a face, and to keep their memory alive.

 

Name: Erdmann
First names: Alfons
Nickname: –
Date of birth: 12 November 1920
Place of birth: Danzig-Ohra
Residence: Troge 16, Danzig
Rank / Occupation: Second Lieutenant
Identity tag: -5145- 4th Infantry Replacement Battalion 120 (Motorised)
Unit: 115th Panzergrenadier Regiment
Date of death: 31 October 1944
Place of death: Liessel
Cause of death: –
Cemetery: German Military Cemetery at Ysselsteyn
Memorial site: –

Additional information

Grave location: Section TJ, Row 5, Grave 54

Son of Paul Erdmann, widow Kläre Erdmann-Kalisch.

Alfons Erdmann was called up for military service on 5 June 1941 by the Danzig 1 Military District Command and was subsequently assigned to the 4th (Machine Gun) Company of the 120th Infantry Replacement Battalion (motorised), based in Danzig-Langfuhr. On 22 October 1941, he was assigned to the 3rd Company of Rifle Regiment 140, on 12 December 1942 to the 3rd Company of Panzergrenadier Regiment 140, on 29 September 1943 to the Staff of the 2nd Battalion of Panzergrenadier Regiment 129 and finally, on 1 April 1944, to the Staff of II. Battalion of Panzergrenadier Regiment 115.

Alfons Erdmann’s field grave was situated 1 metre south of Kanaalstraat in Liessel, 102 metres west of the westernmost point of the emergency accommodation L.N.115, occupied by J. van Seccelen.

A report on the transfer, containing identification details, drawn up by the Identification and Recovery Service, may be available for inspection from the author.

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