Certificate confirming the award of Bavarian Military Merit Cross 3rd Class with Crown and Swords

Copy of death notice of Herbert Engel ; Extract from German Army on the Somme ; Correspondence with German War Graves Commission ; Field glasses and olive coloured knapsack || My granduncle, Herbert Engel, was killed in action fighting for the German army at Delville Wood at the Somme on 27th August 1916. He was a member of the 6th Company, 1st Regiment of the Kaiser's Grenadier Guards. My father (Herbert Engel's nephew) came to Ireland in 1939. My grandfather (Georg Unger) also fought for the German army on the Eastern front and died within a couple of years of the ending of the war from shrapnel wounds sustained at the front. || || This is the Death Notice of my grand uncle, Herbert Engel, a member of the 6th Company, 1st Regiment of the Kaiser's Grenadier Guards, who was killed fighting for the German army at the Somme on 27th August, 1916. || Deutsch || Death Notice, with illustration, of Herbert Engel || Official document || Herbert Engel || Western Front || || Front cover of The German Army on the Somme by Jack Sheldon, an account of the actions of the German army at this location of the war and which I believe contains a description of the action in which my grand uncle, Herbert Engel, died. || Cover of The German Army on the Somme by Jack Sheldon || Western Front || || Western Front || Extract from The German Army on the Somme || Extract from The German Army on the Somme containing a description of the opening of the action in which I believe my grand uncle, Herbert Engel, died on 27th August 1916. || || Extract from The German Army on the Somme describing what I believe is the death of my grand uncle, Herbert Engel, on the Somme on 27th August 1916 in an action against French forces. || Extract of The German Army on the Somme || Western Front || || Binocular case believed to have belonged to Georg Unger || Western Front || || Western Front || Binoculars believed to have belonged to Georg Unger || || Deutsch || Red Cross badge belonging to sister of Herbert Engel and associated with the town of Schwiebus, according to the inscription on the badge. A penknife is also pictured. || Western Front || Medical || Women || Red Cross badge belonging to sister of Herbert Engel

Harry Hesling Abbott lived in Walkley, Sheffield and was a regular soldier in 3rd battalion Coldstream Guards for at least 10 years before the war. He left in 1910, came back to Sheffield, got married and then went to Canada to try and find work. Harry came back within 6 months in 1911. When war broke out, he was called up straight away and was in service by 30th August 1914. He was wounded at least once, the first time at the first Battle of the Marne in 1914 while setting up the defensive line that would become the trenches of the Western Front. He had a scar on his shoulder for the rest of his life from this wound. He fought for the full duration of the war, beginning it as a private and finishing it as a sergeant and survived to become a carpenter. He died in 1946. || Embroidered handkerchief, made by Harry and depicting all the battles up until 1917 that the Coldstream Guards fought in. Photograph of Harry with another man. Photograph of Harry with his wife. || || Photograph || Harry Hesling Abbott and his wife || || Harry Abbot and other man, possibly his brother || Photograph || || It is possible that this was made by Harry for physical therapy when he was wounded || Embroidered handkerchief made by Harry Abbott depicting major battles fought by the Coldstream Guards || Other