Obst Felix Guse

[stevebecker]

Mates,

I was after any bio details on this German officer during the Great war.

He is shown is all documents as Chief of Staff Ottoman third Army during 1914 to 1918

Guse (Guze) Felix Maj (LtCol) to Col Deutsche Militär-Mission in der Türkei CofS 3rd Army Caucasus 1915 Sivas'ta 10. Kolordu Kurmay Baskani Erzurum'da 3. Ordu Kurmay Baskani (In Sivas, the 10th Army Chief of Staff In Erzurum, the 3rd Army Chief of Staff Caucasus) 1914-18 (not identified)? RTG illness 1-16 typhus wrote book "Die Kaukasusfront im Weltkrieg bis zum Frieden von Brest" shown in book by von Sanders

Any help to fill in the gaps?

Cheers

S.B

[Ken S.]

A photo:

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https://digi.landesbibliothek.at/viewer ... _Band/112/

Two letters from 1917 were auctioned several years ago:

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Possibly wrote this:
https://www.archivportal-d.de/item/MOS6 ... PCIINJTKRF

Mentioned several times in this thesis:
„Tapfere Askers“ und „Feige Araber“ Der osmanische Verbündete aus der Sicht deutscher Soldaten im Orient 1914-1918
https://d-nb.info/999432486/34

1913 city directory Cologne:

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http://www.ub.uni-koeln.de/cdm4/documen ... OPTR=95977

[stevebecker]

Ken,

Thanks for these details,

I had the two other officers mentioned above;

Paulcke (Paulke) Wilhelm Capt deR (Maj) Prof at the Technical University in Karlsruhe to 3rd Orduda (kafkasya) Kayakli birlikler komutani (3rd Army (Caucasus) Ski troops commander) 1915-16 (born at Leipzig ) 3Co/Reserve-Jäger-Bataillon 14 shown WIA 1914 - to Caucasus mentioned by Grimm in book "Berge als Schicksal" shown in Klaus Wolf's Book

Hensel Hans Maj Feldpostdirektor 3rd Army to Istanbul'da askeri heyette posta islerinden sorumlu (Responsible for military postal mails in Istanbul) 1915-18 (not identified)? shown in Klaus Wolf's Book

I am sorry but there appears to be no bio deals on Felix Guse any where I can find?

Cheers

S.B