Engers, Germany 1918—1919 |
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| Engers was the home of the Second Engineers and the Second Sanitary Train during their stay on the Rhine River. |
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- Engers
- Rhine River at Engers
- 2nd Engineers at Engers
- Chaplin Smith
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Station at Engers, Germany Feb. 7, 1919 photo by 2nd Engineers |
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Engers-on-the-Rhine Postcard |
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2-7-1919
German Football Game at Engers |
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North approach to Crown
Prince Wilhelm Bridge on the Rhine 1918 or 1919. This bridge was between Engers
and Urmitz. Built by American and French prisoners of war between 1916 and 1918 to get German troops and
material to the Western Front. It was destroyed during WW2 and rebuilt
in 1954 as a railway bridge. |
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Unloading Barges at dusk
Engers 25, Feb. '19.
Photo by 2nd. Engrs. |
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Crown Prince Wilhelm Bridge at Engers, Germany. |
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The Engers bridge, also known as the English bridge. It was built by English prisoners of war. Just completed before the armistice was signed. We crossed the Rhine on this brdge Dec. 17, 1918. (Hand writing on back of photograph.) |
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Bridge across the Rhine at Engers, Germany February 4, 1919. |
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2nd Engineer Sign Shop at Engers, Germany
28, Jan. '19. |
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Review of 2nd Engineers by Brig. Gen. McCloskey at Engers, Germany.
Note: It has been pointed out that this photograph is not identified correctly and that it is Brig. Gen. Wendell C. Neville and not McCloskey. |
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Review of 2nd Engineers by Brig. Gen.
McCloskey at Engers, Germany. |
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2-4-1919
Sign painters, 2nd Engineers
at Engers |
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One of the dutch trucks belonging to the 2nd Eng'rs April 1919
Engers |
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2nd Engineers Band |
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2nd Division Mess Hall,
Co. “D” 2nd Engineers,
Engers, Germany 1918-1919 |
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2nd Division Engineer School at Engers, Germany —
or the Pontoon bridge school at Honningen. |
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12-30-1918
Surviving members of Company E that
sailed with the Regiment
on the RMS Carpathia to Glasgow |
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2nd Engineers on Harley Davidson motorcycles at Engers, Germany. |
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A small portion of the Regimental photograph taken at Schloss Engers early 1919. |
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| Pictures 1-11 are from the personal collection of Chaplain C. Walter Smith (Bridgewater, Mass.; H; Chaplain;
Blanc Mont, Attigny, Argonne, Rhine). They have not been entirely uploaded yet. The text attached to each was hand written on the backside of them. |
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1. Engers a. Rhein. Helle, Römerturm. (marked on the back:
Carl Grimm Nachf., Engers a. R.) |
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2. Engers a. Rh. Total (Verlag: Max Schuth, Engers a. Rh. 1917) |
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3. Engers Altes Haus am Rhein (Verlag Max Schuth, Engers a. Rh.
1916) |
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4. Engers a. Rhein Römerturm. (Verlag: Max Schuth, Engers
a. Rh. 1918) |
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5. Engers a. Rhein Schloßstraße (Verlag Max Schuth,
Engers a. Rh. 1918) |
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6. Engers a. Rh. Königl, Kriegsschule (Verlag Max Schuth 1918)
Another view of the hospital |
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7. Engers Partie am Rhein Kath. Schwesternhaus (Verlag Max Schuth,
Engers a. Rh. 1918)
On the waterfront |
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8. Engers a. Rh. Krieger-Waisenhaus (Verlag Max Schuth, Engers
a. Rh. 1918) |
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9. Engeres Partie am Rhein (Verlag Max Schuth, Engers a. Rh. 1918) |
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10. Königliche Kriegsschule Engers a. Rh., Rheinseite (Verlag
Max Schuth, Engers a. Rh. 1918)
Showing the hospital from the water |
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11. Engers a. Rhein Hindenburgstraße (Verlag Max Schuth,
Engers a. Rh. 1918) |
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