Martin Grader was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Bavarian immigrant parents, George and Maria (Bartel) Grader. Sometime between 1900-1910, Martin's father returned with his wife and children to his hometown of Wolfratshausen, Bavaria, in order to assume the running of an ancestral family business.
With the coming of the First World War, Martin and his Chicago-born older brother, George, went into service in the German Army. Martin, a pioneer in Bavarian Reserve Pioneer Company 16, was killed in action in an attack by the 6th Bavarian Landwehr Division against French positions on the bitterly contested mount known as the Schratzmannele (Schratzmannle).
His brother, George, served in the 12th Company, Bavarian Infantry Regiment Nr. 15, and survived the war.
Martin was first buried at Giragoutte. He was later moved to the German War Cemetery Hohrod, where he lies in Block 3, Grave 368.
Cemetery photographs courtesy of Gwyneth Roberts.
With the coming of the First World War, Martin and his Chicago-born older brother, George, went into service in the German Army. Martin, a pioneer in Bavarian Reserve Pioneer Company 16, was killed in action in an attack by the 6th Bavarian Landwehr Division against French positions on the bitterly contested mount known as the Schratzmannele (Schratzmannle).
His brother, George, served in the 12th Company, Bavarian Infantry Regiment Nr. 15, and survived the war.
Martin was first buried at Giragoutte. He was later moved to the German War Cemetery Hohrod, where he lies in Block 3, Grave 368.
Cemetery photographs courtesy of Gwyneth Roberts.
Martin Grader was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Bavarian immigrant parents, George and Maria (Bartel) Grader. Sometime between 1900-1910, Martin's father returned with his wife and children to his hometown of Wolfratshausen, Bavaria, in order to assume the running of an ancestral family business.
With the coming of the First World War, Martin and his Chicago-born older brother, George, went into service in the German Army. Martin, a pioneer in Bavarian Reserve Pioneer Company 16, was killed in action in an attack by the 6th Bavarian Landwehr Division against French positions on the bitterly contested mount known as the Schratzmannele (Schratzmannle).
His brother, George, served in the 12th Company, Bavarian Infantry Regiment Nr. 15, and survived the war.
Martin was first buried at Giragoutte. He was later moved to the German War Cemetery Hohrod, where he lies in Block 3, Grave 368.
Cemetery photographs courtesy of Gwyneth Roberts.
With the coming of the First World War, Martin and his Chicago-born older brother, George, went into service in the German Army. Martin, a pioneer in Bavarian Reserve Pioneer Company 16, was killed in action in an attack by the 6th Bavarian Landwehr Division against French positions on the bitterly contested mount known as the Schratzmannele (Schratzmannle).
His brother, George, served in the 12th Company, Bavarian Infantry Regiment Nr. 15, and survived the war.
Martin was first buried at Giragoutte. He was later moved to the German War Cemetery Hohrod, where he lies in Block 3, Grave 368.
Cemetery photographs courtesy of Gwyneth Roberts.
