London - Ancestry.co.uk , Britain's leading family history
website, has put Adolf Hitler's World War One military
service records online, alongside those of other soldiers who fought for Germany.
The paper originals are held by the Bavaria State
Archives, which is working in partnership with
Ancestry.co.uk, to launch this collection. The Bavarian WWI Personnel Rosters is a collection of records showing the military service activities of 1.5
million soldiers who fought with the Bavarian Regiments in
WWII.
The documents include those of then 25-year-old volunteer Lance Corporal Adolf
Hitler (center above on photo) , whose record describes him as a
Catholic, an Artist and a Messenger (bike rider) for the
Regiment, whose role was to carry dispatches back and forth from the command staff to units near the
battlefield. His records detail injuries including 'lightly wounded at Le Barque by an artillery grenade in the
thigh' in October 1916 and 'gassed at La Montagne, taken to
hospital' in October 1918. They show Hitler was awarded five
medals, decorations and other awards, including the Iron Cross
twice, 1st and 2nd Class.
