Detecting the background of hospital badges is always very difficult. I haven’t found a regular record of military hospitals similar to military units yet. There are secondary sources, especially about [ … ]
Category: Special units
China Batteries
There’s relatively little knowledge about the China batteries. At least, I barely found out anything. By browsing through the volume “The Hungarian Gunner”, the following were revealed. In 1914, the [ … ]
“Airwalker” troops
Or, in today’s parlance, air force. One of the young and rapidly evolving branch of the Great War. By this time, people had been released into the air for many [ … ]
Zita Hospital
In 1898 the Hungarian Royal Honvéd Command built a garrison hospital on Gyáli Street in Budapest. In 1914, due to the increase in the number of sick and wounded, a [ … ]
Automobile Corps
Post written by Gábor Széplaki From the last decade of the 19th century, motorization has gained ground in the world. Vehicles were already appearing in military exercises at the beginning [ … ]
Supply columns – field bakery
In relation to the Great War, attention is always turned to the fighting corps, since the fighting operations are more varied and exciting than the supply of food, equipment and [ … ]
Rock drilling unit
Technical troops underwent significant development during the war. Since previous wars differed substantially, new types of tasks and jobs emerged. New weapons were introduced. This all required extensive technical, engineering [ … ]
Stretcher-bearer
Among the special units I refer to specialists who were applied on the field to solve special problems. Such a problem could be the elimination of technical barriers in the [ … ]