Organization of German Divisions, 1916...2nd Squadron Staff 320th Squadron Staff 3rd Division: 6th Brigade: 434th Fusilier Regiment 42nd Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,4/4th Landwehr Regiment

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Organization of German Divisions

1916

Alpine Corps:

1st Bavarian Jäger Brigade:

1st Bavarian Jäger Regiment

Leib Infantry Regiment

2nd Jäger Brigade:

2nd Jäger Regiment

3rd Jäger Regiment

Artillery:

2nd Mountain Field Artillery Battalion

Det/187th Field Artillery Regiment

Det/203rd Field Artillery Regiment

Det/204th Field Artillery Regiment

Engineers:

102nd Pioneer Company

105th Pioneer Company


175th Mountain Trench Mortar Company

Attached:

201st Mountain Machinegun Detachment

202nd Mountain Machinegun Detachment

205th Mountain Machinegun Detachment

209th Mountain Machinegun Detachment

Cyclist Battalion (dissolved in June)

Bavarian Ersatz Division:

3rd Bavarian Reserve Brigade:

4th Bavarian Reserve Regiment


59th Landwehr Brigade:

28th Ersatz Regiment

81st Landwehr Regiment

Cavalry:

Ersatz Cavalry Det/1st Bavarian Cavalry District

Engineers:

2nd Landwehr Pioneer Company (2nd Bavarian Cavalry Div)

3rd Landwehr Pioneer Company (3rd Bavarian Cavalry Div)

1st Bavarian Mining Company

1st Bavarian Trench Mortar Detachment

1st Guard Division:

1st Guard Brigade:

1st Guard Foot Regiment

2nd Guard Foot Regiment

4th Guard Foot Regiment

Guard Cavalry

1/,2/,3/,4/Guard Cavalry Regiment (Massow)

Leibgarde Hussar Regiment

2/6th Dragoon Regiment

1st Guard Artillery Brigade:

1st Guard Artillery Regiment

3rd Guard Artillery Regiment

1st Guard Engineering Battalion:

1st Guard Pioneers Company

1st Guard Trench Mortar Company

1st Guard Pontoon Engineers

1st Guard Telephone Detachment

1st Guard Reserve Division:

1st Guard Reserve Brigade:

1st Guard Reserve Regiment

2nd Guard Reserve Regiment

64th Reserve Regiment

Cavalry:

Guard Reserve Dragoon Regiment (2 sqns)

Artillery

1st Guard Reserve Artillery Regiment

3rd Guard Reserve Artillery Regiment

Engineers:

2nd & 3rd Field Companies, 28th Engineer Battalion

1st Guard Reserve Pontoon Engineers

1st Guard Reserve Telephone Detachment

5th Guard Trench Mortar Company

Guard Ersatz Division:

1st Guard Mixed Brigade:

6th Guard Regiment

7th Guard Ersatz Regiment

5th Guard Mixed Brigade:

357th Regiment

358th Regiment

Cavalry:

1/Guard Cavalry Regiment

Artillery

7th Guard Field Artillery Regiment

Engineers:

301st (Guard) Pioneer Battalion



Attached;

81st Labor Battalion

1st Division:

1st Brigade:

1st Grenadier Regiment

41st Infantry Regiment

2nd Brigade:

3rd Grenadier Regiment

43rd Infantry Regiment

1st Artillery Brigade;

16th Field Artillery Regiment

52nd Field Artillery Regiment

1st Engineer Battalion (1 C. Dist)

271st Pioneer Company (Oct 1917)

1st Pontoon Engineers

1st Telephone Detachment

1st Trench Mortar Company

3rd Co., 1st Pioneers

Attached:

100th Labor Battalion

1st Reserve Division:

1st Reserve Brigade:

1st Reserve Infantry Regiment

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3rd Reserve Infantry Regiment

72nd Reserve Brigade:

18th Reserve Infantry Regiment


Attached:

1st Reserve Jäger Battalion

Cavalry:

1st Reserve Uhlan Regiment

1st Artillery Brigade;

1st Reserve Field Artillery Regiment

Engineers

4th Field Company, 2nd Pioneer Battalion


1st Reserve Pontoon Engineers

1st Reserve Telephone Detachment


34th Mixed Landwehr Brigade:


37th Landwehr Regiment


Cavalry:


128th Artillery Command:


(401st) Engineer Battalion:

1st Co., 23rd Ersatz Pioneer Battalion

3rd Co., 36th Ersatz Pioneer Battalion


379th Searchlight Section


Medical:

215th Ambulance Company

2nd Landwehr Field Hospital

9th Landwehr Field Hospital

201st Veterinary Hospital

Transport:

Motor Transport Column

1st Bavarian Division:

2nd Bavarian Brigade:

1st Bavarian Regiment

2nd Bavarian Regiment

24th Bavarian Regiment

Cavalry:

8th Bavarian Light Regiment (3 sqns)

1st Bavarian Artillery Brigade:

1st Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment

7th Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment

Engineers:

1/,3/1st Bavarian Engineer Battalion

1st Bavarian Trench Mortar Company

1st Bavarian Pontoon Engineers

1st Bavarian Telephone Detachment

1st Bavarian Landwehr Division:

5th Bavarian Landwehr Brigade:

4th Bavarian Landwehr Regiment


9th Bavarian Mixed Landwehr Brigade:



13th Bavarian Landwehr Brigade:




Cavalry

1/2nd Bavarian Corps District Landwehr Regiment

Artillery:

1st Bavarian Landwehr Field Artillery Regiment

Engineers

18th Bavarian Reserve Pioneer Company

3rd Bavarian Landwehr Pioneer Company

301st Bavarian Trench Mortar Company

Attached:

38th Railway Construction Company

Rosenheim Landsturm Infantry Battalion

2nd Augsburg Landsturm Infantry Battalion

1st Naval Division:

1st Naval Brigade:1

organization unknown

2nd Brigade:

organization unknown

Cavalry:

unknown

Artillery:

1st Naval Field Artillery Regiment

2nd Naval Field Artillery Regiment

3rd Naval Field Artillery Regiment

Torpedo-Matrosen Artillery Regiment

Engineers:

1st Naval Pioneer Company

2nd Naval Pioneer Company

165th Trench Mortar Company

Attached:


2nd Guard Division:

3rd Guard Brigade:


3rd Grenadier Regiment

4th Guard Brigade:

2nd Grenadier Regiment

4th Grenadier Regiment

1 In the 1st Naval Division, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Marine Fusilier Regiments and

the 4th Marine Infantry Regiment alternated between the 1st and 2nd Naval Divisions.

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Cavalry

1/,5/2nd Guard Uhlan Regiment


Ersatz Squadron, 2nd Uhlan Regiment

Ersatz Squadron, 1st Jäger zu Pferd Regiment

2nd Artillery Brigade:

2nd Guard Field Artillery Regiment


1st Guard Engineer Battalion

2nd Company, Guard Pioneer Battalion

1st Company, 28th Pioneer Battalion

281st Pioneer Company

2nd Guard Trench Mortar Company

2nd Guard Pontoon Engineers

2nd Guard Telephone Detachment

2nd Guard Reserve Division:

26th Reserve Brigade:


1 Machine Gun Company

662nd Machine Gun Replacement Platoon

73rd Machine Gun Sharpshooter Troop



633rd Machine Gun Replacement Platoon




331st Machine Gun Replacement Platoon

106th Machine Gun Sharpshooter Troop

91st Reserve Regiment


352nd Machine Gun Replacement Platoon

Cavalry:

2nd Reserve Uhlan Regiment (3 sqns)

Artillery:

20th Reserve Field Artillery Regiment (6 btrys)

Engineers:

4th Company, 10th Pioneer Battalion

260th Searchlight Detachment

2nd Guard Trench Mortar Company

2nd Guard Reserve Divisional Bridging Train

Attached:

58th Flak Platoon

2nd Telephone Detachment

222nd Fortress Signal Troop

223rd Fortress Signal Troop

2nd Reserve Medical Company

Field Recruit Depot

2nd Division:

3rd Brigade:


33rd Fusilier Regiment

45th Infantry Regiment

3rd Landsturm Regiment

Cavalry:

10th Jäger zu Pferd Regiment2


1st Field Artillery Regiment


1st Pioneer Battalion, No. 1

2nd Field Company, 1st Pioneer Battalion

2nd Trench Mortar Company

2nd Pontoon Engineers


2nd Landwehr Division:

53rd Mixed Landwehr Brigade:




122nd Landwehr Regiment

6th Reserve Jäger Battalion

Cavalry:

3rd Landwehr Squadron, Landsturm Battalion (13th Corps

District)

3rd Landsturm Squadron (13th Corps

District)

Artillery:


Engineers:


3rd Company, 18th Pioneer Battalion

302nd Trench Mortar Company, Pioneer Battalion

2nd Bavarian Division:

4th Bavarian Brigade:




Cavalry:

3/4th Bavarian Light Cavalry Regiment

2nd Bavarian Artillery:



Engineers:

2nd Field Company, 1st Bavarian Pioneer Battalion

4th Field Company, 1st Bavarian Pioneer Battalion

2nd Reserve Company, 19th Pioneers

2nd Bavarian Trench Mortar Company

2nd Bavarian Pontoon Engineers

2nd Bavarian Telephone Detachment

2 Presence of the 10th Jägers in the 2nd Division is uncertain, but probable.

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2nd Naval Division:

3rd Naval Brigade:

unknown3

4h Brigade:

unknown

Artillery:

Marine E.A. Battalion

Engineers:

3rd Naval Pioneer Company

Attached


3rd Guard Division:

6th Guard Brigade:

Guard Fusilier Regiment


358th Machine Gun Replacement Platoon

270th Field Machine Gun Platoon

Lehr (Instruction) Regiment

2 Machine Gun Companies




Cavalry:

Guard Reserve Uhlan Regiment (3 sqns with 2 Russian HMGs)

3rd Artillery:


2/6th Reserve Foot Artillery Regiment

75th Flak Platoon

Engineers:



280th Searchlight Platoon

3rd Guard Trench Mortar Company

1st Medical Company

Field Recruit Depot

3rd Guard Telephone Platoon

255th Fortress Signals Troop


2nd Squadron Staff

320th Squadron Staff

3rd Division:

6th Brigade:

34th Fusilier Regiment4

42nd Infantry Regiment

1/,2/,4/4th Landwehr Regiment

3 In the 2nd Naval Division, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Marine Fusilier Regiments and the 4th Marine Infantry Regiment alternated between the 1st and 2nd Naval Divisions. 4 34th and 42nd Regiments detached from the 3rd Division in September and replaced by

426th and 438th Regiments.

Cavalry:

3rd Horse Grenadier Regiment5

3rd Artillery Brigade:




Company, Pioneer Battalion

3rd Trench Mortar Company

3rd Pontoon Engineers

3rd Telephone Detachment

3rd Landwehr Division: Generalmajor von Woyna

18th Landwehr Brigade: Generalmajor Haevernick



19th Landwehr Brigade: Oberst Vogel



Attached:

1/,2/,3/327th Landwehr Regiment6

Cavalry:

1/1st Jäger zu Pferd Regiment

Artillery:

1/3rd Landwehr Field Artillery Regiment

(3 btrys, 4-77mm guns each)




(3 btrys, 4-105mm howitzers each)

Engineers:

1st Ersatz Company, 5th Pioneer Battalion


303rd Mortar Company, Pioneer Battalion

1st Landwehr Divisioanl Bridging Train

20th Landwehr Medical Company

3rd Bavarian Division:




23rd Bavarian Regiment

Cavalry:

3rd Bavarian Light Cavalry Regiment (3 sqns)

3rd Bavarian Artillery Brigade:



Engineers:

1st Company, 2nd Bavarian Pioneer Battalion

3rd Company, 2nd Bavarian Pioneer Battalion

5 The 3rd Horse Grenadier Regt is probably still present in the 3rd Division, but it is uncertain. 6 The 327th Landwehr Regiment was assigned tothe 3rd Landwehr Division around July

1916 and remained until July 1917.

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3rd Bavarian Trench Mortar Company

3rd Bavarian Pontoon Engineers

3rd Bavarian Telephone Detachment

3rd Reserve Division:


2nd Reserve Regiment



20th Landsturm Regiment


Cavalry:

unknown

Artillery:

3rd Reserve Field Artillery Regiment

2nd Pioneer Battalion, No. 2

2nd Reserve Company, 2nd Pioneer Battalion


3rd Reserve Searchlight Section

3rd Reserve Telephone Detachment

4th Guard Division

5th Guard Brigade:

3rd Foot Regiment


93rd Reserve Regiment

Cavalry:

3/Guard Reserve Uhlan Regiment

Artillery:

2nd Guard Reserve Field Artillery Regiment


Engineers:

Company, 3rd Guard Pioneer Battalion



4th Guard Searchlight Section

4th Guard Telephone Detachment

4th Division:

7th Brigade:

14th Regiment

149th Regiment

8th Brigade:

49th Regiment

140th Regiment

Cavalry:

unknown

4th Artillery Brigade:


53rd Field Artillery Regiment


2nd Company, 2nd Pioneer Battalion


4th Pontoon Engineers

4th Telephone Detachment

4th Ersatz Division:

9th Mixed Ersatz Brigade:






Cavalry:

4th Ersatz Cavalry Squadron

Artillery:



Engineers:

303rd Pioneer Company




Attached:

103rd Anti-Aircraft Section

2nd Reserve Company, 25th Pioneer Regiment

4th Landwehr Division:

22nd Landwehr Brigade: Generalleutnaht Sachs


1/,2/,3/51st Landwehr Regiment

23rd Landwehr Brigade:

1/,2/,3/22nd Landwehr Regiment

1/,2/,3/23rd Landwehr Regiment

4th Landwehr Cavalry Brigade:

1st Landwehr Cavalry Regiment

2nd Landwehr Cavalry Regiment

Artillery: Oberstleutnant von Kreudell

1/4th Landwehr Field Artillery Regiment





(3 btrys, 4-105mm howitzers each)

Support Troops:

1/18th Foot Artillery Regiment (2-150mm howitzers M02)

2nd Ersatz Company, 6th Pioneer Battalion

2nd Landwehr Divisional Bridging Train


304th Trench Mortar Company (not present in summer)

4th Bavarian Division:





Cavalry:

5th Bavarian Light Cavalry Regiment (3 sqns)

4th Bavarian Artillery Brigade:

2nd Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment


Engineers:

2nd Company, 2nd Bavarian Pioneer Battalion

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5th Company, 2nd Bavarian Pioneer Battalion

2nd Bavarian Pioneer Battalion

4th Bavarian Trench Mortar Company

4th Bavarian Pontoon Engineers

4th Bavarian Telephone Detachment

Attached:


5th Infantry Division:

10th Infantry Brigade:

8th Leib Grenadier Regiment







592nd Field Machine Gun Platoon





Field Machine Gun Company of the 10th Infantry Brigade

Cavalry

3/3rd Hussar Regiment

5th Field Artillery Brigade



68th Flak Platoon

Engineers

1st Company, 3rd Pioneer Battalion

2nd Company, 3rd Pioneer Battalion



III Army Corps Telephone Detachment (2 Platoons)





5th Divisional Bridging Train

Support Troops

3rd Medical Company

Field Recruit Depot

12th Squadron Staff

5th Reserve Division:





Cavalry:

2nd Reserve Dragoon Regiment

Artillery:

5th Reserve Field Artillery Regiment

Engineers:

4th Field Company, 2nd Pioneer Battalion No. 3

2nd Reserve Company, 2nd Pioneer Battalion No. 3


5th Reserve Pontoon Engineers

5th Reserve Telephone Detachment


37th Mixed Brigade:

73rd Landwehr Regiment


2nd Reserve Ersatz Brigade:

3rd Reserve Ersatz Regiment

4th Reserve Ersatz Regiment

Cavalry:

Ersatz Sqn/8th Cuirassier Regiment

Artillery:

102nd Field Artillery Battalion (1st Ersatz Battalion


Engineers:









Cavalry:

4/1st Uhlan Regiment

Artillery:

1st Landsturm, 4th Corps District Field Artillery Battery

2nd Landsturm, 4th Corps District Field Artillery Battery

256th Landwehr Field Artillery Regiment (detached in July)

Engineers:

1st Landwehr 11th Corps District Pioneer Company

1st Landwehr 16th Corps District Pioneer Company





21st Bavarian Regiment




Cavalry:

7th Bavarian Light Cavalry Regiment (2 sqns)




Engineers:

1st Company, 3rd Bavarian Pioneer Battalion

4th Company, 3rd Bavarian Pioneer Battalion




Attached:


Anti-Aircraft Section

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1st Bavarian Balloon Squadron

5th Bavarian Reserve Division:

9th Bavarian Reserve Brigade:

3rd Bavarian Reserve Regiment



Attached:


1st Bavarian Reserve Jäger Battalion

Cavalry:

unknown

Artillery:

5th Bavarian Reserve Field Artillery Regiment (9 btrys)

Engineers:

4th Field Company, 2nd Bavarian Pioneer Battalion

1st Reserve Company, 2nd Bavarian Pioneer Battalion


5th Bavarian Reserve Cable Pontoon Engineers

5th Bavarian Reserve Telephone Detachment

6th Division:

12th Brigade:




Cavalry:

3rd Hussar Regiment




1st Pioneer Battalion, No. 3:

2nd Company, 3rd Pioneer Battalion




Attached:

Machinegun Company to 12th Brigade








Cavalry:

3rd Reserve Uhlan Regiment

Artillery:


Engineers:

1st Reserve Company, 2nd Pioneer Battalion No. 2

3rd Company, 34th Reserve Pioneer Battalion

206th Trench Mortar Battery



Attached

151st Cyclist Company

102nd Labor Battalion








Cavalry:

2nd Bavarian Light Cavalry Regiment


3rd Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment


Engineers:

2nd Field Company, 3rd Bavarian Pioneer Battalion

3rd Field Company, 3rd Bavarian Pioneer Battalion




Attached:

46th Bavarian Anti-Aircraft Section







21st Bavarian Reserve Regiment

Cavalry:

6th Bavarian Reserve Cavalry Regiment

Artillery:

6th Bavarian Reserve Field Artillery Regiment

Engineers:




6th Bavarian Reserve Pontoon Engineers


6th Bavarian Landwehr Division:

1st Bavarian Mixed Landwehr Brigade:

1st Bavarian Landwehr Regiment

2nd Bavarian Landwehr Regiment7

2nd Bavarian Mixed Landwehr Brigade:

3rd Bavarian Landwehr Regiment


Cavalry

1st & 2nd Landwehr Squadrons of the 1st Bavarian

Corps District

7 The 2nd Bavarian Landwehr Regiment was detached end of December 1916 from the 6th

Bavarian Landerh Division and transferred to the 2nd Bavarian Landwehr Division.

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Artillery:

6th Bavarian Landwehr Field Artillery Regiment

2nd Bavarian Landwehr Field Artillery Battalion

10th Bavarian Mountain Artillery Battery

Engineers:



14th Corps District, 1st Landwehr Pioneer Company

1st Bavarian Corps District, 1st Landsturm Pioneer Company

1st Bavarian Corps District, 2nd Landsturm Pioneer Company

Attached:

3rd (Württemberg) Ski Battalion

4th (Württemberg) Ski Battalion

Freiburg Landsturm Infantry Battalion (14 Corps District

1st Battalion, No. 7)

1st Köln 2nd Landsturm Infantry Battalion (8th Corps

District, No. 14)


7th Infantry Division:

14th Infantry Brigade:











171st Machine Gun Sharpshooter Troop

Cavalry:

Staff/,2/10th Reserve Hussar Regiment

7th Field Artillery Brigade



38th Flak Platoon

2/17th Reserve Foot Artillery Regiment

Engineers




2 Telephone Platoons of the IV Army Corps


Support Troops

1st Medical Company

Field Recruit Depot

16th Squadron Staff






Attached:


Cavalry:

1st Reserve Heavy Cavalry Regiment

Artillery:


Engineers:

4th Field Company, 2nd Pioneer Battalion No.4






51st Landwehr Brigade:



52nd Landwehr Brigade:



Cavalry:

2nd Landwehr Squadron 13th Corps District

Artillery:

1st Landwehr Field Artillery Regiment

Engineers:

2nd Landwehr Company, 13th Corps District Pioneers

4th Landwehr Company, 13th Corps District Pioneers

6th Landwehr Company, 13th Corps District Pioneers


Attached:

1st Cyclist Company

13th Balloon Squadron


8th Division:

16th Brigade:



131st Field Machine Gun Platoon







343rd Field Machine Gun Platoon


Cavalry:

5/10th Hussar Regiment

8th Field Artillery Brigade:



72nd Flak Platoon

4th Pioneer Battalion

2nd Company, 4th Pioneer Battalion



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Attached:

2nd Medical Company

Field Recruit Depot

17th Squadron Staff

18th Squadron Staff






Cavalry:

2nd Landwehr Squadron 14th Corps District8

3rd Landwehr Squadron 14th Corps District

Artillery:

8th Landwehr Field Artillery Regiment

Engineers:


2nd Reserve Company, 14th Pioneer Battalion


Attached:


Pforzheim Landsturm Infantry Battalion (14th Corps District)








22nd Bavarian Reserve Regiment


23rd Bavarian Reserve Regiment


Attached:

8th Bavarian Bicycle Company (1 Russian HMG)

Cavalry:

8th Bavarian Reserve Cavalry Detachment

Artillery:

6th Btry, 8th Bavarian Reserve Field Artillery Regiment


2nd Bavarian Reserve Pioneer Battalion:




Reserve Pioneer Park Company

3rd Reserve Searchlight Platoon

208th Bavarian Trench Mortar Company (not present in July)


27th Fortress Signal Troop

8 The 2nd Landwehr Squadron, 14th Corps District was dissolved in late 1916.


8th Bavarian Reserve Divisional Bridging Train

Support Troops:

8th Bavarian Reserve Medical Company

19th Bavarian Squadron Staff


81st Anti-Aircraft Section (not present in July)

6th Bavarian Labor Battalion (not present in July)

64th Labor Battalion (not present in July)

69th Labor Battalion (not present in July)

9th Division:

18th Brigade:




Cavalry:

1/,2/1st Uhlan Regiment









Attached:










Cavalry:

3rd Reserve Dragoon Regiment

Artillery:


Engineers:

4th Company, 2nd Pioneer Battalion No. 5











Cavalry:

Landwehr Cavalry Regiment 18th Corps District

Artillery:

Landwehr Field Artillery Regiment 18th Corps District

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Engineers:

2nd Landwehr Pioneer Company, 10th Corps District

1st Landwehr Pioneer Company, 18th Corps District


9th Bavarian Reserve Division (formed early October 1916)




3rd Bavarian Ersatz Regiment

Artillery:

11th Bavarian Reserve Field Artillery Regiment (9 btrys)

10th Division:

20th Brigade:




Cavalry:

1st Jäger zu Pferd Regiment (3 sqns)







1st Reserve Company, 27th Pioneer Battalion

10th Trench Mortar Battery







77th Brigade:

37th Fusilier Regiment


Cavalry:

6th Reserve Uhlan Regiment

Artillery:


Engineers:

Reserve Company, 5th Pioneer Battalion







368th Infantry Regiment9

43rd Mixed Ersatz Brigade:


9 The 368th Infantry Regiment was detached from the 10th Ersatz division by 5 September

1916.


Cavalry:

10th Cavalry Squadron

2/Jäger zu Pferd Regiment

Artillery:



Engineers:


2nd Landwehr Pioneer Company, 3rd Corps District




Attached:

27th Balloon Squadron


? Brigade:






Cavalry:

91st Landwehr Cavalry Regiment

Artillery:


Engineers:

3rd Company, 2nd Pioneer Battalion


Attached:


10th Bavarian Division: Generalmajor Burkhardt














Cavalry:





97th Flak Battery

10th Bavarian Foot Artillery Battalioin

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Engineers:

10th Bavarian Cyclist Company

20th Bavarian Pioneer Company




10th Bavarian Telephone Platoon



Support Troops

10th Bavarian Medical Company



11th Division:

21st Brigade:



22nd Brigade:



Cavalry:

Det/2nd Uhlan Regiment10


6th Field Artillery Regiment (6-49mm btrys)








Attached:

Anti-Aircraft Section



23rd Brigade:



22nd Regiment


156th Regiment


Cavalry:

1/4th Reserve Hussar Regiment

Artillery:


95th Anti-Aircraft Platoon

Engineers:

4th Field Company, 6th Pioneer Battalion

323rd Searchlight Section

10 The presence of a detachment of the 2nd Uhlans in the 11th Division is probable, but is not

certain.


11th Reserve Divisional Bridging Train

Medical

6th Reserve Medical Company


33rd Landwehr Brigade:






Cavalry:

92nd Landwehr Cavalry Regiment

Artillery:


910th Field Artillery Battery

Engineers:

1st Landwehr Pioneer Company, 3rd Corps District

2nd Landwehr Pioneer Company, 3rd Corps District


Attached

11th Landwehr Division Cyclist Company


21st Bavarian Brigade:

3rd Bavarian Regiment

22nd Bavarian Regiment


Cavalry:


Artillery:

21st Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment

Engineers:

19th Bavarian Pioneer Company

21st Bavarian Pioneer Company




12th Division:

24th Brigade:



132nd Machine Gun Sharpshooter Troop





Cavalry:

3/,4/2nd Uhlan Regiment




17th Flak Platoon

6th Pioneer Battalion



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Support Troops

2nd Medical Company

27th Squadron Staff

Field Recruit Depot











Cavalry:


Artillery:


7th Flak Platoon

Engineers:







Support Troops


8th Bavarian Labor Battalion




4/99th Landwehr Regiment




Attached

Guard Jäger Battalion

Guard Rifle Battalion

14th Jäger Battalion

Cavalry:

unknown

Artillery:


1st Mountain Artillery Battery

9th Mountain Artillery Battery



Engineers:




22nd Bavarian Brigade:




Cavalry:


Artillery:

22nd Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment

Engineers:

22nd Bavarian Pioneer Company

13th Division:

26th Brigade:




Cavalry:

16th Uhlan Regiment (2 sqns)














Attached


Cavalry:

5th Reserve Hussar Regiment (2 sqns)

Artillery:


2nd Pioneer Battalion, No. 7









60th Brigade:



Attached


25

Cavalry:

unknown

Artillery:

1st Ersatz Battalion, 25th Field Artillery Regiment

1st Ersatz Battalion, 81st Field Artillery Regiment

2nd Ersatz Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment

Engineers:




Attached

44th Artillery Survey Section


12th Corps District Landsturm Battalion No. 1

14th Division:

79th Brigade:




Cavalry:

4/16th Uhlan Regiment




8th Trench Gun Detachment







Attached

68th Machinegun S.S. Detachment






Cavalry:

5th Reserve Hussar Regiment

Artillery:


Engineers:







Attached

Electrical Power Detachment








Cavalry:

93rd Cavalry Regiment

Artillery:



Engineers:

1st Ersatz Company, 23rd Pioneer Battalion


Attached

155th Cyclist Company

10th Landsturm Infantry Regiment





29th Bavarian Regiment11

Cavalry:

unknown

Artillery:

23rd Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment

15th Division:

(January to August)

29th Brigade:



80th Brigade:



(August to November)

90th Brigade:




(November-December)

90th Brigade:




Cavalry:

7th Hussar Regiment








11 In the 14th Bavarian Division, the 29th Bavarian Regiment was replaced by 25th Bavarian

Infantry Regiment in late October.

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Attached

69th Anti-Aircraft Section








Cavalry:

5th Reserve Uhlan Regiment

Artillery:


Engineers:


2nd Company, 31st Pioneer Battalion

5th Company, 31st Pioneer Battalion




Attached









Cavalry:

unknown

Artillery:


Engineers:




16th Division:

30th Brigade:



31st Brigade:



Cavalry:

3/,4/8th Cuirassier Regiment



12 The 69th Infantry Regiment was withdrawn from 16th Division in October.


Engineers:

2nd Field Company, 1st Pioneer Battalion No. 8

3rd Field Company, 1st Pioneer Battalion No. 8




Attached









(February to July)




(August to September)

68th Reserve:


Hippe Infantry Regiment

(October to December)




Cavalry:

2nd Heavy Reserve Cavalry Regiment

Artillery:


Engineers:











Cavalry:

94th Cavalry Regiment

Artillery:


Engineers:

2nd Ersatz Company, 18th Pioneer Battalion

Attached


17th Division:

34th Brigade:



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Cavalry:










Attached


33rd Balloon Squadron



81st Brigade:






33rd Reserve Brigade:







Cavalry:

1/6th Reserve Hussar Regiment (5 Russian HMGs)

Artillery:


116th Flak Platoon

Engineers:






9th Medical Company



380th Regiment

381st Regiment

23rd Landsturm Regiment

Cavalry:

1st Landsturm Squadron, 1st Corps District

Artillery:


Attached

2nd Cyclist Co., 1st Jäger Battalion

9th Corps District Landsturm Infantry Battalion, No. 13

16th Cavalry Brigade

7th Jäger zu Pferd Regiment


5th Reserve Dragoon Regiment

18th Division:

36th Brigade:




Cavalry:

16th Dragoon Regiment (3 sqns)




1st Pioneer Battalion No. 9





Attached












Attached



Cavalry:

3/6th Reserve Hussar Regiment (5 Russian HMGs)

Artillery:

18th Field Artillery Regiment (10 btrys)

8th Flak Platoon

Engineers:




218th Reserve Trench Mortar Company



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57th Landwehr Regiment13


Cavalry:

Ersatz Sqn, 1st Jäger zu Pferd Regiment

Ersatz Sqn, 1st Uhlan Regiment

Artillery:



Engineers:

2nd Reserve Company, 1st Pioneer Battalion



Attached

Cyclist Company

43rd Labor Battalion

19th Division:

37th Brigade:




Cavalry:

17th Hussar Regiment (2 sqns)













79th Reserve Regiment (2 bns)




Cavalry:


Artillery:


2nd Mountain Battery

13 The 57th and 133rd Landwehr were detached from the 18th Landwehr Division in June

1916.

Engineers:



6th Field Company, 1st Pioneer Battalion No. 10






23rd Ersatz Regiment

32nd Ersatz Regiment




Cavalry:

4/,5/19th Hussar Regiment

Artillery:

45th Ersatz Field Artillery Regiment

47th Ersatz Field Artillery Regiment

Engineers:

1st Ersatz Company, 12th Pioneer Battalion

1st Ersatz Company, 22nd Pioneer Battalion


88th Reserve Pioneer Company


Attached

21st Labor Battalion


4/15th Landwehr Infantry Regiment (until April)


100th Landwehr Infantry Regiment (until October)






Artillery:


20th Division:

40th Brigade:




Cavalry:





1st Pioneer Battalion No. 10:







33



21st Division:

42nd Brigade:




Cavalry:


21st Artillery Brigade:



1st Pioneer Battalion, No 21:

1st Company, 21st Pioneer Battalion












Cavalry:


Artillery:

21st Reserve Field Artillery Regiment (9 btrys)

Engineers:





21st Reserve Telephone Detachment

22nd Division:

43rd Brigade:




Cavalry:

6th Cuirassier Regiment (2 sqns)









Attached

2nd Cyclist Co., 11th Jäger Battalion

36th Air Squadron


22nd Reserve Division:





Attached


Cavalry:

1st Reserve Jäger zu Pferd Regiment

Artillery:

22nd Reserve Field Artillery Regiment (9 btrys)

Engineers:



22nd Reserve Trench Mortar Co

22nd Reserve Pontoon Engineers

22nd Reserve Telephone Detachment

23rd Division:

45th Brigade:




Cavalry:












100th Reserve Grenadier Regiment















Saxon Sturm Company (drawn from regiments)

Cavalry:

2/Reserve Hussar Regiment

23rd Saxon Reserve Field Artillery Brigade:


32nd Reserve Field Artillery Regiment

35

64th Flak Platoon

Engineers:

4th Field, 12th Pioneer Battalion


5th Reserve Company, 12th Pioneer Battalion



23rd Reserve Divisional Bridging Train

Support Troops

1st Saxon Reserve Medical Company

Saxon Field Recruit Depot

24th Division:

47th Brigade:




Cavalry:

19th Hussar Regiment (1 sqn)




1st Pioneer Battalion, No 22:

1st Company, 22nd Pioneer Battalion




Attached


















Cavalry:

3/Saxon Reserve Hussar Regiment

Artillery:


Engineers:


6th Reserve Company, 12th Pioneer Battalion




24th Reserve Telephone Platoon

Support Troops

2nd Reserve Medical Company

Field Recruit Depot

25th Division:

49th Brigade:

115th Leibgarde Regiment


117th Leibgarde Regiment

Cavalry:





1st Pioneer Battalion No. 21:

2nd Company, 21st Pioneer Battalion


Field Company, 25th Pioneer Battalion




Attached



50th Reserve Brigade




Cavalry:

4th Reserve Dragoon Regiment (2 sqns)

Artillery:


Nos. 4-25

Engineers:



1st Co., 29th Pioneer Battalion

2nd Co., 29th Pioneer Battalion








Cavalry:

2/6th Reserve Dragoon Regiment

Artillery:


Engineers:



Transport:

Motor Transport Column

37

26th Division:

51st Brigade:




Cavalry:





Engineers:

1st Field Company, 1st Pioneer Battalion No. 13







180th (Württemberg) Infantry Regiment


121st (Württemberg) Reserve Regiment


Fassbender Machine Gun Company



119th (Württemberg) Reserve Regiment

2 Machine Gun Comanies

99th (Prussian) Regiment

2 Machine Gun Comanies

Cavalry:

Württemberg Reserve Dragoon Regiment (3 sqns)

Artillery:



137th Flak Platoon

Engineers:

4th Field Company, 13th (Württemberg) Pioneer Battalion

6th Field Company, 13th (Württemberg) Pioneer Battalion





Attached

2nd Württemberg Bicycle Company


5th Medical Vehicle Column

Württemberg Field Recruit Depot

27th Division:

53rd Brigade:

123rd Grenadiers Regiment




54th Brigade:





Cavalry:


27th Field Artillery Brigade:



121st Flak Platoon

Engineers:

Staff/24th (Prussian) Pioneer Battalion





27th Telephone Platoon

41st Fortress Signal Troop

42nd Fortress Signal Troop



Support Troops

2nd Medical Company

Württemberg Field Recruit Depot

28th Division:

55th Brigade:

20th Garde du Corps Grenadier Regiment


56th Brigade:



Cavalry:











Attached


1st Bavarian Labor Battalion






Cavalry:


Artillery:



1st Ersatz Bn, 76th Field Artillery Regiment

39

Engineers:






29th Division:

57th Brigade:



58th Brigade:



Cavalry:



30th Artillery Regiment

76th Artillery Regiment

1st Pioneers, No. 14

1st Pioneer Company, No. 14





Attached

29th Division Machinegun Company






427th Infantry Regiment (assigned Oct '16, detached Jan '17)

Cavalry:


247th Artillery Command:

probably no assigned units

Pioneer Battalion:


289th Wireless Detachment

302nd Wireless Detachment

Medical:

Ambulance Company

Field Hospital

Veterinary Hospital

30th Division:

60th Brigade:




14 The 114th Infantry Regiment was detached from the 29th division in September.

Cavalry:

8th Reserve Hussar Regiment (2 sqns)









Attached

30th Anti-Aircraft Detachment




5th Bavarian Ersatz Brigade:

2nd Bavarian Ersatz Regiment

8th Brigade Ersatz Regiment

10th Bavarian Ersatz Brigade:



Cavalry:

9th Reserve Hussar Regiment

Artillery


252nd Landwehr Field Artillery Regiment

1st Mountain Field Artillery Battalion

Engineers:

2nd Landwehr Company, 15th Corps Pioneers




Attached

30th Reserve Cyclist Company

1st Landsturm Battalion Passau, 1st Bav. Corps No. 5

1st Landsturm Battalion Mindelheim, 1st Bav. Corps No. 14

1st Landsturm Battalion Neustadt, 2nd Bav. Corps No. 4

1st Landsturm Battalion Eisenach, 11th Corps No. 12

31st Division:

32nd Brigade:




Cavalry:











41

Attached

Field Recruit Depot, 31st Division

153rd Cyclist Company

32nd Division:

63rd Brigade:



64th Brigade:



Cavalry:

unknown









Attached


33rd Division:

66th Brigade:



67th Brigade:



Cavalry:

4/12th Jäger zu Pferd Regiment

















15 All the regiments of the 66th Brigade broke up their 4th Battalions in mid-December. 16 The 144th Infantry Regiment was detached from the 33rd Division in mid-September.

Cavalry:

2nd Reserve Hussar Regiment

Artillery Brigade:


3rd Pioneer Battalion, No. 16


1st Landwehr Company, 4th Corps


33rd Reserve Pontoon Engineers

33rd Reserve Telephone Detachment

Attached


34th Division:

68th Brigade:



86th Brigade:



Cavalry:

5/12th Jäger zu Pferd









Attached

Labor Battalion, 34th Division

35th Division:

87th Brigade:




Cavalry:











Attached

2nd Assault Detachment

43


5th Landwehr Mixed Brigade:17




Cavalry:

3rd Reserve Heavy Cavalry Regiment

Artillery Brigade:


833rd Battery

Engineers:


Attached

5th Landsturm Pioneer Company, 9th Corps

36th Division:

71st Brigade:




Cavalry:

4/5th Hussar Regiment















70th Brigade:



Cavalry:

unknown

Artillery Brigade:


Engineers:

1st Reserve Company 2, Pioneer Battalion No.2





17 The 5th Landwehr Brigade and the 2nd & 9th Landwehr Regiments were detached from

the 35th Reserve Division in October 1916. The 167th brigade was formed and the 420th and 421st Infantry Regiments were added.

24th Sound Ranging Section

Attached


37th Division:

73rd Brigade:




Cavalry:










38th Division:

83rd Brigade:




Cavalry:

2/6th Cuirassier Regiment




Engineers:





Attached



38th Landwehr Mixed Brigade:



Artillery:

1st Mobile Ersatz Battalion, 59th Field Artillery Regiment

39th Division:

61st Brigade:




Cavalry:

1/,2/8th Reserve Hussar Regiment




Engineers:




45




1st Bavarian Reserve Brigade:

1st Bavarian Ersatz Regiment

3rd Bavarian Ersatz Regiment18


5th Bavarian Ersatz Regiment19

15th Bavarian Landwehr Regiment20

29th Ersatz Regiment21

Cavalry:

1/2nd Bavarian Chevauleger Regiment

Artillery Brigade:


5th Mountain Artillery Battalion

Engineers:

2nd Ersatz Company, 1st Pioneer Battalion


Attached

8th Jäger Battalion (2nd Cycle Company)

1st Landsturm Bn, Rosenheim, 1st Bav. Corps Dist No. 4

1st Landsturm Bn, Landshut, 1st Bav. Corps Dist No. 7

1st Landsturm Bn, Esslingen, 13th Corps Dist No. 18

1st Landsturm Bn, Passau 2, 1st Bav. Corps Dist No. 6

40th Division:

88th Brigade:




Attached


Cavalry:

19th Hussar Regiment




Engineers:

1st Field Company, 1st Pioneer Battalion No. 32



18 The 3rd Bavarian Ersatz Regiment was detached from the 39th Bavraian Reserve Division

in October 1916. 19 The 5th Bavarian Ersatz Regiment was formed in July 1916 and assigned to the 39th

Bavarian Reserve Division. 20 The 15th Bavarian Landwehr Regiment replaced 81st Landwehr Regiment in the 39th Bavarian Reserve Division in March 1916 and was replaced by 2nd Bavarian Ersatz Regiment in November. 21 The 29th Ersatz Regiment was detached in October 1916.



Attached

Anti-Aircraft Detachment

41st Division:

74th Brigade:




Attached

9th Landsturm Battalion

Cavalry:





Engineers:





Attached

41st Cyclist Company

42nd Division:

65th Brigade:




Cavalry:





Engineers:













Attached


Cavalry:

43rd Reserve Cavalry Detachment

Artillery Brigade:


Engineers:

43rd Reserve Pioneer Company


47









Attached


Cavalry:

44th Reserve Cavalry Detachment

Artillery Brigade:


Engineers:



244th Reserve Trench Mortar Company



Rosenberg (44th) Brigade




89th Reserve Brigade:22

209th Reserve Regiment23





Attached


Cavalry:


Artillery Brigade:


Engineers:




45th Reserve Pontoon Engineer

46th Reserve Division






22 The 89th Brigade was temporarily detached from the 45th Reserve Division late January to early March. 23 The 209th Infnatry Regiment was permenantly transferred from the 45th Reserve Division

to the 207th Division in late September.


Attached


Cavalry:


Artillery Brigade:


Engineers:


1st Reserve Co., 23rd Pioneer Battalion



Attached


3rd Balloon Squadron








3rd Württemberg Landsturm Regiment

Attached


Cavalry:


Artillery Brigade:


Engineers:


91st Reserve Pioneer Company



Attached








Cavalry:

Landwehr Squadron, 18th Uhlan Regiment

21st Uhlan Regiment (1 sqn)

Artillery Brigade:


24 The 217th Reserve Regiment was detached from the 47th Reserve Division on 23 July

1916 to form 225th Division.

49








Attached


Cavalry:


Artillery Brigade:


Engineers:












Attached

21st Reserve Jäger Battalion

Cavalry:


Artillery Brigade:


Engineers:




50th Division:

100th Brigade:




Cavalry:





Engineers:



4th Company, 23rd Pioneers





Attached









Cavalry:


Artillery Brigade:


Engineers:











Attached

23rd Reserve Jäger Battalion

Cavalry:

51st Reserve Cavalry Detachment

Artillery Brigade:


Mobile Ersatz Detachment, 26th Field Artillery Regiment

Engineers:




Attached

Cyclist Company

52nd Division: Generalleutnant von Borries

104th Brigade:








Cavalry:



103rd Field Artillery Regiment (6 btrys)

104th Field Artillery Regiment (6 btrys, incl 3 howitzer)

108th Flak Platoon

Engineers:




103rd Searchlight Platoon

51


52nd Divisional Bridging Train




Attached:

52nd Bicycle Company

52nd Medical Company

Field Recruit Depot








Attached


Cavalry:

52nd Reserve Cavalry Detachment

Artillery Brigade:


Engineers:

52nd Reserve Pioneer Company











Attached


Cavalry:

53rd Reserve Cavalry Detachment

Artillery Brigade:

53rd Reserve Field Artillery Regiment (9 btrys)

Engineers:

53rd Reserve Pioneer Company



54th Division:

108th Brigade:




25 The 237th Reserve Regiment was detached from the 42nd Reserve Division about 14

September 1916.

Cavalry:





Engineers:






Attached










Attached


Cavalry:


Artillery Brigade:


Ersatz Battalion, 59th Field Artillery Regiment

Engineers:




56th Division:

112th Brigade:




Cavalry:





Engineers:



6th Field Co., 23rd Pioneers

2nd Reserve Field Co., 23rd Pioneers




Attached


58th Division:

116th Brigade:


53



Cavalry:





Engineers:






Attached


7th Labor Battalion






Cavalry:





Engineers:




Medical:

unknown

Transport

unknown

Attached


Ersatz Field Battalion, 75th Reserve Division

Balloon Squadron, 75th Reserve Division







Cavalry:


Artillery Brigade:



Engineers:




Medical:

unknown

Transport

unknown

Attached







Cavalry:





Engineers:




Medical:

unknown

Transport

unknown

Attached







Cavalry:





Engineers:


2nd Landsturm Pioneer Company, 2nd Corps District



Medical:

unknown

Transport

unknown

Attached








Cavalry:




55


Engineers:





Medical:

unknown

Transport

unknown

Attached







Cavalry:





Engineers:




Medical:

unknown

Transport

unknown

Attached








Cavalry:

81st Reserve Cavalry Detachment




Engineers:





Medical:

unknown

Transport

unknown

Attached

81st Reserve Cyclist Company







Cavalry:

82nd Reserve Cavalry Detachment




Engineers:

82nd Reserve Pioneer Company



Medical:

unknown

Transport

unknown

Attached

82nd Reserve Cyclist Company


83rd Division:

165th Brigade:



166th Brigade:



Cavalry:

2/92nd Landwehr Cavalry Regiment

Artillery Brigade:


Engineers:




84th Division

168th Brigade




Cavalry


Artillery Brigade:




Engineers:



3rd Landsturm Pioneer Company, 12th Corps District




57

Attached

1st Haguenau Landsturm Infantry Battalion, 21st Corps

District Battalion, No. 12








Cavalry:

85th Cavalry Regiment (4 sqns)

Artillery Brigade:




Attached

Zittau Landsturm Infantry Bn, 12th Corps Dist Bn No. 7

86th Division:

171st Brigade:


342nd Infantry Regiment26

172nd) Brigade:



Cavalry:

unknown

Artillery Brigade:



Engineers:




Attached

11th Labor Battalion, Briesen Landsturm Infantry Battalion,

17th Corps District No. 1

Neufahrwasser Landsturm Infnatry Battalion, 17th Corps

District No. 8

87th Division:

173rd Brigade:



174th Brigade:



Cavalry:

87th Cavarly Regiment

Artillery Brigade:


26 The 342nd Infantry Regiment was transferred from the 86th to 93rd Division on 4

November 1916.

841st Field Artillery Battery

Engineers:


2nd Landwehr Pioneer Company, Guard Corps District


Attached




88th Division:




176th Brigade:



177th Brigade:



Cavalry:

88th Cavalry Regiment (4 sqns)

Artillery Brigade:



Engineers:

6th Landwehr Pioneer Battalion




Attached

31st Landsturm Infantry Regiment


89th Division:

178th Brigade

333rd Regiment

375th Regiment


Cavalry:


Artillery Brigade:



Engineers:






Attached



91st Division:




59


Cavalry:


Engineers:


93rd Division:

215th Brigade:




Engineers:



101st Division:

201st Brigade:




Attached


Cavalry:


Artillery Brigade:


1st Mountain Artillery Battalion

Austr-Hungarian Mountain Artillery (3 btrys)

Engineers:


101st Mountain Trench Mortar Company



103rd Division:

205th Brigade:




Cavalry:

2/,4/Horse Grenadier Regiment

Artillery Brigade:


4th Mountain Artillery Battalion

Engineers:






105th Division:

209th Brigade:


122nd Fusilier Regiment


Cavalry:


Artillery Brigade:


Engineers:





107th Division:

213th Brigade:




Cavalry:

3/1st Uhlan Regiment

Artillery Brigade:

213th Field Artillery Regiment (7 btrys)

Engineers:






108th Division:

(?) Brigade:




Attached


Cavalry:

1st Reserve Dragoon Regiment

Artillery Brigade:


Engineers:

1st Reserve Company, 1st Pioneer



Attached



109th Division: (formed May 1915)

174th Brigade:

2nd Grenadier Regiment



4/57th Landwehr Regiment

Cavalry:


Artillery Brigade:


Engineers:

1st Landwehr Company, Guard Pioneer Battalion



61

111th Division:

221st Brigade:

73rd Fusilier Regiment



Cavalry

3/,4/22nd Dragoon Regiment

Artillery Brigade:


Engineers:






113th Division:

225th Brigade:


36th Fuslier Regiment


Cavalry:


Artillery Brigade:


Engineers:







Attached


115th Division

229th Brigade:




Cavalry:

1/,2/22nd Dragoon Regiment

Artillery Brigade:


Engineers:





117th Division:

233rd Infantry Brigade:




22nd Reserve Infantry Regiment



169th Machine Gun Sharpshooter Platoon



691st Machine Gun Replacement Platoon


Cavalry:


Artillery:


107th Flak Platoon

Engineers



233rd Searchlight Platoon





Support Troops:

117th Medical Company

Field Recruit Depot

117th Squadaron Staff

118th Squadaron Staff

119th Division:

237th Brigade:




Cavalry:

Wedel Regiment

1/,3/1st Uhlan Regiment

4/1st Jäger zu Pferd Regiment

Artillery Brigade:


Engineers:





121st Division:

241st Brigade:




Cavalry:

2/,3/12th Jäger zu Pferd Regiment

Artillery Brigade:


Engineers:







63

123rd Division:

245th Brigade:








Cavalry:

5/20th Hussar Regiment (maybe detached)

123rd (Saxon) Artillery Brigade:



96th (Saxon) Flak Platoon

1/13th Foot Artillery Regiment

Engineers:



1st Company, 2nd Bavarian Pioneer Battalion





Support Troops

123rd (Saxon) Medical Company

Saxon Field Recruit Depot

123rd (Saxon) Squadron Staff

124th (Saxon) Squadron Staff

183rd Division:

183rd Brigade:









93rd Machine Gun Sharpshooter Troop

Artillery Brigade:

183rd Field Artillery Battalion

Engineers:

183rd (Saxon) Pioneer Company

183rd (Saxon) Searchlight Detachment


Support Troops


Field Recruit Depot

183rd Squadron Staff

185th Division: Generalmajor von Uthmann

185th Brigade:



559th Field Replacement Machine Gun Platoon




562nd Field Replacement Machine Gun Platoon




582nd Field Replacement Machine Gun Platoon


Artillery Brigade:

185th Field Artillery Battalion (3 btrys)

Engineers:




185th Telephone Platoon



Support Troops


186th Squadron Staff

Notes:

The 3/185th IR was newly reformed on 8 July.

The 3/5th Jäger zu Pferd arrived on 11 July 1916

The 402nd Trench Mortar Company arrived on 7 July.

187th Division:

187th Brigade:




Cavalry:

5/,6/16th Dragoon Regiment

Artillery Brigade:

231st Field Artillery Battalion

3rd Mountain Artillery Battalion

Engineers:



Attached


192nd Division:

192nd Brigade:



25th Bavarian Infantry Regiment

Cavalry:

1st Landwehr Squadron, 12th Corps District

Artillery Brigade:

192nd Field Artillery Battalion

Engineers:



195th Division:


6th Jäger Regiment

65

8th Jäger Regiment


Cavalry:

unknown

Artillery Brigade:


Attached:

64th (?) Machinegun S.S. Detachment

199th Division:

Brigade:



9th Jäger Regiment

Cavalry:


Artillery Brigade:


200th Division:

2nd Jäger Brigade:

1/,2/,3/,4/3rd Jäger Regiment

4th Jäger Regiment

5th Jäger Regiment

Cavalry:

unknown

Artillery Brigade:


2nd (Bavarian) Mountain Artillery Battalion

Attached:



201st Division:(formed early July 1916)

401st Brigade:



402nd Brigade:



Cavalry:

unknown

Artillery Brigade:

401st Field Artillery Battalion


Engineers:


202nd Division: (formed early July 1916)





Cavalry:

unknown

Artillery Brigade:


203rd Division: (formed early July 1916)




Cavalry:

unknown

Artillery Brigade:

unknown, probably 403rd Field Artillery Regiment

Engineers:


204th Division: (formed early July 1916)

407th Brigade:



408th Brigade:



Cavalry:

unknown

Artillery Brigade:

407th Field Artillery Battalion

408th Field Artillery Battalion

Engineers:


205th Division:

Brigade:




Cavalry:

unknown

Artillery Brigade:


Engineers:


206th Division:

2nd Reserve Ersatz Brigade:



4th Reserve Ersatz Infantry Regiment

Cavalry:

unknown

Artillery Brigade:


207th Division:





Cavalry:

unknown

Artillery Brigade:


Engineers:


67

208th Division:

185th Brigade:




Cavalry:

unknown

Artillery Brigade:


211th Division:

211th Brigade:




Cavalry:

unknown

Artillery Brigade:


212th Division:

57th Brigade:




Cavalry:

unknown

Artillery Brigade:

279th (Saxon) Field Artillery Regiment

Engineers


213th Division: (formed in September 1916)





Cavalry:


Artillery Brigade:


Engineers:



214th Division:

214th Brigade:




215th Division: (formed September 1915)

61st Reserve Brigade: (pre November organization)

60th Reserve Regiment (detached in November)

2nd Reserve Ersatz Regiment

40th (Saxon) Ersatz Regiment

61st Reserve Brigade: (post November organization)

71st Landwehr Regiment (assigned in November)

2nd Reserve Ersatz Regiment

40th (Saxon) Ersatz Regiment

244th (Saxon) Reserve Regiment (assigned in early December)

Cavalry:


Artillery Brigade:


216th Division: (formed July 1916)

Brigade:




Cavalry:

unknown

Artillery Brigade:


Engineers

2nd Guard Landwehr Pioneers

217th Division: (formed in August 1916)

Brigade: (August to November)




Brigade: (November to 1 January 1917)




Cavalry:

unknown

Artillery Brigade:

unknown

Engineers:


218th Division:

Brigade:




Cavalry:

unknown

Artillery Brigade:



220th Division:

4th Guard Brigade:




Cavalry:

unknown

Artillery Brigade:


221st Division: (Formed in October 1916)

1st Reserve Ersatz Brigade:



1st Reserve Ersatz Regiment

69

Cavalry:

1/2nd Reserve Uhlan Regiment

Artillery Brigade:


222nd Division:

7th Brigade:




Cavalry:

unknown

Artillery Brigade:


Engineers:


223rd Division: (formed early October 1916)

67th Brigade:




Cavalry:

2/3rd Reserve Dragoon Regiment

Artillery Brigade:


Engineers:


224th Division: (formed October 1916)

Brigade:




Cavalry:

unknown

Artillery Brigade:


225th Division:

5th Ersatz Brigade:




Cavalry:


226th Division: (formed December 1916)





Cavalry:

unknown

Artillery Brigade:

unknown

243rd Division:




51st Mixed Ersatz Brigade:


51st Ersatz Infantry Regiment

52nd Ersatz Infantry Regiment

Organization in October

51st Ersatz Regiment

52nd Ersatz Regiment



Cavalry:

8th Cavarly Squadron

8th Ersatz Artillery Brigade


65th Ersatz Foot Artillery Battalion

Pioneer Battalion:

1st Ersatz Company, 3rd Pioneer Battalion No. 16

1st Ersatz Company, 21st Pioneer Battalion




Attached


44th Landwehr Brigade (attached to 243rd Division)



255th Division:




2nd Ersatz Landwehr Regiment

3rd Ersatz Landwehr Regiment

Cavalry:

unknown

Artillery Brigade

unknown

Engineers

2nd Landwehr Company, 11th Corps District Pioneers

1st Landwehr Company, 16th Corps District Pioneers

Burkhardt (Composite) Division:27

Staff/10th Bavarian Infantry Division

Staff/52nd Württemberg Reserve Infantry Brigade (26th Rd)

8th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment (10th Bav ID)




180th (Würt) Infantary Regiment (26th RD)


1/,3/15th Reserve Infantary Regiment (2nd Guard Res Div)

27 The Burkhardt Division was a composite division formed from units from several other

divisions. Those source divisions are in parentheses.

71

Det/Machine Gun Company

185th Infantry Regiment ((185th Inf Div)

2 Machine Gun Platoons

3rd, 4th & 7th Cos., 186th Infantry Regiment (185th Inf Div)

Machine Gun Co., 186th Infantry Regiment (185th Inf Div)

Guard Fusilier Regiment (3rd Gurad Inf Div)


Cavarly

3/5th Bavarian Chevauleger Regiment (10th Bav Inf Div)

Artillery:

Staff/10th Bavarian Field Artillery Brigade (10th Bav ID)

1/20th Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment (10th Bav Div)

1/19th Bavarian Field Artillery Regiment (10th Bav Div)

2/26th Reserve Field Artillery Regiment (26th Res Div)

Staff/27th Reserve Field Artillery Regiment (26th Res Div)

Staff, 1/27th Reserve Field Artillery Regiment (26th Res

Div)

Staff, 2/27th Reserve Field Artillery Regiment (26th Res

Div)

1st, 2nd, 4th, & 5th Bttrys, 27th Reserve Field

Artillery Regiment (26th Res Div)

1st & 3rd Btry, 12th Reserve Field Artillery Regiment

(12th Res Div)

Engineers & Support Troops

6th Reserve Company, 13th Pioneeer Battalion (26th Res Div)

19th Bavarian Searchlight Platoon (10th Bav Inf Div)

10th bavarian Trench Mortar Platoon (10th Bav Inf Div)

10th Bavarian Telephone Platoon (10th Bav Inf Div)

10th Bavarian Medical Company (10th Bav Inf Div)

German Reichsarchiv, Somme Nord, Die Brennpunkte der Schlacht im Juli

1916, Druck und Verlag von Berhard Stalling, Berlin, 1927.

Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army

Which Participated in the War (1914-1918), Government Printing Office,

Washington, DC, 1920.

Copyright GFN 1992

Documents

Organization of German Divisions, 1916...2nd Squadron Staff 320th Squadron Staff 3rd Division: 6th Brigade: 434th Fusilier Regiment 42nd Infantry Regiment 1/,2/,4/4th Landwehr Regiment