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This Blog was born from a wet day in Germany, looking at one of the many war memorials in that country and further investigation which led me to notice a lack of reference material with regards to the German Army in World War One.

My work on this project has been made easier by the World Wide Web, but with the information tools at my disposal it has been a constant battle to ensure that the correct information has been included.

This Blog is intended for reference, and will hopefully enable those with an interest in the German Army of World War One to look up with confidence the various units and organisations which contributed to the German war machine.

Saturday, 1 February 2014

1st Infantry Division



This peacetime Army unit was formed in September 1818.  It was one of fifty active Divisions at the start of World War One.

Home Station:  Konigsburg

1st Infantry Brigade
To 94th Division on 1st May 1918
1st Grenadier Regiment "Crown Prince" (1st East Prussian), formed on 20th December 1655, garrisoned in Konigsburg
1st Grenadier Regiment
41st Infantry Regiment "von Boyen" (5th East Prussian), formed on 5th May 1860, garrisoned in Tilsit

2nd Infantry Brigade

3rd Grenadier Regiment "King Friedrich Wilhelm I" (2nd East Prussian), formed on 18th August 1685, garrisoned at Konigsburg

43rd Infantry Regiment "Duke Karl of Mecklenburg" (6th East Prussian), formed on 5th May 1860, garrisoned in Konigsburg

8th Ulhan Regiment (Count of Dohna)

1st Field Artillery Brigade
16th Field Artillery Regiment (1st East Prussian)
52nd Field Artillery Regiment (2nd East Prussian)

It also contained the 1st Company of the 1st Pioneer Battalion (Prince Radziwill)

Battle Honours and War Diary

Austro-Prussian War

Trutnov 
Koniggratz

Franco-Prussian War

Noiseville
Gravelotte
Metz 
Amiens
Hallue
St Quentin

World War One

Staluponen
Gumbinnen
Tannenburg
First Battle of the Masurian Lakes
Lodz
Gorlice-Tarnow Offensive
Verdun
Spring Offensive
Second Marne
Hindenburg Line





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