24th (2nd Royal Saxon) Infantry Division

This peacetime division was formed in April 1867

Its home station was in Saxony.  Part of the XIX Corps District.

The 24th (2nd Royal Saxon) and 40th (4th Royal Saxon) Divisions formed the XIX Army Corps

47th (Royal Saxon) Infantry Brigade
139th (11th Royal Saxon) Infantry Regiment, formed on 1st April 1887, garrisoned in Dobeln
179th (14th Royal Saxon) Infantry Regiment, formed on 1st April 1897, garrisoned in Wurzen
48th (Royal Saxon) Infantry Brigade	Transferred to the 58th Infantry Division as the 116th Infantry Brigade on 6th March 1915.
106th (7th Royal Saxon) Infantry Regiment (King Georg), formed on 2nd June 1708, garrisoned in Liepzig
107th (8th Royal Saxon) Infantry Regiment (Prinz Johann Georg), formed on 2nd June 1708, garrisoned in Liepzig
18th Ulhan Regiment 24th Field Artillery Brigade 1st Company, 22nd Pioneer Battalion	77th Field Artillery Regiment 78th Field Artillery Regiment

This Saxon Division was part of the 3rd German Army.  Its first major engagement was at the battle of the Marne.  The 48th Brigade was detached for a pr-emtive strike in northern Luxembourg.

In October 1914 it saw action with the 6th Army in Flanders.

In March 1915 the Division lost the 106th and 107th Regiments to the newly formed 58th Infantry Division.  Gaining in replacement the 133rd Infantry Regiment from the 40th Division.

In continued to see action in the Flanders sector until August 1916, when it was sent to the Somme sector. It suffered very heavy losses, and in the two battles of the Somme it lost 69% of its strength.

At the end of 1916 the Division was withdrawn and returned to Flanders, taking its place in the line by January 1917.

Throughout 1917 it saw heavy combat in the Flanders sector, suffering serious casualties as a result.  

In 1918 it was returned to the Somme sector and by May it was engaged in the Picardy sector. In August it resisted the French attack on the Avre sector.  It ended the war in the St Quentin sector.