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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.

Sunday, 2 February 2014

26th (1st Royal Wurttenburg) Infantry Division


This peacetime army unit was formed in 1817 as the 1st Wurttemberger Infantry Division.  The division was placed on the Prussian establishment in 1871.

 Its home station was Wurttemberg, part of the XIII Corps District.

 Together with the 27th Division it formed the XIII Army Corps


51st (1st Royal Wurttenburg) Infantry Brigade

119th Grenadier-Regiment Queen Olga (1st Württemberger), formed on 1st June 1673, garrisoned in Stuttgart

125th Infantry Regiment Kaiser Friedrich, King of Prussia (7th Württemberger), formed in 1809, garrisoned in Stuttgart

52nd (2nd Royal Wurttenburg) Infantry Brigade

121st Infantry Regiment Alt-Württemberg (3rd Württemberger), formed on 18th March 1716, garrisoned in Ludwigsburg

122nd Füsilier Regiment Kaiser Franz Josef or Austria, King of Hungary (4th Württemberger), formed on 10th November 1806, garrisoned in Heilbronn

20th (2nd Wurttenburg) Ulhan Regiment
26th (1st Royal Wurttenburg) Field Artillery Brigade
1st Company, 13th Pioneer Battalion
29th (2nd Wurttenburg) Field Artillery Regiment
65th (4th Wurttenburg) Field Artillery Regiment

The Division saw service in the Argonne sector with the 5th Army in 1914, and in October 1914 it was separated from the 27th Division and moved to Flanders.

At the end of November 1914 the Division was transferred to the Russian front, and together with the 25th Reserve Division combined to form a reconstituted XIII Corps.

 In December and January it fought in Poland as part of the Fabeck Corps.

 In March 1915 the Division saw action on the Narew before being transfered to the Serbian front.  In November 1915 it was returned to the Western front.

 In January 1916 the Division saw action at Ypres where it suffered heavily, before being moved to the Somme and the Flanders sector, where it suffered badly defending the area from the British offensive.

 It served on the Somme until March 1917, when it was moved to the Artois sector.  In August it returned to Flanders, and was rested in Lorraine prior to movement to the Italian front.

 In Italy it saw action as part of the 4th Army, taking part in the German offensive of October 1917.  It returned to March 1918 it returned to France where it served in the Cambrai and Rhiems sectors until the end of the war.
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