32nd (3rd Royal Saxon) Infantry Division

This peacetime Army unit was formed in April 1887.

Its home station was in Saxony, as part of the XII Corps District.

The 32nd Infantry Division (3rd Royal Saxon) together with the 23rd (1st Royal Saxon) Infantry Division together formed the XII (I Royal Saxon) Army Corps.

63rd (Royal Saxon) Infantry Brigade
102nd Infantry Regiment (3rd Royal Saxon) (King Ludwig III of Bayern) formed on 14th June 1790, garrisoned in Zittau
103rd Infantry Regiment (4th Royal Saxon) formed on 14th June 1790, garrisoned in Bautzen
64th Infantry Brigade	Transferred to the 123rd Infantry Division on 1st April 1915 as the 245th Infantry Brigade.
177th Infantry Regiment (12th Royal Saxon), formed on 1st April 1897, garrisoned in Dresden
178th Infantry Regiment (13th Royal Saxon), formed on 1st April 1897, garrisoned in Kamenz	To 123rd Infantry Division in April 1915.
18th Hussar Regiment
32nd Field Artillery Brigade	28th Field Artillery Regiment 64th Field Artillery Regiment

Also the 2nd and 3rd Companies of the 12th Pioneer Battalion

The 32nd Division entered Belgium as part of the 3rd Army and took part in the battle of the Marne.  It saw action in the Champagne sector, and remained there until July 1915.

1915 saw the division in the Aisne area, where in April it lost its 178th Regiment to the newly formed 123rd Division.

Elements of the division saw action on the Somme in June 1916, where its losses were enormous.  The 177th Regiment lost 1,600 men in six days.

It was reorganised in the Argonne, before being returned to the Somme in November.  It left the Somme in March 1917.

It saw action in the area of Champagne and Flanders, before resting and being returned to the line near Ypres, and served their until January 1918.

It took part in the battle of the Lys and the Oevre, remaining in that sector until the end of the war.