The Kaisers Legions: 120th Infantry

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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.

Monday, 12 May 2014

58th Infantry Division (5th Royal Saxon)

This Army unit was formed on 6th March 1915.

The 58th Division was formed in 1915.

116th Infantry Brigade

106th (7th Royal Saxon) (King George) Infantry Regiment
107th (8th Royal Saxon) (Prince Johann Georg) Infantry Regiment
120th (Wurttenburg) Infantry Regiment
58th Bicycle Company

4th Squadron/18th Ulhan (2nd Royal Saxon) Regiment

58th Field Artillery Brigade

115th Field Artillery Regiment
116th Field Artillery Regiment
58th Foot Artillery Battalion

115th Pioneer Company
116th Pioneer Company

War Diary

1914 - Western Front
1915 - Eastern Front, Gorlice-Tornow Offensive
1915 - Western Front
1917 - Eastern Front
1918 - Western Front

The 116th Infantry Brigade was previously the 48th Infantry Brigade from the 24th Infantry Division.

The 120th Infantry Regiment was replaced by the 103rd (Royal Saxon) Reserve Infantry Regiment.

Sunday, 2 February 2014

27th (2nd Royal Wurttenburg) Infantry Division

This peacetime army unit was formed in 1817 as the 2nd 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 26th Division it formed the XIII Army Corps

53^rd (3rd Wurttenburg) Infantry Brigade
123rd Grenadier Regiment (King Karl) (5th Württemberger), formed on 17th October 1799, garrisoned in Ulm
124th Infantry Regiment (King Wilhelm I) (6th Württemberger), formed on 1st June 1673, garrisoned in Weingarten
54^th (4th Wurttenburg) Infantry Brigade	Transferred to the 242nd Infantry Division as the 242nd Infantry Brigade on 1st February 1917.
120th Infantry Regiment (Kaiser Wilhelm, King of Prussia (2nd Württemberger), formed on 1st June 1673, garrisoned in Ulm
127th (9th Württemberger) Infantry Regiment, formed on 1st April 1897, garrisoned in Ulm
19th (1st Wurttenburg) Ulhan Regiment 27th (2nd Wurttenburg) Field Artillery Brigade 2nd and 3rd Companies 13th Pioneer Battalion	13th (1st Wurttenburg)Field Artillery Regiment 49th (3rd Wurttenburg) Field Artillery Regiment

The 27th Division started the war in Lorraine as part of the 5th Army. In October the XIII Army Corps was broken up.

The 27th Division was placed in the Argonne, in positions it occupied until the end of 1915. The 26th Division rejoined at the end of December 1915, and the XIII Corps was reformed.

In January 1916 the division saw action at Ypres, and in July was placed in the Somme sector. In 1917 the division moved from the Somme to Cambrai.

It suffered serious loses, and replacements came from the break up of the 627th Infantry Regiment in May 1917.

At the start of 1918 it held the line at Cambrai, and ended the war on the Meuse sector.