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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.

Showing posts with label Royal Saxon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Royal Saxon. Show all posts

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.

Monday, 28 April 2014

241st Infantry Division (11th Royal Saxon)


This Army unit was part of a new wave of divisions formed in January 1917

The 241st Division was formed in 1917 to support the German war effort.

246th Infantry Brigade

472nd Infantry Regiment 
473rd Infantry Regiment 
474th Infantry Regiment 
48th Field Artillery Regiment

Monday, 21 April 2014

219th Infantry Division (10th Royal Saxon)


This Army unit was part of a new wave of divisions formed in January 1917

The 219th Division was formed in 1917 to support the German war effort.

101st Reserve Infantry Regiment from the 23rd Reserve Division
391st Infantry Regiment from the 42nd Landwehr in exchange for 100th Lw Regiment
431st Regiment from Saxon detatchments
85th Field Artillery Regiment

Sunday, 20 April 2014

212th Infantry Division (9th Royal Saxon)


This Army unit was part of a new wave of divisions formed in September 1916

The 212th Division was formed in 1916 to support the German war effort.

57th Reserve Brigade

20th Infantry Regiment from the 6th Division
114th Infantry Regiment from the 29th Division
98th Reserve Infantry Regiment from the 10th Reserve Division
279th Field Artillery Regiment

Tuesday, 15 April 2014

192nd Infantry Division (8th Royal Saxon)


This Army unit was part of a new wave of divisions formed in June 1915

The 192nd Division was formed in 1915 to support the German war effort.


  192nd Infantry Brigade

  192nd Infantry Regiment
From 32nd Division
  193rd Infantry Regiment
From 13th Reserve Division
  192nd Field Artillery Regiment
  25th Bavarian Infantry Regiment
From 4th Bavarian Division
  
  
  

Monday, 14 April 2014

123rd Infantry Division (7th Royal Saxon)


This Army unit was part of a new wave of divisions formed in April 1915

The 123rd Division was formed in 1915 to support the German war effort.

  245th Infantry Brigade
From 64th Brigade, 32nd Division
 178th Infantry Regiment
From 23rd Division
 182nd Infantry Regiment
From 32nd Division
  245th Field Artillery Regiment
 106th Reserve Infantry Regiment
From 24th Reserve Division
  
  
  

Friday, 4 April 2014

96th Infantry Division (6th Royal Saxon)

This Army unit was part of a new wave of divisions formed in July 1917

The 96th Division was formed in 1917 to support the German war effort.

  106th Reserve Infantry Brigade

  244th Reserve Infantry Regiment
From 53rd Reserve Division/215th Division
  40th Ersatz Regiment
From 19th Ersatz Division/215th Division
  4th Squadron, 18th Hussars
  102nd Militia Regiment
From 82nd Reserve Division
 
 
  

Monday, 10 March 2014

24th (2nd Royal Saxon) Reserve Division


This Reserve Army unit was formed in August 1914

The 24th (2nd Royal Saxon) Reserve Division and the 23rd (1st Royal Saxon) Divisions formed the XII (Royal Saxon) Reserve Corps.

47th Reserve Infantry Brigade

104th Reserve Infantry Regiment

106th Reserve Infantry Regiment

13th Reserve Jager Battalion

48th Reserve Infantry Brigade

107th Reserve Infantry Regiment

133rd Reserve Infantry Regiment

 Saxon Reserve Uhlan Regiment

 24th Reserve Artillery Regiment

 1/12th and 2/12th Pioneer Battalion



Monday, 3 February 2014

40th (4th Royal Saxon) Infantry Division




This peacetime Army unit was formed in April 1899

 Its home station was Saxony

The 40th (4th Royal Saxon) Division combined with the 24th (2nd Royal Saxon) to form the XIX Corps.

88th Infantry Brigade

104th Infantry Regiment Kronprinz, formed on 17th December 1701, garrisoned in Chemnitz

181st Infantry Regiment, formed on 1st April 1900, garrisoned in Chemnitz

89th Infantry Brigade
Transferred to the 24th Infantry Division on 6th March 1915.
133rd Infantry Regiment, formed on 1st April 1881, garrisoned in Zwickow

Transferred to the 24th Division in March 1915
134th Infantry Regiment, formed on 1st April 1881, garrisoned in Plauen

19th Hussar Regiment

40th Field Artillery Brigade
32nd Field Artillery Regiment
68th Field Artillery Regiment

Also 2nd and 3rd Companies, 22nd Pioneer Battalion.

In 1914 the Division was part of the 3rd Army and entered northern Luxembourg on 13th August 1914, and Belgium on the 18th, before seeing action at the battle of the Marne.

In October 1914 it was in Flanders facing the British as part of the 6th Army.  It remained in action in that sector, and in March 1915 it lost the 133rd Regiment to the 24th Division.  In August 1916 the division took part in the battle of the Somme.  It also suffered heavily at the battle of Ypres in 1917, and had to be rested.

In October 1917 it again saw action in Flanders, before leaving for the Russian front.  It remained on the Russian front as part of the 10th Army until February 1918.

At the end of February 1918 it was in the Woevre on the Western Front, and saw action on the Marne.  It ended the war south of Ypres.  

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.