Guard Corps

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The Guard Corps (German: Gardekorps) was a Imperial German Army formation during the First World War consisting of Prussian Guard units. At the outbreak of war in 1914, the Guard Corps consisted of the 1st Guard Infantry Division and the 2nd Guard Infantry Division, and was commanded by Gen. d. Inf. Frhr. von Plettenberg.

At the beginning of the war, the following independent units were attached to the Guard Corps:

  • 1st Battalion, 1st Guard Foot Artillery Regiment (I./1. Garde-Fußartillerie-Regiment)
  • No. 1 Aerial Reconnaissance Section (Flieger-Abteilung 1)
  • Guard Corps Engineers (Garde-Korps-Brücken-Train)
  • Guard Corps Communications Section (Garde-Fernsprech-Abteilung)
  • 1st Machine Gun Company (1. Machinegewehr Kompagnie)
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