1st Guard Infantry Division (Germany)

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The 1st Guard Infantry Division (German: 1. Garde-Infanterie-Division) was a unit of the Prussian (and later) Imperial German Army and was stationed in Berlin.

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[edit] Lineage

The Division was created following reorganization on September 5, 1818 of the brigades (previously grouped into Armie Korps) to assume designation as divisions. The foot regiments and batteries of the Prussian Guard were grouped into the Garde Division.[1]

[edit] Wars of unification

[edit] Imperial German Army before 1918

The division was a unit in the Guard Corps of the Imperial German Army. At the outbreak of the First World War it was commanded by Gen-Lt. von Hutier.

  • Order of Battle: 1914
    • 1st Guard Infantry Brigade
    • 2nd Guard Infantry Brigade
    • Guard Hussar Regiment (2nd, 3rd, and 5th Squadrons)
    • 1st Guard Field Artillery Brigade
    • 1st Company, Guard Pioneer Battalion
    • 1st and 3rd Section, Guard Field Ambulance Company
    • 1st Guard Division Engineers

[edit] Reichswehr

[edit] References


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