I Royal Bavarian Corps
As part of the 1868 army reform, the 1st Royal Bavarian Army Corps (I. Königlich Bayerische Armee-Korps) of the Bavarian Army was set up in 1869 in Munich as the Generalkommando (headquarters) for Swabia and Upper and Lower Bavaria. Like all Bavarian formations, it was placed under the 4th Army (4. Armee Inspektion) at the start of the First World War.
Organisation
On 1 August 1914 it included:
Headquarters 1st Army Corps:
On 2 August 1914 its organisation became as follows:
- 1st Royal Bavarian Division
- 2nd Royal Bavarian Division
- Corps troops consisting of:
- II Battalion of the 1st Foot Artillery Regiment (5th - 8th Battalion of heavy field howitzers, le. munition column) as 1st Foot Artillery Regiment "vakant Bothmer"
- Field aviation section 1 (Feldfliegerabteilung 1
- Communication section 1 (Fernsprechabteilung 1)
- Searchlight platoon of the 1st Engineer Battalion (Scheinwerferzug des 1st Pionierbataillons)
- Corps Bridge Train 1 (Korps-Brückentrain 1).
- Munitions columns and trains
Headquarters staff
From 2 August 1914 its headquarters staff were:
- Commanding General: Gen. d. Inf. Oskar Ritter v. Xylander, Gen.-Lt. Nikolaus Ritter v. Endres as Führer from 23 June 1918
- Chief of General Staff: Gen.-Maj. Karl Frhr. v. Nagel zu Aichberg, Gen.-Maj. Möhl from 6 March 1915, Maj. Ludwig Graf v. Holnstein from Bavaria from 13 September 1916, Oberstlt. Friedrich Haack from 29 May 1918.
- General staff: Maj. Hans Hemmer, Hptm. Wilhelm Leeb, Hptm. Otto Frhr. v. Berchem, Hptm. Karl Deuringer
- Commander of Engineers: Major Georg Vogl
History
Source
- (German) von Dellmensingen Konrad Krafft & Feeser Friedrichfranz; Das Bayernbuch vom Weltkriege 1914-1918, Chr. Belser AG, Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1930
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Regular Corps: Guards Corps | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV | XV | XVI | XVII | XVIII | XIX | XX | XXI
Reserve Corps: Guards Reserve Corps | I | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XII | XIV | XV | XVII | XVIII | XXII | XXIII | XXIV | XXV | XXVI | XXVII | XXXVIII | XXXIX | XXXX | XXXXI
Bavarian Corps: I | II | III | I Reserve | II Reserve | XV Reserve
Cavalry Corps: I | II | III | IV | V | VI | Schmettow
Genkdo z.b.V 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68
Other Corps: Landwehr | Ersatz | Marine
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