1st Guard Infantry Division (Germany)
- 1st Guard Infantry Division (Germany)
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.
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. [http://www.grosser-generalstab.de/index.html]
Wars of unification
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
Reichswehr
References
External links
* [http://www.michaelectric.com/prussia/ranglisten/ Prussian Army Units, by Michael Hughes]
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