1st Guards Infantry Division (German Empire)

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

1st Guards Infantry Division
1. Garde-Infanterie-Division
1. Garde-Regiment zu Fuß (Painting by Carl Röchling, 1894)
Active5 September 1818 – 30 April 1919
CountryPrussia
Germany
BranchPrussian Army
Imperial German Army
TypeInfantry
SizeApprox. 18,000
Part ofGuards Corps
Garrison/HQBerlin
EngagementsAustro-Prussian War
Franco-Prussian War
World War I
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger

Lineage

The division was created on September 5, 1818. In the reorganization, the guards brigades, which previously had been assigned to various corps and batteries of the Prussian Guards, were grouped into a single formation.[1]

Imperial German Army before 1918

By 1914 the division was subordinate to the Guards Corps of the Imperial German Army. At the outbreak of the First World War it was commanded by Gen-Lt. Oskar von Hutier.

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