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1st Guards Division, Imperial German Army  Divisional History  1st Guards Division part of the Guards Corps and 2nd Army Order of battle 1914 1st Guards Brigade 1st Foot Guards Regiment 2nd Foot Guards Regiment 2nd Guards Brigade 3rd Foot Guards Regiment 4th Foot Guards Regiment 1st Artillery Guards Brigade 1st Guards Artillery Regiment 3rd Guards Artillery Regiment  Divisional History  1st German Guards Division Additions to Order of Battle in 1915 1st Guards Engineering Battalion Field Company Guards Pioneers 1st Guards Pontoon Engineers 4th Guards Telephone Detachment  Divisional Structure 1916  1st German Guards Division Revised Order of Battle 1916 1st/2nd Guards Brigade 1st Foot Guards Regiment 2nd Foot Guards Regiment 4th Foot Guards Regiment Cavalry Guards Regiment (Massow) 1st Squadron 2nd Squadron 3rd Squadron 4th Squadron Body Guard Hussars Regiment 6th Dragoon Regiment 2nd Squadron Artillery 1st Guards Brigade 1st Guards Artillery Regiment 3rd Guards Artillery Regiment Engineers and Liaison 1st Guards Engineering Battalion 1st Guards Pioneer Company 1st Guards Trench Mortar Company 1st Guards Pontoon Engineers 1st Guards Telephone Detachment  Divisional Structure 1917  1st German Guards Division Revisions to Divisional Order of Battle 1917 1st Guards Brigade only but no changes in the 3 divisions. Cavalry 2nd Squadron Body Guard Hussars left the Division 4th Squadron Body Guard Hussars left the Division Artillery restructured to include. 1st Guards Artillery Command 1st Guards Artillery Regiment Engineering and Liaison - no changes Medical and Veterinary Field Hospital 1st Ambulance Company Veterinary Hospital Transport Divisional Motor Transport Column Attached 35th Machine Gun Battalion Sharpshooter Company  Order of Battle 1918  1st German Guards Division Revised Divisional Order of Battle in 1918 Infantry 1st Guards Brigade 1st Foot Guard Regiment 2nd Foot Guard Regiment 4th Foot Guard Regiment Cavalry 3rd Squadron Body Guards Hussars Regiment Artillery 1st Guards Artillery Command 1st Guards Field Artillery Regiment (less 4 and 5 Abteil) 1st Abteil Light Guards Foot Artillery Regiment (1, 2 and 4 Batteries) 870 Light Ammunition Column 1099 Light Ammunition Column 1128 Light Ammunition Column Engineering and Liaison Guards Pioneer Battalion (1st and 5th Company Guards Pioneers) 23 Searchlight Section Medical and Veterinary 1st Ambulance Company 4th Field Hospital 6th Field Hospital 1st Guards Veterinary Hospital  Allied Intelligence evaluation 1917  1st German Guards Division Allied Intelligence Value - 1917 Estimate The 1st Guard Division may be considered one of the very best German divisions. Excellent conduct under fire. It displayed on the Aisne as well as on the Somme, energy and determination while on the defensive. Among its heavy losses there was an exceedingly small number of prisoners. Again on the Aisne (April-May, 1917), it displayed remarkable military qualities. It received important reinforcements of the younger classes (15-16-17), 30 per cent from the class of 1917. Its normal value was reduced temporarily on account of the arrival of elements which had never been under fire (June, 1917). Prisoners taken in the Argonne (June, 1917) seemed less keen for fighting. The above quote from a joint French and American report based on observation and prisoner interrogation which was compiled for all German Divisions active during 1914 to 1918.   Allied Intelligence evaluation 1918 11th August 1914 Opening movements WW1  1st German Guards Division Detrained on 11th and 12th August in Prussian Wallonia at Weimar and neighbouring stations. Entered Belgium on the 13th August via Stavelot and crossed the Meuse on the 18th August 1914. 23rd August 1914  Initial Action 5th September 1914  Marne action 1st November 1914  Flanders 1st January 1915  brigade move 1st February 1915  brigade move 1st March 1915  Division relocation 22nd April 1915  On the Move 1st September 1915  Relocation 25th September 1915  Back into action 20th October 1915  Relief and relocation 1st August 1916  Move to Somme area 15th August 1916  Somme action 19th August 1916  Somme losses 1st January 1917  Reinforcement, Training and Relocation 1st April 1917  Chemin de Dames 1st July 1917  To Russia 16th October 1917  Return to France 1st January 1918 Training and relocation  1st German Guards Division France. The division remained in line at the Marquise sector in Champagne from the end of October until the 21st of January 1918 It was withdrawn at that date and put through a course of training in open warfare until the 1st March, when it entered the line east of Reims (relieving the 203rd Division), remaining there until the 15th in order to become familiar with the terrain. 28th March 1918  Back into Action 29th May 1918  Ongoing Action 15th of July 1918   Slight Shelling 16th July 1918  Ongoing Action 20th September 1918  Closing actions in WW1 21st of October 1918   If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Want to know more about 1st Guards Division, Imperial German Army? There are:31 items tagged 1st Guards Division, Imperial German Army available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Great War. 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