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German Guards Reserve Corps



 Corps structure  German Guards Reserve Army Corps part of 2nd Army

Divisions

  • 3rd Guards Infantry Division
  • 1st Guards Reserve Infantry Division


 Divisional Structure 1916  3rd German Guards Division part of Guards Reserve Corps and 2nd German Army

Divisional Structure in 1916

Infantry

  • 6th Guard Brigade
    • Guard Fusiliers
    • Landwehr Regiment
    • 9th Grenadier Regiment

Cavalry

Guard Reserve Uhlan Regiment

Artillery

  • 5th Guard Field Artillery Regiment
  • 6th Guard Field Artillery Regiment
  • (formed of the Juterbog Instruction Regiment)

Engineers and Liaisons

  • Pioneer Company
  • 3rd Guard Trench Mortar Company
  • 3rd Guard Pontoon Engineers
  • 3rd Guard Telephone Detachment

Attached

75th Anti-Aircraft Section



 Divisional Structure 1914  3rd German Guards Division part of Guards Reserve Corps and 2nd German Army

Divisional Structure in 1914: Organised in August 1914 with elements taken from 1st and 2nd Guard Divisions.

Infantry

  • 5th Guard Brigade
    • 5th Foot Regiment
    • 5th Grenadier Regiment
  • 6th Guard Brigade
    • Guard Fusiliers
    • Landwehr Regiment

Cavalry

Guard Reserve Uhlan Regiment

Artillery

  • 5th Guard Field Artillery Regiment
  • 6th Guard Field Artillery Regiment
  • (formed of the Juterbog Instruction Regiment)



 Divisional Structure 1915  3rd German Guards Division part of Guards Reserve Corps and 2nd German Army

Divisional Structure in 1915

Infantry

  • 5th Guard Brigade
    • 5th Foot Regiment
    • 5th Grenadier Regiment
  • 6th Guard Brigade
    • Guard Fusiliers
    • Landwehr Regiment

Cavalry

Guard Reserve Uhlan Regiment

Artillery

  • 5th Guard Field Artillery Regiment
  • 6th Guard Field Artillery Regiment
  • (formed of the Juterbog Instruction Regiment)

Engineers and Liaisons

  • Pioneer Company
  • 3rd Guard Pontoon Engineers
  • 3rd Guard Telephone Detachment



 Divisional Structure 1917  3rd German Guards Division part of Guards Reserve Corps and 2nd German Army

Divisional Structure in 1917

Infantry

  • 6th Guard Brigade
    • Guard Fusiliers
    • Landwehr Regiment
    • 9th Grenadier Regiment

Cavalry

  • 3rd Squadron Guard Reserve Uhlan Regiment
  • 1st Squadron 2nd Guard Dragoon Regiment

Artillery

  • Artillery Command
  • 5th Guard Field Artillery Regiment

Engineers and Liaisons

  • 104th Pioneer Battalion
  • 1st Company, 28th Pioneers
  • 274th Pioneer Company
  • 3rd Guard Trench Mortar Company
  • 280th Searchlight Section
  • 3rd Guard Telephone Detachment
  • 55th Telephone Detachment

Medical and Veterinary

  • 7th Ambulance Company
  • 265th Ambulance Company
  • 393rd Ambulance Company
  • 35th Field Hospital
  • 3rd Guards Veterinary Hospital

Transport

Motor Transport Column

Attached

75th Anti-Aircraft Section



  Divisional Structure 1918

1st August 1914  Actions during 1914

1st January 1915  Actions during 1915

1st April 1916  Actions during 1916

1st January 1917  Actions during 1917

1st January 1918  Actions during 1918

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German Guards Reserve Corps

during the Great War 1914-1918.

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