47th Reserve Division (German Empire)
47th Reserve Division (47. Reserve-Division) | |
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Active | 1914-1918 |
Country | Gorlice-Tarnów Offensive, German spring offensive |
The 47th Reserve Division (47. Reserve-Division) was a unit of the
Recruitment
The 217th Reserve Infantry Regiment was raised in the Prussian Province of Saxony and the Duchy of Anhalt. The 218th, 219th, and 220th Reserve Infantry Regiments were raised in the Prussian Province of Westphalia, but included troops from other Prussian provinces and German states. After the 217th Reserve Infantry Regiment was transferred to the 225th Infantry Division, the 47th Reserve Division was nominally all-Westphalian, but by that point in the war levies of new replacements often came from all over the German Empire.
Combat chronicle
The 47th Reserve Division initially fought on the
Order of battle on formation
The 47th Reserve Division was initially organized as a square division, with essentially the same organization as the reserve divisions formed on mobilization. The order of battle of the 47th Reserve Division on September 10, 1914, was as follows:[3]
- 93. Reserve-Infanterie-Brigade
- Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 217
- Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 218
- 94. Reserve-Infanterie-Brigade
- Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 219
- Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 220
- Reserve-Kavallerie-Abteilung Nr. 47
- Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 47
- Reserve-Pionier-Kompanie Nr. 47
Order of battle on February 9, 1918
The 47th Reserve Division was triangularized in May 1917. Over the course of the war, other changes took place, including the formation of artillery and signals commands and a pioneer battalion. The order of battle on February 9, 1918, was as follows:[4]
- 94. Reserve-Infanterie-Brigade
- Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 218
- Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 219
- Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 220
- MG-Scharfschützen-Abteilung Nr. 47
- 4.Eskadron/Jäger-Regiment zu Pferde Nr. 4
- Artillerie-Kommandeur 47
- Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 47
- Fußartillerie-Bataillon Nr. 158 (from April 15, 1918)
- Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 347
- Divisions-Nachrichten-Kommandeur 447
References
- Hermann Cron et al., Ruhmeshalle unserer alten Armee (Berlin, 1935)
- Hermann Cron, Geschichte des deutschen Heeres im Weltkriege 1914-1918 (Berlin, 1937)
- Günter Wegner, Stellenbesetzung der deutschen Heere 1815-1939. (Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1993), Bd. 1
- Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army which Participated in the War (1914-1918), compiled from records of Intelligence section of the General Staff, American Expeditionary Forces, at General Headquarters, Chaumont, France 1919 (1920)
Notes
- ^ a b c 47. Reserve-Division (Chronik 1914-1918)
- ^ Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army which Participated in the War (1914-1918), compiled from records of Intelligence section of the General Staff, American Expeditionary Forces, at General Headquarters, Chaumont, France 1919 (1920), pp. 474-476.
- ^ Hermann Cron et al., Ruhmeshalle unserer alten Armee (Berlin, 1935).
- ^ Cron et al., Ruhmeshalle.