7th Reserve Division (German Empire)
| 7th Reserve Division (7. Reserve-Division) | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1914-1919 |
| Country | Meuse-Argonne Offensive |
The 7th Reserve Division (7. Reserve-Division) was a unit of the
Prussian Saxony, the Duchy of Anhalt
, and the Thuringian states.
Combat chronicle
The 7th Reserve Division began the war on the
Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Allied intelligence rated it second class and noted that it was almost annihilated by the Armistice in November 1918.[1][2]
Order of battle on mobilization
The order of battle of the 7th Reserve Division on mobilization was as follows:[3]
- 13.Reserve-Infanterie-Brigade
- Magdeburgisches Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 27
- Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 36
- 14.Reserve-Infanterie-Brigade
- Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 66
- Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 72
- Reserve-Jäger-Bataillon Nr. 4
- schweres Reserve-Reiter-Regiment Nr. 1 (Heavy Reserve Cavalry Regiment No. 1)
- Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 7
- 4. Kompanie/Magdeburgisches Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 4
Order of battle on March 12, 1918
The 7th Reserve Division was triangularized in April 1915. Over the course of the war, other changes took place, including the formation of the artillery and signals commands. The order of battle on March 12, 1918, was as follows:[4]
- 14.Reserve-Infanterie-Brigade
- Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 36
- Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 66
- Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 72
- Maschinengewehr-Scharfschützen-Abteilung Nr. 71
- 1.Eskadron/Reserve-Reiter-Regiment Nr. 1
- Artillerie-Kommandeur 95
- Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 7
- Fußartillerie-Bataillon Nr. 52
- Stab Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 307
- 4.Kompanie/Magdeburgisches Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 4
- Pionier-Kompanie Nr. 248
- Minenwerfer-Kompanie Nr. 207
- Divisions-Nachrichten-Kommandeur 407
References
- 7. Reserve-Division (Chronik 1914/1918) - Der erste Weltkrieg
- 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 7. 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. 149-152.
- ^ Hermann Cron et al., Ruhmeshalle unserer alten Armee (Berlin, 1935).
- ^ Cron et al., Ruhmeshalle.