1st Guards Infantry Division (German Empire)

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Country PrussiaGermany Size Approx. 18,000		Type Infantry Part of Guards Corps

Active 5 September 1818 – 30 April 1919 Branch Prussian ArmyImperial German Army

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.

Lineage

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

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

1st Foot Guards

3rd Foot Guards

2nd Guards Infantry Brigade

2nd Foot Guards

4th Foot Guards

1st Guards Field Artillery Brigade

1st Guards Field Artillery

Guards Hussar Regiment (2nd, 3rd, and 5th Squadrons)

1st Company, Guards Pioneer Battalion

1st and 3rd Section, Guards Field Ambulance Company