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The 1st Bavarian Reserve Division (1. Bayerische Reserve-Division) was a unit of the Royal Bavarian Army, part of the German
German Empire

The German Empire is the name commonly used in English to describe Germany from the unification of Germany and proclamation of William I, German Emperor as German Emperor on 18 January 1871, to 1918, when it became Weimar republic after defeat in World War I and the abdication of William II, German Emperor ....
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German Army (German Empire)

The German Army was the name given the combined armed forces of the German Empire, also known as the Imperial Army or Imperial German Army. The term "Deutsches Heer" is also used for the modern German Army, the land component of the German Bundeswehr....
, in World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
. The division was formed on mobilization of the German Army in August 1914. The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I. The division was raised and recruited in Bavaria. As a reserve division, it included a large number of recalled reservists and war volunteers.

Combat chronicle
The 1st Bavarian Reserve Division fought in the opening phases of the war in the Battle of the Frontiers
Battle of the Frontiers

The Battle of the Frontiers was a series of battles fought along the eastern frontier of France and in southern Belgium shortly after the outbreak of World War I....
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The 1st Bavarian Reserve Division (1. Bayerische Reserve-Division) was a unit of the Royal Bavarian Army, part of the German
German Empire

The German Empire is the name commonly used in English to describe Germany from the unification of Germany and proclamation of William I, German Emperor as German Emperor on 18 January 1871, to 1918, when it became Weimar republic after defeat in World War I and the abdication of William II, German Emperor ....
 Army
German Army (German Empire)

The German Army was the name given the combined armed forces of the German Empire, also known as the Imperial Army or Imperial German Army. The term "Deutsches Heer" is also used for the modern German Army, the land component of the German Bundeswehr....
, in World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
. The division was formed on mobilization of the German Army in August 1914. The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I. The division was raised and recruited in Bavaria. As a reserve division, it included a large number of recalled reservists and war volunteers.

Combat chronicle


The 1st Bavarian Reserve Division fought in the opening phases of the war in the Battle of the Frontiers
Battle of the Frontiers

The Battle of the Frontiers was a series of battles fought along the eastern frontier of France and in southern Belgium shortly after the outbreak of World War I....
. It then participated in the Race to the Sea
Race to the Sea

The Race to the Sea was a name given to a period of World War I when, on the Western Front, the two sides were still engaged in mobile warfare....
, including the Battle of Arras
Battle of Arras (1914)

The Battle of Arras , which began on October 1, 1914, was an attempt by the Military history of France#Modern period to outflank the German Army#World War I 1914?1918 to prevent its movement towards the English Channel during the Race to the Sea....
 in October 1914. It remained in the trenchlines in Flanders until 1916, when it entered the Battle of the Somme in August 1916. In late 1917, it participated in the Battle of Passchendaele
Passchendaele

The Battle of Passchendaele, or Third Battle of Ypres was one of the major battles of World War I. The battle consisted of a series of operations starting in June 1917 and petering out in November 1917 in which Entente troops under British command attacked the German Empire Army ....
. In 1918, the division fought in the Battle of the Lys
Battle of the Lys

The Battle of the Lys was part of the 1918 Germany offensive in Flanders during the World War I , originally planned by General Erich Ludendorff as Operation George but scaled back to become Operation Georgette, with the objective of capturing Ypres....
. The division ended the war still fighting in the Lys region. Allied intelligence rated the division as a good division in 1917, but third class in 1918.

Order of battle on mobilization


The order of battle of the 1st Bavarian Reserve Division on mobilization was as follows:

  • 1. bayerische Reserve-Infanterie-Brigade
    • Kgl. Bayerisches Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 1
    • Kgl. Bayerisches Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 2
  • 2. bayerische Reserve-Infanterie-Brigade
    • Kgl. Bayerisches Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 3
    • Kgl. Bayerisches Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 12
  • Kgl. Bayerisches Reserve-Kavallerie-Regiment Nr. 1
  • Kgl. Bayerisches Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 1
  • 1. Reserve-Kompanie/Kgl. Bayerisches 1. Pionier-Bataillon


Order of battle on March 1, 1918


Divisions underwent many changes during the war, with regiments moving from division to division, and some being destroyed and rebuilt. The 1st Bavarian Reserve Division was triangularized in April 1915, losing the 2nd Bavarian Reserve Infantry Brigade headquarters and the 12th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment. Over the course of the war, other units were exchanged with other divisions, cavalry was reduced, engineers increased, and an artillery command and a divisional signals command were created. The 1st Bavarian Reserve Division's order of battle on March 1, 1918 was as follows:

  • 1. bayerische Reserve-Infanterie-Brigade
    • Kgl. Bayerisches Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 1
    • Kgl. Bayerisches Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 2
    • Kgl. Bayerisches Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 3
  • 3.Eskadron/Kgl. Bayerisches 3. Chevaulegers-Regiment Herzog Karl Theodor
  • Kgl. Bayerischer Artillerie-Kommandeur 13
    • Kgl. Bayerisches Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 1
    • II./Kgl. Bayerisches Reserve-Fußartillerie-Regiment Nr. 2 (from July 7,1918)
  • Stab Kgl. Bayerisches Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 17
    • Kgl. Bayerische Reserve-Pionier-Kompanie Nr. 1
    • Kgl. Bayerische Reserve-Pionier-Kompanie Nr. 17
    • Kgl. Bayerische Minenwerfer-Kompanie Nr. 17
  • Kgl. Bayerischer Divisions-Nachrichten-Kommandeur 401