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A special feature was the title of the Landwehr regiments, which bore the name of the garrison location of their regimental staff (e.g. 6th Eger Landwehr Infantry Regiment - k. k. Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment „Eger“ Nr. 6).
On mobilisation, the German Army raised 113 Reserve Infantry Regiments (of 332 battalions) and 96 Landwehr Infantry Regiments (of 294 battalions). Meanwhile a number of existing units of various sizes were expanded. The Lehr Infantry Battalion was expanded to form the Lehr Infantry Regiment. [7]
The 6th Bavarian Landwehr Division was formed as a square division with two brigades of two infantry regiments. The order of battle of the division on April 11, 1915, was as follows: [3] 1. bayerische Landwehr-Infanterie-Brigade Kgl. Bayerisches Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 1; Kgl. Bayerisches Landwehr-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 2
On mobilisation, they were joined by 33 reserve cavalry regiments, 2 landwehr cavalry regiments and 1 ersatz cavalry regiment was also formed. [4] Also on mobilisation, there were 38 landwehr squadrons (assigned to the mixed landwehr brigades) and 19 ersatz detachments (assigned to the mixed ersatz brigades).
On formation, in August 1914, the Landwehr Corps consisted of two divisions, which were made up of 3rd line units. The Senior Landwehr Commander 3 was formed with units drawn from V Corps District (Province of Posen and Lower Silesia) and Senior Landwehr Commander 4 was formed with units drawn from VI Corps District (Province of Silesia, particularly Upper Silesia).
75th Landwehr Infantry – Lt. Col. von Stwolinski 76th Landwehr Infantry – Lt. Col. Billig 34th Mixed Landwehr Brigade – Lt. Gen. Ernst von Pressentin 31st Landwehr Infantry – Lt. Col. von Lilienhoff-Zwowitzki 84th Landwehr Infantry – Colonel Becker Landwehr Cavalry Regiment – Cpt. von Sydow. 1st Cavalry Division – Lt. Gen. Hermann ...
The VI Army Corps / VI AK (German: VI. Armee-Korps) was a corps level command of the Prussian and then the Imperial German Armies from the 19th Century to World War I.. VI AK originated in 1815 as the General Command for the Province of Silesia, with headquarters in Breslau.
3rd Combined Brandenburg Landwehr Regiment; 4th Combined Brandenburg Landwehr Regiment; 3rd Combined Landwehr Division West Prussian Landwehr Brigade West Prussian Combined Landwehr Regiment; Lower Silesian Combined Landwehr Regiment; Posen Landwehr Brigade 1st Combined Posen Landwehr Regiment; 2nd Combined Posen Landwehr Regiment; 16 Landwehr ...