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The I Reserve Corps (German: I. Reserve-Korps / I RK) was a corps level command of the German Army in World War I. Formation
This is a list of Imperial German infantry regiments [1] before and during World War I. In peacetime, the Imperial German Army included 217 regiments of infantry (plus the instruction unit, Lehr Infantry Battalion). Some of these regiments had a history stretching back to the 17th Century, while others were only formed as late as October 1912. [2]
The 1st Reserve Division (1. Reserve-Division ) was a reserve infantry division of the Imperial German Army in World War I . It was formed, on mobilization in August 1914, from reserve infantry units, primarily from East Prussia , and was part of I Reserve Corps .
The corps consisted of two or more divisions and various support troops, covering a geographical area. The corps was also responsible for maintaining the reserves and Landwehr in the corps area. By 1914, there were 21 corps areas under Prussian jurisdiction and three Bavarian army corps.
The 1st Guards Reserve Division (1. Garde-Reserve-Division ) was a reserve infantry division of the Imperial German Army in World War I . It was a reserve formation of the Prussian Guards, the elite regiments raised throughout the Kingdom of Prussia .
The 1st Bavarian Reserve Division (1.Bayerische Reserve-Division) was a unit of the Royal Bavarian Army, part of the German Army, in World War I. [1] The division was formed on mobilization of the German Army in August 1914 [2] as part of I Royal Bavarian Reserve Corps.
Temporary Corps Marschall was formed on 7 July 1915 and renamed Guards Reserve Corps on 18 April 1916. [3] It was still in existence at the end of the war in the 4th Army , part of Heeresgruppe Kronprinz Rupprecht on the Western Front .
Reserve divisions were also formed, Landwehr brigades were aggregated into divisions, and other divisions were formed from replacement (Ersatz) units. As World War I progressed, additional divisions were formed, and by wars' end, 251 divisions had been formed or reformed in the German Army's structure.