19th Infantry Division

This peacetime Army unit was formed in October 1866

Its Home Station was in Hanover, part of the X Corps District

The 19th and 20th Infantry Divisions combined to form the X Army Corps

37th Infantry Brigade
78th Infantry Regiment Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Braunschweig (East Frisian), formed on 30th November 1813, garrisoned in Osnabruck
91st (Oldenburg) Infantry Regiment, formed on 5th December 1813, garrisoned in Oldenburg
38th Infantry Brigade	Transferred to the 111th Infantry Division as the 221st Infantry Brigade on 25th March 1915.
73rd Füsilier Regiment Generalfeldmarschall Prinz Albrecht von Preußen (Hanover), formed on 19th December 1803, garrisoned in Hanover	March 1915 transferred to the 111th Division, a new formation
74th (1st Hanover) Infantry Regiment, formed on 27th November 1813, garrisoned in Hanover
17th Hussar Regiment
19th Field Artillery Brigade 1st Company, 10th Pioneer Battalion	26th Field Artillery Regiment 62nd Field Artillery Regiment

On the outbreak of war the 19th Division took part in the assault on Liege, and as part of the 2nd Army it took part in the advance through Belgium and the battle of the Marne.

The Division spent the winter in the Champagne area of France.  In April 1915 the Division was sent to Galacia, and took part in the German offensives there.  It was returned to France in November 1916.

The Division was in Alsace in January 1917, and then Champagne, before holding the line on the Meuse in September.  

In 1918 it took part in the battle of Picardy, and saw action on the Somme, and it took part in the battles of Noyon and Vesle.  

It ended the war in the Laon sector.