36th Infantry Division

This peacetime Army unit was formed in April 1890

Its home station was in West Prussia, part of XVII Corps District.

The 36th and 35th Infantry Divisions combined to form the XVII Army Corps

69th Infantry Brigade	Transferred to the 105th Infantry Division as the 209th Infantry Brigade on 17th August 1914.
129th (3rd West Prussian) Infantry Regiment, formed on 24th March 1881, garrisoned in Graudenz
175th (8th West Prussian) Infantry Regiment, formed on 31st March 1897, garrisoned in Graudenz
71st Infantry Brigade
5th Grenadier Regiment König Friedrich I (4th East Prussian), formed on 11th March 1689, garrisoned in Rastenburg
128th Danzig Infantry Regiment, formed on 24th March 1881, garrisoned in Danzig
5th Hussar Regiment
36th Field Artillery Brigade	36th Field Artillery Regiment 72nd Field Artillery Regiment

Also the 2nd and 3rd Companies of the 17th Pioneer Battalion.

The 36th Division started the war as part of the 8th Army, and started the war in East Prussia.  Soon afterwards the division took part in the battle of Tannenberg.  

It took part in the battles before Warsaw, and lost considerably at Lodz and at the battle of Radom.

 It continued to see action on the Eastern Front until it was moved to France in October 1915.

In 1916 it was placed in the Somme sector of the Western Front, and in 1917 it was at St Quentin.  By July 1917 it was at Ypres.

In 1918 it took part in the battle of Picardy.  In June it saw action at the battle of the Aisne, and in July it took part in the second battle of the Marne, and in August it once again saw action on the Somme.

It was in the line on the Somme when the war ended.