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This Blog was born from a wet day in Germany, looking at one of the many war memorials in that country and further investigation which led me to notice a lack of reference material with regards to the German Army in World War One.

My work on this project has been made easier by the World Wide Web, but with the information tools at my disposal it has been a constant battle to ensure that the correct information has been included.

This Blog is intended for reference, and will hopefully enable those with an interest in the German Army of World War One to look up with confidence the various units and organisations which contributed to the German war machine.

Monday 3 February 2014

37th Infantry Division


This peacetime Army unit was formed in April 1899

Its home station was in East Prussia, part of the XX Corps district.

The 37th Division combined with the 40th Division to form the XX Army Corps

73rd Infantry Brigade

147th Infantry Regiment (2nd Masurian) formed on 31st March 1897, garrisoned in Lyck

151st Infantry Regiment (2nd Ermländ) formed on 31st March 1897, garrisoned in Sensburg

Jäger-Bataillon Graf Yorck von Wartenburg (1st East Prussian)

75th Infantry Brigade
Transferred to the 101st Infantry Division on 15th May 1915 as the 201st Infantry Brigade. Transferred to the 302nd Infantry Division on 9th November 1916.
146th Infantry Regiment (1st Masurian), formed on 31st March 1897, garrisoned in Allenstein
To 101st Infantry Division (May 1915)
150th Infantry Regiment (1st Ermländ), formed on 31st March 1897, garrisoned in Allenstein
To 91st Infantry Division (1916)
11th Dragoon Regiment
37th Field Artillery Brigade
73rd Field Artillery Regiment
82nd Field Artillery Regiment
1st Company, 26th Pioneer Battalion


The Division started the war on the Eastern Front, where it took part in the battle of Tannenburg, and took part in the German offensive against Warsaw over the winter of 1914/5.

In May 1915 the 146th Infantry Regiment was transfered to the newly formed 101st Division.  By September the Division had advanced as far as Grodno.  

By December it had advanced as far as Dvinsk.

In 1916 it suffered serious casualties as a result of the Russian offensive and saw action at the battle of Stokhod, the 150th Infantry was detached to fight in Galicia.

In December 1916 the Division was sent to the Western Front.

In January 1917 it entered the line in Upper Alsace, before being sent to the Aisne, and then seeing action at St Gobain.

In 1918 it was sent to Picardy and again saw action at the Aisne, and in June it was sent to the Marne.  After the failure of the Marne offensive in July 1918 the Division absorbed the 372nd Infantry Regiment from the disbanded 10th Landwehr Division. It then rested at Verdun before seeing action on the Argonne front until the end of the war.

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