VALUE.
The division was rated as fourth class.
Bavarian Ersatz Division.
COMPOSITION.
| 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918[[1]] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 3 Bav. Res. | 4 Bav. Res. | 3 Bav. Res. | 4 Bav. Res. | 3 Bav. Res. | 4 Bav. Res. | 3 Bav. Res. | 4 Bav. Res. | 3 Bav. Res. | 18 Bav. Res. |
| 15 Bav. Res. | 15 Bav. Res. | 15 Bav. Res. | 15 Bav. Res. | 4 Bav. Res. | ||||||
| 59 Ldw. | 28 Ers. | 59 Ldw. | 28 Ers. | 59 Ldw. | 28 Ers. | 28 Ers. | 15 Bav. Res. | |||
| 120 Ldw. | 120 Ldw. | 81 Ldw. | ||||||||
| Cavalry. | Ers. Cav. Detch. (1 Bav. C. Dist.). | 1 Sqn. 6 Bav. Res. Schutz. Cav. Rgt. | 1 Sqn. 6 Bav. Res. Cav. Schutzen Rgt. | |||||||
| 1 Bav. C. Dist. Ers. Cav. Abt. | ||||||||||
| Artillery. | 1 Ers. Abt. F. A. (1 Bav. C. D.). | Art. Command: | 19 Bav. Art. Command: | |||||||
| 2 Ers. Btry. 8 Bav. F. A. Rgt. | Bav. Ers. F. A. Rgt. | Bav. Ers. F. A. Rgt. | ||||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | 2 Ldw. Pion. Co. (2 Bav. C. D.). | Pion. Btn.: | 13 Bav. Pion. Btn. | |||||||
| 3 Ldw. Pion. Co. (3 Bav. C. D.). | 4 Bav. Ldw. Pion. Co. | 4 Bav. Ldw. Pion. Co. | ||||||||
| 1 Bav. Mining Co. | 6 Bav. Ldw. Pion. Co. | 6 Bav. Ldw. Pion. Co. | ||||||||
| 1 Bav. Heavy T. M. Detch. | 1 Bav. Mining Co. | 5 Bav. Res. Searchlight Section. | ||||||||
| 100 Bav. T. M. Co. | 100 Bav. T. M. Co. | |||||||||
| 5 Bav. Res. Searchlight Section. | 551 Bav. Tel. Detch. | |||||||||
| 551 Tel. Detch. | ||||||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 9 Bav. Ambulance Co. | 9 Bav. Ambulance Co. | ||||||||
| 40 Bav. Field Hospital. | 40 Bav. Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| 41 Bav. Field Hospital. | 41 Bav. Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| 33 Bav. Vet. Hospital. | 33 Bav. Vet. Hospital. | |||||||||
| Transport | 767 M. T. Col. | 767 M. T. Col. | ||||||||
[1]. Composition at the time of dissolution.
HISTORY.
(Bavaria.)
1914.
The Bavarian Ersatz Division consisted, at the outbreak of the war, of the three mixed Bavarian Ersatz brigades, Nos. 1, 5, 9 (12 battalions), which detrained on August 17 and 18 in the region of Schelestadt. But afterwards this designation indicated a composite division (Benzino Division) formed from the 3d Bavarian Reserve Brigade and the 59th Landwehr Brigade (28th Ersatz, Baden) and the 120th Landwehr Regiment (Wurttemberg).