COMPOSITION.
| 1917 | 1918 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 238. | 463. | 238. | 463. |
| 464. | 464. | |||
| 465. | 465. | |||
| Cavalry. | 2 Sqn. 13 Drag. Rgt. | 2 Sqn. 13 Drag. Rgt. | ||
| Artillery. | 238 Art. Command: | 238 Art. Command: | ||
| 62 F. A. Rgt. | 62 F. A. Rgt. | |||
| 53 Ft. A. Rgt. (Staff and 1, 2, and 4 Btries.). | ||||
| 944 Light Am. Col. | ||||
| 1211 Light Am. Col. | ||||
| 1233 Light Am. Col. | ||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | 238 Pion. Btn.: | 238 Pion. Btn.: | ||
| 367 Pion. Co. | 367 Pion. Co. | |||
| 438 T. M. Co. | 368 Pion. Co. | |||
| 238 Tel. Detch. | 205 Searchlight Section. | |||
| 368 Pion. Co. | 238 Signal Command: | |||
| 238 Tel. Detch. | ||||
| 30 Wireless Detch. | ||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 250 Ambulance Co. | 250 Ambulance Co. | ||
| 197 Field Hospital. | 197 Field Hospital. | |||
| 198 Field Hospital. | 198 Field Hospital. | |||
| Vet. Hospital. | 273 Vet. Hospital. | |||
| Transport. | 648 M. T. Col. | 648 M. T. Col. | ||
HISTORY.
(463d Infantry Regiment: 9th Corps District—Hanseatic cities. 464th Infantry Regiment: 9th Corps District—Schleswig—Holstein and Mecklemburg. 465th Infantry Regiment: 10th Corps District—Hanover.)
1917.
The 238th Division was formed at the beginning of January, 1917, at the Lockstedt Camp, near Hamburg. Its infantry regiments were recruited from the 9th Corps District (Schleswig-Holstein, Hanseatic cities, and Mecklemburg) and from the 10th Corps District (Hanover), and were composed in part (50 per cent) of men of the 1918 class.
1. After a training of almost three months, the 238th Division entrained at Lockstedt, on April 13, 1917, by way of Hamburg, Trèves, Sedan, Namur, Cambrai; it went to Caudry and Bertry (north), where it detrained on the 16th.
Hindenburg Line.
2. On April 20 it went into line in the sector of Vendhuille-Bellicourt, which it left on May 20 to go to rest in the vicinity of Douai (until May 28).