17th Reserve Division.
COMPOSITION.
| 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 81. | 162. | 81. | 162. | 81. | 162. | 81. | 16. | 81. | 162. |
| 163. | 163. | 163. | 162. | 163. | ||||||
| 33 Res. | 75 Res. | 33 Res. | 75 Res. | 33 Res. | 75 Res. | 76 Res. | 76 Res. | |||
| 76 Res. | 76 Res. | 76 Res. | ||||||||
| Cavalry. | 6 Res. Hus. Rgt. (3 Sqns.). | 6 Res. Hus. Rgt. | 6 Res. Hus. Rgt. | 1 Sqn. 6 Res. Hus. Rgt. | 1 Sqn. 16 Res. Hus. Rgt. | |||||
| Artillery. | 17 Res. F. A. Rgt. (6 Btries.). | 17 Res. F. A. Rgt. (8 Btries.). | 17 Res. F. A. Rgt. (10 Btries.). | 110 Art. Command: | 110 Art. Command: | |||||
| 17 Res. F. A. Rgt. (10 Btries.) (Nov. 4). | 17 Res. F. A. Rgt. | |||||||||
| 3 Abt. 26 Ft. A. Rgt. (7 and 9 Btries.). | ||||||||||
| 703 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| 1245 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| 1299 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | 4 Field Co. 2 Pion. Btn. No. 9. | 4 Field Co. 2 Pion. Btn. No. 9. | 4 Field Co. 2 Pion. Btn. No. 9. | (317) Pion. Btn.: | 317 Pion. Btn.: | |||||
| 17 Res. Pont. Engs. | 340 Pion. Co. | 4 Co. 9 Pions. | 4 Co. 9 Pions. | |||||||
| 17 Res. Tel. Detch. | 217 T. M. Co. | 340 Pion. Co. | 340 Pion. Co. | |||||||
| 17 Res. Pont. Engs. | 217 T. M. Co. | 42 Searchlight Section. | ||||||||
| 17 Res. Tel. Detch. | 255 Searchlight Section. | 417 Signal Command: | ||||||||
| 417 Tel. Detch. | 417 Tel. Detch. | |||||||||
| 111 Wireless Detch. | ||||||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 509 Ambulance Co. | 509 Ambulance Co. | ||||||||
| Field Hospital. | 501 Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| Vet. Hospital. | 41 Res. Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| 417 Vet. Hospital. | ||||||||||
| Transports. | M. T. Col. | 716 M. T. Col. | ||||||||
HISTORY.
(9th Corps District.—Schleswig—Holstein and the Hanseatic cities.)
1914.
1. The 17th Reserve Division formed with the 18th Reserve Division, the 9th Reserve Corps. One of its brigades is a surplus brigade of the 9th Army Corps (the 81st).
2. During the first part of the month of August, 1914, the 17th Reserve Division was used to guard the coast of Schleswig-Holstein.
Belgium.
3. Entraining on August 23 for Belgium, it was at Louvain on the 25th, at Brussels on the 30th (until Sept. 3). It reached Termonde on September 4, and remained outside of Antwerp.