The 25th is rated as a first-class division. It did very well in the large amount of heavy fighting in which it participated during 1918, and as a result suffered exceedingly heavy losses, especially in officers. It received numerous large drafts, and so the division’s strength was rather larger than the average.
25th Reserve Division.
COMPOSITION.
| 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918[[17]] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 116 Res. | 49 Res. | 116 Res. | 50 Res. | 83 Res. | 50 Res. | 83 Res. | 50 Res. | 168. | |
| 118 Res. | 118 Res. | 118 Res. | 118 Res. | 83 Res. | ||||||
| 83 Res. | 50 Res. | 83 Res. | 168. | 168. | 118 Res. | |||||
| 168. | 168. | |||||||||
| Cavalry. | 4 Res. Dragoon Rgt. (3 Sqns.). | 4 Res. Dragoon Rgt. | 4 Res. Dragoon Rgt. (2 Sqns.). | 2 Sqn. 4 Res. Dragoon Rgt. | 2 Sqn. 4 Res. Drag. Rgt. | |||||
| 4 Sqn. 4 Res. Drag. Rgt. | ||||||||||
| Artillery. | 25 Res. F. A. Rgt. (6 Btries.). | 25 Res. F. A. Rgt. | 25 Res. F. A. Rgt. (9 Btries., Nos. 4–12). | 127 Art. Command: | 127 Art. Command: | |||||
| 13 F. A. Rgt. | 25 Res. F. A. Rgt. (9 Btries.). | 25 Res. F. A. Rgt. (6 4-gun 6 4-how. Btries.). | ||||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | 1 and 2 Res. Cos., 2 Pion. Btn. No. 11. | 1 and 2 Res. Cos., 2 Pion. Btn. No. 11. | 1 and 2 Res. Cos., 2 Pion. Btn. No. 11. | (325) Pion. Btn.: | 2 Pion. Btn. No. 11: | |||||
| 25 Res. Pont. Engs. | 1 Co. 29 Pions. | 1 Res. Co. 11 Pions. | 1 Res. Co. 11 Pions. | |||||||
| 25 Res. Tel. Detch. | 2 Co. 29 Pions. | 2 Res. Co. 11 Pions. | 2 Res. Co. 11 Pions. | |||||||
| 225 T. M. Co. | 225 T. M. Co. | 286 Pion. Co. | ||||||||
| 25 Res. Tel. Detch. | 20 Ldw. Field Searchlight Section. | 225 T. M. Co. | ||||||||
| 25 Res. Pont. Engs. | 425 Tel. Detch. | 425 Tel. Detch. | ||||||||
| 151 Wireless Detch. | ||||||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 518 Ambulance Co. | 518 Ambulance Co. | ||||||||
| 67 Field Hospital. | 67 Res. Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| 68 Field Hospital. | 68 Res. Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| Vet. Hospital. | Vet. Hospital. | |||||||||
| Transports. | 518 M. T. Col. | M. T. Col. | ||||||||
[17]. Composition at time of dissolution, October, 1918.
HISTORY.
(168th and 118th Reserve Regiments: 18th Corps District—Grand Duchy of Hesse. 83d Reserve Regiment: 11th Corps District—Electorate of Hesse.)
1914.
1. At the outbreak of the war the 25th Reserve Division, forming with the 21st Reserve Division the 18th Reserve Corps, belonged to the 4th Army (Duke of Wurttemberg).