36th Division.
COMPOSITION.
| 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 69. | 129. | 69. | 129. | 71. | 5 Gren. | 71. | 5 Gren. | 71. | 5. |
| 175. | 175. | 175. | 175. | 128. | ||||||
| 71. | 5 Gren. | 71. | 5 Gren. | 128. | 128. | 175. | ||||
| 128. | 128. | |||||||||
| Cavalry. | 5 Hus. Rgt. | 4 Sq. 5 Hus. Rgt. | 4 Sq. 5 Hus. Rgt. | 4 Sq. 5 Hus. Rgt. | ||||||
| Artillery. | 36 Brig.: | 36 Brig.: | 36 Brig.: | 36 Art. Command: | 36 Art. Command: | |||||
| 36 Rgt. | 36 Rgt. | 36 Rgt. | 36 Rgt. | 36 F. A. Rgt. | ||||||
| 72 Rgt. | 72 Rgt. | 72 Rgt. | 1 Abt. 4 Res. Ft. A. Rgt. | |||||||
| 824 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| 1209 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| 1229 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | 1 Pion. Btn. No. 17: | 1 Pion. Btn. No. 17: | 1 Pion. Btn. No. 17: | 17 Pion. Btn.: | ||||||
| Field Co. 17 Pion. | 2 Co. 17 Pion. | 3 and 5 Cos. 17 Pion. | 3 Co. 17 Pions. | |||||||
| 36 Tel. Detch. | 3 and 4 Cos. 35 Pion. | 36 T. M. Co. | 5 Co. 17 Pions. | |||||||
| 36 Pont. Engs. | 3 Co. 36 Pion. | 36 Tel. Detch. | 36 T. M. Co. | |||||||
| 36 T. M. Co. | 209 Searchlight Section. | |||||||||
| 36 Tel. Detch. | 36 Signal Command: | |||||||||
| 36 Pont. Engs. | 36 Tel. Detch. | |||||||||
| 62 Wireless Detch. | ||||||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 43 Ambulance Co. | 43 Ambulance Co. | ||||||||
| 288, 290 Field Hospts. | 288 Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| 36 Vet. Hospital. | 290 Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| 36 Vet. Hospital. | ||||||||||
| Transport. | 569 M. T. Col. | |||||||||
HISTORY.
(17th Corps District—West Prussia.)
1914.
The 36th Division (with the 35th Division) was a part of the 17th Army Corps (Danzig).
East Prussia-Russia.
1. The 17th Army Corps, which comprises the 35th and 36th Divisions, was sent to East Prussia in August, 1914, where it belonged to the 8th Army, soon placed under the command of Von Hindenburg. With this army it took part in the battle of Tannenberg on August 30, and in the battle of Loetzen on September 9, then with the 9th German Army (Mackensen), in the battle of Radom, on October 6.
2. In the battles which mark the advance upon Warsaw and then the retreat, the regiments of the 36th Division, and especially the 5th Grenadier Regiment, suffered considerable losses (principally at Lodz between Nov. 23 and Dec. 6).