44th Landwehr Division.
COMPOSITION.
| 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1918 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | Rosenberg. | 93 Ldw. | 44 Ldw. | 81 Ldw. | 44 Ldw. | 81 Ldw. | (?) | 81 Ldw. |
| 382 Ldw. | 93 Ldw. | 93 Ldw. | 93 Ldw. | |||||
| 382 Ldw. | 382 Ldw. | 382 Ldw. | ||||||
| Cavalry. | 3 Sqn. 2 Uhlan Rgt. | 3 Sqn. 2 Uhlan Rgt. | ||||||
| Artillery. | Art. Command: | 134 Art. Command: | 134 Art. Command: | |||||
| 270 F. A. Rgt. | 4, 5, 6, and 8 Abtl. 254 Ldw. F. A. Rgt. | 61 Res. F. A. Rgt. | ||||||
| 828 and 837 F. A. Btries. | 822 Light Am. Col. | |||||||
| 1268 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||
| 1321 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | (444) Pion. Btn.: | (444) Pion. Btn.: | 444 Pion. Btn.: | |||||
| 411 T. M. Co. | 2 Landst. Co. 7 C. Dist. Pions. | 4 Landst. Co. 7 C. Dist. Pions. | ||||||
| 544 Tel. Detch. | 4 Landst. Co. 7 C. Dist. Pions. | 244 Searchlight Section. | ||||||
| 411 T. M. Co. | 544 Signal Command: | |||||||
| 544 Tel. Detch. | 544 Tel. Detch. | |||||||
| 63 Wireless Detch. | ||||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 274 Ambulance Co. | 274 Ambulance Co. | 274 Ambulance Co. | |||||
| 360 Field Hospital. | 268 Field Hospital. | 360 Field Hospital. | ||||||
| Vet. Hospital. | 360 Field Hospital. | |||||||
| Vet. Hospital. | ||||||||
| Transports. | M. T. Col. | M. T. Col. | ||||||
HISTORY.
(81st Landwehr Regiment: 18th Corps District—Grand Duchy of Hesse and Hesse—Nassau. 93d Landwehr Regiment: 4th Corps District—Prussian Saxony. 382d Landwehr Regiment: 7th Corps District—Westphalia.)
1916.
Lorraine.
1. The 44th Landwehr Division was formed in April, 1917, by the grouping of the 44th Landwehr Brigade (93d and 382d Landwehr Regiments) and the 81st Landwehr Regiment. The latter regiment had been successively attached to the 39th Reserve Division (area of St. Dié until the spring of 1916), to the Bavarian Ersatz Division (near Verdun until the end of 1916) and finally to the 54th Division (Flirey).
2. The 44th Landwehr Brigade, called the Rosenberg Brigade until July, 1916, united in December, 1915, on the left bank of the Moselle, the 1st Landwehr Ersatz Regiment, afterwards the 382d Landwehr Regiment (formerly attached to the Norroy Brigade) and the 93d Landwehr, former Von Gundlach Regiment of the Graudenz Corps, formed from two of the six surplus Landwehr battalions of the 4th Corps District and of the 38th Landwehr Brigade Ersatz Battalion (Hanover), identified Jeandelize in June, 1915. It was attached to the 8th Ersatz Division at the beginning of 1916.
3. The 44th Landwehr Brigade held the Moselle front on the left bank of the river until it was transformed into the 44th Landwehr Division.