2d Guard Division.
COMPOSITION.
| 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 3 Gd. | 1 Gren. | 3 Gd. | 1 Gren. | 3 Gd. | 1 Gren. | 3 Gd. | 1 Gren. | 3 Gd. | 1 Gren. |
| 3 Gren. | 3 Gren. | 3 Gren. | 2 Gren. | 2 Gren. | ||||||
| 4 Gd. | 2 Gren. | 4 Gd. | 2 Gren. | 4 Gd. | 2 Gren. | 4 Gren. | 4 Gren. | |||
| 4 Gren. | 4 Gren. | 4 Gren. | ||||||||
| 5 Gd. | 5 Gren. | |||||||||
| 5 Ft. | ||||||||||
| Cavalry. | 4 Gd. Brig.: | Cav. Rgt., Schlotheim. | 1 Sqn. 6 Drag. Rgt. | 1 Sqn. Body Gd. Hus. Rgt. | ||||||
| Body Guard Hus. Rgt. | 2 and 5 Sqns. 2 Gd. Uhlan Rgt. | |||||||||
| 2 Gd. Uhlan Rgt. | 1 Sqn. 6 Drag. Rgt. | |||||||||
| Ers. Sqn. 2 Uhlan Rgt. | ||||||||||
| Ers. Sqn. 1 Horse Jag. Rgt. | ||||||||||
| Artillery. | 2 Gd. Brig.: | 2 Gd. Brig.: | 2 Gd. Brig.: | 2 Gd. Art. Command: | 2 Gd. F. A. Rgt. | |||||
| 2 Gd. F. A. Rgt. | 2 Gd. F. A. Rgt. | 2 Gd. F. A. Rgt. | 2 Gd. F. A. Rgt. | 3 Abt. 3 Ft. A. Rgt. | ||||||
| 4 Gd. F. A. Rgt. | 4 Gd. F. A. Rgt. | 4 Gd. F. A. Rgt. | (Staff, 10, 11, and 12 Btries.). | |||||||
| 535 Ft. A. Btry. | ||||||||||
| 965 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| 1385 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| 1386 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | 1 Gd. Eng. Btn.: | 1 Gd. Eng. Btn.: | 102 Eng. Btn.: | 102 Pion. Btn.: | ||||||
| Field Co. Gd. Pion. Btn. | 2 Co. Gd. Pion. Btn. | 2 Co. Gd. Pion. Btn. | 2 Co. Gd. Pions. | |||||||
| 2 Gd. Pont. Engs. | 1 Co. 28 Pion. Btn. | 3 Co. Gd. Pion. Btn. | 3 Co. Gd. Pions. | |||||||
| 2 Gd. Tel. Detch. | 281 Pion. Co. | 2 Gd. T. M. Co. | 211 Searchlight Section. | |||||||
| 2 Gd. Pont. Engs. | 278, 281, and 298 Searchlight Sections. | 2 Gd. Signals Command: | ||||||||
| 2 Gd. Tel. Detch. | 2 Gd. Tel. Detch. | 2 Gd. Tel. Detch. | ||||||||
| 2 Gd. T. M. Co. | 73 Wireless Detch. | |||||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 2 Ambulance Co. | 2 Ambulance Co. | ||||||||
| 2 Field Hospital. | 2 Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| 3 Field Hospital. | 3 Field Hospital. | |||||||||
| 2 Gd. Vet. Hospital. | 2 Gd. Vet. Hospital. | |||||||||
| Attached. | 2 M. G. S. S. Detch. | |||||||||
| 1 Abtl. 43 Res. F. A. Rgt. | ||||||||||
| 3 Abtl. 43 Res. F. A. Rgt. | ||||||||||
| 1 Abtl. 16 Ft. A. Rgt. | ||||||||||
| 2 Abtl. 11 Res. Ft. A. Rgt. with transport. | ||||||||||
| 10 Btry. 13 Res. Ft. A. Rgt. | ||||||||||
| 190 Ft. Batry. | ||||||||||
| 9 Btry. 12 Res. Ft. A. Rgt. with transport. | ||||||||||
| 1 Btry. 57 Ldw. Ft. A. Rgt. | ||||||||||
| 3 Co. 87 Labor Btn. | ||||||||||
| 1 Co. 8 Ammunition Train. | ||||||||||
| 1133 Wireless Detch. (from 27 Div.). | ||||||||||
| 289 Pigeon Loft. | ||||||||||
| 3 Balloon Section. | ||||||||||
| 327 Ammunition Train. | ||||||||||
| 191 M. T. Col. | ||||||||||
| 216 M. T. Col. | ||||||||||
| 853 M. T. Col. | ||||||||||
| 865 M. T. Col. | ||||||||||
| 188 Depot Supply Train. | ||||||||||
HISTORY.
1914.
France.
1. Entrained August 9 to 11 (notebooks). Detrained at Beutgenbach (12 kilos east of Malmedy). Entered Belgium August 14. Crossed the Meuse at Huy August 18. Crossed the Sambre at Auvelais (Aug. 22) on the right of the 1st Guard Division. Fought at Falisolle and Aisemont the 23d; at Mettet the 24th. Fought on the 29th at Haution and Vallee-aux-Bleds; on the 30th at St. Pierre (west of Vervins), on the left of the 1st Guard Division.
2. From there via Lugny, Boncourt, La Malmaison, Ville-aux-Bois, Sarcy, Epernay, Avize, Vertus; fought after September 6 at Ecury-le-Repos and Normee.
3. Retreated on the 9th at Vertus; 10th at Tauxieres; 11th at Thuizy. Was before Reims until September 30.
4. In Artois in October (Bucquoy, Monchy-aux-Bois, Adinfer), near the 1st Guard Division. Split up in November like the latter; sent one of its brigades, the 4th, in the region of Ypres (Gheluvelt), and remained there until the end of December.