COMPOSITION.
| 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918[[23]] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 105 Res. | 241 Res. | 105 Res. | 241 Res. | 105 Res. | 241 Res. | 105 Res. | 241 Res. | 105 Res. | 241 Res. |
| 242 Res. | 242 Res. | 243 Res. | 242 Res. | 242 Res. | ||||||
| 106 Res. | 243 Res. | 106 Res. | 243 Res. | 106 Res. | 242 Res. | 243 Res. | 243 Res. | |||
| 244 Res. | 244 Res. | 244 Res. | ||||||||
| 25 Res. Jag. Btn. | 25 Res. Jag. Btn. | 25 Res. Jag. Btn. | ||||||||
| Cavalry. | 53 Res. Cav. Detch. | 53 Res. Cav. Detch. | 53 Res. Cav. Detch. | 53 Res. (?) Cav. Detch. | 53 Res. Cav. Detch. (Saxon). | |||||
| Artillery. | 53 Res. F. A. Rgt. (9 Btries.). | 53 Res. F. A. Rgt. | 53 Res. F. A. Rgt. | (?) Art. Command: | (?) Art. Command: | |||||
| 53 Res. F. A. Rgt. | 53 Res. F. A. Rgt. (Saxon). | |||||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | 53 Res. Pion. Co. | 53 Res. Pion. Co. | 53 Res. Pion. Co. | (353) Pion. Btn.: | 53 Res. Pion. Co. (Saxon). | |||||
| 53 Res. Pont. Engs. | 53 Res. Pont. Engs. | 53 Res. Pion. Co. | 279 Pion. Co. | |||||||
| 253 T. M. Co. | 279 Pion. Co. | 253 Searchlight Section. | ||||||||
| 253 T. M. Co. | 453 Tel. Detch. | |||||||||
| 453 Tel. Detch. | ||||||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 53 Res. Ambulance Co. | Ambulance Co. | 535 (?) Ambulance Co. | |||||||
| 94 Res. Field Hospital. | 92 Res. Field Hospital (Saxon). | |||||||||
| Vet. Hospital. | 453 Vet. Hospital. | |||||||||
| Transports. | M. T. Col. | M. T. Col. | ||||||||
[23]. Composition at the time of dissolution, October, 1918.
HISTORY.
(241st and 242d Reserve Infantry Regiments: 12th Corps District—Saxony. 243d Reserve Infantry Regiment: 19th Corps District—Saxony.)
1914.
Flanders-Ypres.
1. The 53d Reserve Division (of the 27th Reserve Corps with the 54th Reserve Division), formed between August and October, 1914, were sent to Belgium, and detrained on August 14 at Ath. It was engaged, with the divisions of the same series, in the battle of Ypres, against the British Army. Beginning on October 21, it fought on the front Poelcappelle-Becelaere; southeast of Gheluvelt on October 29, and near the Ypres-Menin road at the time of the great attack of November 11. It suffered very heavy losses—the 25th Reserve Chasseurs Battalion, already reduced to 225 men on October 31, had only 73 on November 4 (notebook). On November 25 the 6th Company of the 241st Reserve Infantry Regiment had only 7 of the men left who constituted it upon its departure from Saxony (letter).