VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.
The division was rated as third class. Its services in Flanders was of a mediocre character. In the St. Quentin area in October it put up a good resistance.
82d Reserve Division.
COMPOSITION.
| 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 82 Res. | 60. | 82 Res. | 270 Res. | 82 Res. | 270 Res. | 82 Res. | 270 Res. |
| 270 Res. | 271 Res. | 271 Res. | 271 Res. | |||||
| 271 Res. | 272 Res. | 272 Res. | 272 Res. | |||||
| 272 Res. | ||||||||
| Cavalry. | 82 Res. Cav. Detch. | 82 Res. Cav. Detch. | 82 Res. Cav. Detch. | 3 Sqn. 1 Drag. Rgt. | ||||
| Artillery. | 82 Res. Brig.: | 82 Res. Brig.: | (?) Art. Command: | 70 Res. F. A. Rgt. | ||||
| 69 Res. F. A. Rgt. (6 Btries.). | 69 Res. F. A. Rgt. | 69 Res. F. A. Rgt. (9 Btries.). | 1 Abt. 18 Ft. A. Rgt. (2, 3, and 13 Btries.). | |||||
| 70 Res. F. A. Rgt. (6 Btries.). | 70 Res. F. A. Rgt. | 755 Light Am. Col. | ||||||
| 1224 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||
| 1225 Light Am. Col. | ||||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | 84 Res. Pion. Co. | 86 Res. Pion. Co. | (382) Pion. Btn.: | 382 Pion. Btn.: | ||||
| 82 Res. Pont. Engs. | 82 Res. Pont. Engs. | 86 Res. Pion. Co. | 348 Pion. Co. | |||||
| 282 T. M. Co. | 246 Pion. Co. | 86 Res. Pion. Co. | ||||||
| 282 T. M. Co. | 106 Searchlight Section. | |||||||
| 287 Searchlight Section. | 482 Signal Command: | |||||||
| Tel. Detch. | 482 Tel. Detch. | |||||||
| 174 Wireless Detch. | ||||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 1 Ambulance Co. | 544 Ambulance Co. | 544 Ambulance Co. | |||||
| 118 Res. Field Hospital. | 115 Res. Field Hospital. | |||||||
| Vet. Hospital. | 119 Res. Field Hospital. | |||||||
| 221 Vet. Hospital. | ||||||||
| Transport. | 82 Res. Train Detch. | M. T. Col. | 749 M. T. Col. | |||||
| Odd units. | 82 Res. Cyclist Co. | 82 Res. Cyclist Co. | 82 Res. Cyclist Co. | |||||
| Attached. | 40 Labor Btn. | 46 Labor Btn. | ||||||
HISTORY.
(270th Regiment: 3d Corps District—Brandenburg. 271st and 272d Regiments: 6th Corps District—Silesia.)
1915.
1. Formed during November, 1914-January, 1915, with three field battalions of the 3d Corps District and six of the 6th Corps District (Nos. 25–30) it was trained at the Jueterbog cantonment. The 82d Reserve Division (which with the 81st Reserve Division formed the 41st Reserve Corps) entrained on January 21 for the Somme. It included an additional regiment—the 60th Infantry—which the 21st Corps had left in France before leaving for Russia.