| 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 21 Ldw. | 10 Ldw. | 175 Ldw. | (349) Ldw. | 176. | 352. | 176. | 352. |
| 38 Ldw. | (350) Ldw. | 353. | 353. | |||||
| 1 Ldw. Ers. | 4 Ldw. Ers. | 176. | 351. | 425. | 426. | |||
| 5 Ldw. Ers. | 352. | |||||||
| 6 Ers. | 177. | 353. | ||||||
| 8 Ers. | (354). | |||||||
| 7 Ers. | ||||||||
| 9 Ers. | ||||||||
| Cavalry. | 6 C. Dist. Field Cav. Rgt. (2 Sqns. of 6 Hus. Rgt. and 2 Sqn. of 2 Uhlan Rgt.). | 88 Cav. Rgt.(4 Sqns. ex-Field Cav. Rgt. 6 C. Dist.). | (?) Sqn. Horse Jag. Rgt. | 1 Sq. 10 Jag. z. Pf. | ||||
| 2 Sqn. 88 Cav. Rgt. | ||||||||
| Artillery. | 1 Ers. Abt. 42 F. A. Rgt. | 88 F. A. Rgt. | 223 F. A. Rgt. | 88th Field Art. Rgt. | ||||
| 223 F. A. Rgt. | 123 Foot Art. Btn. | |||||||
| 980, 982, and 1028 Light Mun. Col. | ||||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | 1 Ldw. Co. 6 Pions. | 6 Ldw. Pion. Btn.: | 6 Ldw. Pion. Btn.: | 88 Pion. Btn.: | ||||
| 2 Ldw. Co. 6 Pions. | 88 T. M. Co. | 1 Ldw. Co. 6 Pions. | 349 Pion. Co. | |||||
| 3 Ldw. Co. 6 Pions. | 88 Pont. Engs. | 2 Ldw. Co. 6 Pions. | 3 Co. Res. Pion. Btn. No. 33. | |||||
| 88 Tel. Detch. | 88 T. M. Co. | 88 T. M. Co. | ||||||
| 249 Searchlight Section. | 92 Searchlight Section. | |||||||
| Tel. Detch. | 88 Div. Signal Command: | |||||||
| 88 Tel. Detch. | ||||||||
| 102 B. Div. Wireless Detch. | ||||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 277 Ambulance Co. | 277 Ambulance Co. | ||||||
| 141 Field Hospital. | 54 and 141 Field Hospitals. | |||||||
| 26 Ldw. Field Hospital. | 193 Vet. Hospital. | |||||||
| Vet. Hospital. | ||||||||
| Transport. | M. T. Col. | |||||||
| Attached. | 31 Landst. Inf. Rgt. | 111 Labor Btn. | ||||||
| 111 Labor Btn. | ||||||||
HISTORY.
(352d and 353d Regiments; 6th Corps District—Silesia. 426th Regiments; 9th Corps District—Hanseatic cities.)
1915.
1. The 88th Division grew out of the war garrison of Breslau, which was made up of the 21st Brigade of Landwehr (10th and 38th Landwehr) and by Silesian and Saxon Ersatz battalions. This originally was the Breslau Corps, which after the brigade of Landwehr was taken from it, became the Menges Division. The Ersatz battalions being formed into regiments, the division then comprised three brigades—1st Landwehr Ersatz Brigade (later the Schmiedecker Brigade), Paczensky (later Buddenbrock) Brigade, and the Zenger Brigade. Its regiments bore the names 4th and 5th Landwehr Ersatz and 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th Ersatz.
Russia-Poland.
2. In April-May, 1915, the Menges Division fought on the Pilica.
3. In July it was between the Vistula and Pilica taking part in the offensive against Russia.
4. It advanced in August through the region of Narew (to the south of Pultusk, Aug. 4; to the north of Bielsk, Aug. 19). At the end of August it reached the region of Vilna; to the west of Dvinsk in September.