COMPOSITION.
| 1916 | 1917 | 1918[[32]] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 401. | 401. | 402. | 401. | 402. | 401. |
| 402. | 402. | 402. | ||||
| 402. | 403. | 403. | 403. | |||
| 404. | ||||||
| Cavalry. | 4 Sqn. 4 Mounted Jag. Rgt. (?). | 4 Sqn. 7 Drag. Rgt. | ||||
| 4 Sqn. 7 Drag. Rgt. (?). | ||||||
| Artillery. | 401 F. A. Abt. | Art. Command: | 156 Art. Command: | |||
| 402 F. A. Rgt. | 401 F. A. Rgt. | 402 F. A. Rgt. | ||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | 401 Pion. Co. | (201) Pion. Btn.: | 201 Pion. Btn.: | |||
| 385 Pion. Co. | 385 Pion. Co. | |||||
| 401 Pion. Co. | 401 Pion. Co. | |||||
| 181 T. M. Co. | 358 Pion. Co. | |||||
| 50 Searchlight Section. | 2 Res. Co. 7 Pions. | |||||
| 201 Tel. Detch. | 50 Searchlight Section. | |||||
| 181 T. M. Co. | ||||||
| 201 Tel. Detch. | ||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 401 Ambulance Co. | 401 Ambulance Co. | ||||
| 401 Field Hospital. | 401 Field Hospital. | |||||
| 402 Field Hospital. | 402 Field Hospital. | |||||
| 66 Res. Field Hospital. | 66 Res. Field Hospital. | |||||
| Vet. Hospital. | Vet. Hospital. | |||||
| Transport. | 863 M. T. Col. | 611 M. T. Col. | ||||
| Odd Units. | 201 Cyclist Co. | 201 Cyclist Co. | ||||
[32]. Composition at the time of dissolution, November, 1918.
HISTORY.
(401st Regiment; 20th Corps District. 402d Regiment; 17th Corps District. 403d Regiment, 5th Corps District.)
1916.
The 201st is one of a series of divisions (numbered 201–204) created at the beginning of July, 1916, at the time of the Russian offensive conducted by Broussilov.
The 201st Division was formed out of recruits obtained from depots in the 5th, 17th and 20th Corps Districts. The Allenstein (401st) Regiment and the Danzig (402d) Regiment came from the Arys cantonment. The Glogau (403d) Regiment and the Posen (404th) came from the Warthe cantonment. Men taken from the front, convalescents from depots and a majority of young men from the class of 1917 made up the initial strength, which was 230 to 240 men per company.
Russia.
1. As soon as formed the division occupied a sector on the Russian front (north of Baranovitchi) and stayed there from the beginning of July, 1916, to the beginning of December, 1917. During this period it only took part in two local actions (November, 1916, and November, 1917).