| 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 61 Res. | 60 Res. | 61 Res. | 71 Ldw. | 61 Res. | 224 Res. |
| 2 Res. Ers. | 224 Res. | 2 Res. Ers. | ||||
| 40 Ers. (Saxon). | 2 Res. Ers. | |||||
| 61 Res. | 71 Ldw. | |||||
| 2 Res. Ers. | ||||||
| 40 Ers. (Saxon). | ||||||
| 244 Res. (Saxon). | ||||||
| Cavalry. | 3 Sqn. 8 Res. Hus. Rgt. | 3 Sqn. 8 Res. Hus. Rgt. | ||||
| Artillery. | 274 F. A. Rgt. | 274 F. A. Rgt. | 274 Field Art. Rgt. | |||
| 1413 Light Mun. Col. | ||||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | (215) Pion. Btn.: | 6 Co. Pion. Btn. No. 29. | ||||
| 249 Pion. Co. | 115 Searchlight Section. | |||||
| 6 Co. 29 Pions. | 215 Div. Signal Command. | |||||
| 425 T. M. Co. | 215 Tel. Detch. | |||||
| Tel. Detch. | ||||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 221 Ambulance Co. | 221 Ambulance Co. | ||||
| 166 Field Hospital. | 315 Vet. Hospital. | |||||
| 174 Field Hospital. | ||||||
| Vet. Hospital. | ||||||
| Transport. | M. T. Col. | 625 M. T. Col. | ||||
| Attached. | 21 Res. Jag. Btn. (Until fall of 1917.) | |||||
HISTORY.
(224th Reserve Infantry Regiment: 18th Corps District—Hesse—Nassau. 2d Reserve Ersatz and 71st Landwehr Regiments: 11th Corps District—Thuringia and Prussian Saxony.)
1916.
Champagne.
1. The 215th Division, formed about September, 1916, and comprising at this time the 40th Ersatz Regiment, taken from the 19th Ersatz Division; the 2d Reserve Ersatz, from the 1st Reserve Ersatz Brigade; the 60th Reserve, from the 13th Landwehr Division, was identified for the first time on September 29, 1916, on the Champagne front, east of Auberive. It occupied the sector of Prosnes, south of Ste. Marie a Py, until the end of November.
2. Relieved in Champagne, the 215th Division was transferred to the Eastern Front, leaving the 60th Reserve Regiment in France as a part of the 221st Division and taking with it the 71st Landwehr Regiment from the 13th Landwehr Division.
Russia.
3. Arriving in Russia at the beginning of December, the 215th Division formed a part of the 22d Reserve Corps (Army of the Bug) and was reenforced by the addition of the 244th Reserve Infantry Regiment from the 53d Reserve Division.