COMPOSITION.
| 1917 | 1918 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigade. | Regiment. | Brigade. | Regiment. | |
| Infantry. | 234. | 451. | 234. | 451. |
| 452. | 452. | |||
| 453. | 453. | |||
| Cavalry. | 1 Sqn. 13 Dragoon Rgt. | 1 Sqn. 13 Drag. Rgt. | ||
| Artillery. | Art. Command: | 234 Art. Command: | ||
| 4 F. A. Rgt. | 4 F. A. Rgt. | |||
| 3 Abt. 21 Ft. A. Rgt. (7 and 9 Btries.). | ||||
| 841 Light Am. Col. | ||||
| 847 Light Am. Col. | ||||
| 1340 Light Am. Col. | ||||
| Engineers and Liaisons. | (234) Pion. Btn.: | 234 Pion. Btn.: | ||
| 359 Pion. Co. | 359 Pion. Co. | |||
| 360 Pion. Co. | 360 Pion. Co. | |||
| 429 T. M. Co. | 201 Searchlight Section. | |||
| 234 Tel. Detch. | 234 Signal Command: | |||
| 234 Tel. Detch. | ||||
| 126 Wireless Detch. | ||||
| Medical and Veterinary. | 246 Ambulance Co. | 246 Ambulance Co. | ||
| 189 Field Hospital. | 189 Field Hospital. | |||
| 190 Field Hospital. | 190 Field Hospital. | |||
| Vet. Hospital. | 269 Vet. Hospital. | |||
| Transport. | M. T. Col. | 644 M. T. Col. | ||
HISTORY.
(451st and 452d Infantry Regiments: 3d Corps District—453d Infantry Regiment: 4th Corps District—Prussian Saxony.)
1917.
The 234th Division was formed on January 6, 1917, at the camp of Altengrabow. Its infantry regiments were recruited from the 3d and 4th Corps Districts (Berlin-Magdeburg) and were composed of men of the 1918 class (50 per cent) and of returned wounded and men withdrawn from the front (50 per cent).
St. Quentin.
1. After three months’ training at Altengrabow, the 234th Division entrained, on March 28, for the Western Front. Going by way of Magdeburg-Aix la Chapelle-Liége-Brussels-Mons, it detrained on March 30–31 at Le Cateau, from which place it marched to the sector of Fayet, northwest of St. Quentin (on the Hindenburg Line) on April 8.
On April 14 the division was attacked by British troops and lost heavily (451st Infantry Regiment, 400 prisoners). This regiment again suffered seriously in the course of violent battles with the French east of Fayet, August 9 to 11.