The 1st Guards Infantry Division (German: 1. Garde-Infanterie-Division) was a unit of the Prussian (and later) Imperial German Army and was stationed in Berlin.
1st Guards Infantry Division | |
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1. Garde-Infanterie-Division | |
Active | 5 September 1818 – 30 April 1919 |
Country | Kingdom of Prussia German Empire |
Branch | Prussian Army Imperial German Army |
Type | Infantry |
Size | Division |
Part of | Guards Corps |
Garrison/HQ | Berlin |
Engagements | Austro-Prussian War Franco-Prussian War World War I |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Helmuth von Moltke the Younger |
The division was created on September 5, 1818 when the guards brigades, which had been created in 1813 and were assigned to various commands, were grouped into a single formation.[1] Ernst Ludwig von Tippelskirch was appointed as the first commander of the division.
The division was active during the Austro-Prussian War. It was commanded by Generalmajor Constantin von Alvensleben and part of the Second Army.
During the Franco-Prussian War, the division was commanded by Generalmajor Alexander August Wilhelm von Pape. It was part of the Second Army, commanded by Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia. Throughout the war 4 officers, 70 men, and 10 horses were killed.[2][3]
Order of Battle: 1870
By 1914 the division was subordinate to the Guards Corps of the Imperial German Army. At the outbreak of the First World War it was commanded by Gen-Lt. Oskar von Hutier.