T_Bones

Hi there - I am completely new to this forum and hope this thread is not dead. I have, since about the age of 5, been a near annual visitor to the Somme battlefields with my father and have come to learn the area like the back of my hand, in particular the Thiepval area. I have recently started studying at the University of Tuebingen in Germany and am astounded that the barracks for the 26th Reserve Division, 10. Wuerttembergische IR 180 are just across from the Tuebingen train station, with a memorial to the dead at Thiepval (the barracks are now called the 'Thiepval-Areal'). When my dad and I drove down from the UK to Tuebingen for the first time last year, we only had enough time to make one brief stop on the Somme, and we both instinctively picked Thiepval, not knowing the connection at the time. Understandably this coincidence has peaked my interest in the history of IR 180, as these men would likely have frequented many of the same bars I enjoy in Tuebingen, and would have looked upon a very similar skyline, before mobilization in August 1914. I have just begun reading the 'Germans at Thiepval: Battleground Somme' book but am curious where more detailed information may be found such as old photos, rosters, etc., if such records are publicly available? Cheers, Tristan