7 Garde-Infanterie-Regiment in 1915

[Marcin L]

Dear All,

I would appreciate help locating the 7 Garde-Infanterie-Regiment on 4 Jan 1915.

I have a letter sent on this date and would like to describe the location of this unit (1 Bataillon).

By the way - do I understand it correctly that 7GIR was created in 1915 from 2 Garde Ersatz Regiment? According to some sources the unit was created later during the war.

Below is part of the letter, I guess this is Bois Brûlé (The Burned Forest). It however doesn't fit with information from Ruhmeshalle (page 79), saying that the unit was there from 6 October 1915 to 23 July 1916.

Regards,

Marcin

Edited November 30, 2013 by Marcin L

[Marcin L]

By the way, check an interesting press report from this battle - http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/15591470#pstart1275276

[The Prussian]

Hello Marcin!

The regiment was set-up august, 1., 1915. by renaming of the 2.Garde-Ers.Rgt.

Generally it was under command of the Garde-Ers.Brig. (Garde-Ers.Div.).

The fights of the Bois-Brulé were 6.10.15-23.7.16 by the Garde-Ers.Div. (Armee-Abt. Strantz)

The battles of the Garde-Ers.Div. in january 1915 were:

18.9.14-20.2.16: Fights between Maas and Mosel

(28.9.14-27.4.15: Fights at Flirey)

Edited December 1, 2013 by The Prussian

[Marcin L]

Thank you for this! Great map, by the way.

So do you have any idea why the letter is dated 1 January 1915, Bois Brûlé?

You can find it here:

http://www.imperialgermanmilitaria.com/index.php/photos/branch/infantry/84-7-garde-infanterie-regiment

Please note the "Zum Erinnerung... 1915" on the upper left corner.

[The Prussian]

Hi Marcin!

Probably the unit was in the Bois brûlé. It was a quiet front. The official battles started in october, but the regiment could be january almost there

[Chris Boonzaier]

The letter is from the 4th January 1916, not 15... answer to the secret ;-)

[Marcin L]

That may be the answer! :-)

[Chris Boonzaier]

That may be the answer! :-)

Indeed... if the paper itself was only given out at X-Mas 1915.... then I think a date slip.... also note, the Bois Brule and date were written probably with different pencil.... so maybe the guy quickly added a date later and slipped up....