Brian R Posted March 21, 2015 Posted March 21, 2015 Gentlemen - Please forgive my amateur abilities in researching WWI units. What division would I attribute this unit to? I would think 32. Division (from Saxony) but I don't see a match. I only have "251 Divisions" to really work with...
Chris Boonzaier Posted March 21, 2015 Posted March 21, 2015 Hi,96th ID and 53th RD somehow very elusive... only mentioned in the 251 as 1917 for the 96th ID.....
Brian R Posted March 21, 2015 Author Posted March 21, 2015 Thanks, Chris. Any chance they would have been formed in 1917 around the same time as 96 ID? Or, would they have been an existing unit used to form the new division?You are seeing the 53 RD reference elsewhere than 251 Divisions?Any coincidence that 23. ID, 96. ID and 53. RD were all Saxon (provided there is some connection to 23. ID which there very well isn't)?
Brian R Posted March 21, 2015 Author Posted March 21, 2015 I ask all this because I want to understand these Imperial units - I am spoiled as I generally concentrate on WWII when the Wehrmacht was nationalized and much easier to follow. I also have reference to an Unteroffizier named Lutz in 1. Batterie.
Chip Posted March 21, 2015 Posted March 21, 2015 Both the October 1917 and April 1918 British Index to German Forces in the Field show it assigned to the 96.I.D. Von Stein's research shows "23.Res.Felda.Br.der 23.R.D., He.Art. Ob.Ost,,Mai 1917 96.ID., März 1918 53.R.D., zuletzt He.Art. b. 18.Armee".Chip
IrishGunner Posted March 21, 2015 Posted March 21, 2015 My notes from 251. Divisions show RFAR 32 with 23. Res. Div in 1915 and 1916. I'm getting ready to sit down to a "romantic" dinner with my Frau; so, I probably won't be able to check deeper in my references until tomorrow.
Brian R Posted March 22, 2015 Author Posted March 22, 2015 Ironically, I was getting 32 ID and 23 ID confused in my earlier post, but 23. ID does show RFAR 32 in 1916 in 251...
The Prussian Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 Hello!Here is the complete history of formations of that regiment.Source: Handbuch der verbände und Truppen des deutschen Heeres 1914-1918 (Feldartillerie, vol. 2)
Chris Boonzaier Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 I meant noon wanted this regiment ;-)Guess I will have to get the infantry books...
dond Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 Nobody seemed to want them.....Maybe everybody wanted them.
IrishGunner Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 The best books about that themeDude, you have all the good books.
Chip Posted March 22, 2015 Posted March 22, 2015 Those Kraus books on the field artillery are readily available. I have the infantry volumes, but not the FAR books yet. They are at the top of the list the next time I get some money. Chip
Brian R Posted March 23, 2015 Author Posted March 23, 2015 Whoa! That is some list. I never imagined a regiment could be spread so thin, so often. Thank you, Gentlemen.
The Prussian Posted March 24, 2015 Posted March 24, 2015 Dude, you have all the good books. a few, mate, a few...
The Prussian Posted March 25, 2015 Posted March 25, 2015 Not yet, Chip, but I´m still working on it...
Brian R Posted March 26, 2015 Author Posted March 26, 2015 In looking at the list of various units the Regiment was subordinate to, and how often the Regiment was spread around, it strike me as pretty extraordinary. Is it, though? Obviously units get borrowed from time to time but was this type of thing more common during WWI?
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