Help Wanted! List of all Ersatz and Reserve Regiments

[Katzenwolfe]

I was wondering if anyone had a list of most reserve and ersatz divisions? The highest numbered I've seen is the 459th, but I;m unsure if it was a Reserve or Ersatz Division.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

Cheers,
Brandon

[Deruelle]

Hi Brandon

Welcome on board. I have in my library the following book : Histories of the 251 divisions of the German army which participates in the War 14 18. This book has been published in 1989. this is compiled from records of intelligence section of the General Staff, American expeditionary forces, in France  1919.

Christophe

[KIR]

Hi Brandon,

you mean the 459th infantry regiment: http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/IR_459 !??

> german divisions: GenWiki

> The German Forces in the field (April 1918): online-book

> Histories of 251 divisions of the German Army…1914-18: online-book

Best regards,
Jens

[Glenn J]

Hi Brandon,

 

welcome to the forum. I am not sure where you get a 459th Division from. As far as I am aware, the highest numbered division was the 303. Infanterie-Division (Divisions-Kommando 303)

 

The highest numbered Reserve-Division was Nr. 82

The highest numbered Landwehr-Division was Nr. 85

The highest numbered Ersatz-Division was Nr. 19

 

Regards

Glenn

[The Prussian]

Hello!

Are we talking about 14/18 or 39/45?

An Inf.Rgt.459 was raised Jan. 16, 1917 and later Aug. 26, 1939

But we didn´ t had a division by that number. Neither in 14/18, nor in 39/45