8th Bavarian Reserve Division (German Empire) - Order of Battle On Formation

Order of Battle On Formation

The 8th Bavarian Reserve Division, unlike the other divisions of its wave and like earlier German divisions, was initially organized as a square division. The order of battle of the division on December 31, 1914 was as follows:

  • 15.Bayer. Reserve-Infanterie-Brigade
    • Kgl. Bayer. Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 18
    • Kgl. Bayer. Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 19
  • 16. Bayer. Reserve-Infanterie-Brigade
    • Kgl. Bayer. Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 22
    • Kgl. Bayer. Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 23
    • Kgl. Bayerische Reserve-Radfahrer-Kompanie Nr. 8
  • Kgl. Bayer. Reserve-Kavallerie-Abteilung Nr. 8
  • Kgl. Bayer. Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 8
  • Kgl. Bayer. Reserve-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 9
  • 3. Batterie/Kgl. Bayer. Reserve-Fußartillerie-Bataillon Nr. 6
  • Kgl. Bayer. Reserve-Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 2
    • Kgl. Bayer. Reserve-Pionier-Kompanie Nr. 8
    • Kgl. Bayer. Reserve-Pionier-Kompanie Nr. 9

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