9th Royal Bavarian Spare Infantry Brigade
The 9th Replacement Infantry Brigade was a large unit of the Bavarian Army .
history
The brigade was established on August 2, 1914 with the outbreak of the First World War as the 9th mixed replacement brigade and was subordinate to the replacement division . On October 3, 1914, it was initially given to the Prussian 39th Reserve Division . From April 4, 1915, the Prussian division was transformed into a purely Bavarian large association, which was completed on February 4, 1916. She was deployed to the Western Front.
structure
Division of war on August 2, 1914
- Brigade Replacement Battalion 9th
- Brigade Replacement Battalion 10
- 11th Brigade Replacement Battalion
- Brigade Replacement Battalion 12
- Cavalry replacement department Nuremberg / III. Army Corps
- Field Artillery Replacement Battalion 8 (two batteries)
- Field Artillery Spare Battalion 10 (two batteries)
- 1st replacement company / 3rd Engineer Battalion
Division of war on December 31, 1915
- Replacement Infantry Regiment 5th
- Landwehr Infantry Regiment 15th
From December 12, 1916, the brigade was used as "Construction Management Mark".
Commanders
| Rank | Surname | date |
|---|---|---|
| Lieutenant General z. D. | Gottfried Krieger | August 2, 1914 to September 18, 1915 |
| Lieutenant General z. D. | Leonhard Mark | September 18, 1915 to December 12, 1916 |
literature
- Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen , Friedrichfranz Feeser : The Bavaria book of the world wars 1914-1918. Chr.Belser AG, publishing house, Stuttgart 1930.
- Günter Wegner: Germany's armies until 1918. Volume 10: Bavaria. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1984.
- Rudolf von Kramer, Otto Freiherr von Waldenfels: The royal Bavarian military Max-Joseph-Order. Self-published by the kb Militär-Max-Joseph-Order, Munich 1966.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dermot Bradley (ed.), Günter Wegner: Occupation of the German Army 1815-1939. Volume 1: The higher command posts 1815–1939. Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1990, ISBN 3-7648-1780-1 , p. 697.