Jäger-Regiment on Horseback No. 7

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Regimental standard

The 7th Jäger Regiment on Horseback was a cavalry unit of the Prussian Army .

Association membership

Commanding general : Lieutenant General Tülff von Tschepe and Weidenbach
Commander : Lieutenant General von Lindenau
Commander: Colonel Kleemann mdFb

Lineup

With the Highest Cabinet Order (AKO) of September 4, 1913, the formation of a regiment of hunters on horseback with the number 7 was ordered on October 1, 1913.

To do this, each had to submit a squadron

At the beginning of the First World War , the hunters in the association of the 16th Cavalry Brigade (together with the Jäger Regiment on Horseback No. 8 ) initially moved to the west. On August 7th they fought against the 4th escadron des 2 e régiment de hussards near Stockem ( Arlon ) in Belgium . In the spring of 1915 it was relocated to the Eastern Front. Here the regiment was used in accordance with its task in the patrol, security and reconnaissance service. It was in Russian Poland until the end of 1917, after which it was used in the security service in the Kiev area . After the end of the war, the regiment moved back to Germany, partly involved in fighting with insurgents.

On February 21, 1919, the hunters arrived in Meppen , where the unit was then demobilized and disbanded.

The regiment had retained its cavalry status until it was disbanded.

The tradition continued in the Reichswehr with the 3rd Squadron of the 9th (Prussian) Cavalry Regiment in Beeskow .

uniform

The uniform was based on the style of the cuirassiers. The tunic was gray-green with Swedish facings. Collars, lapels, and lugs were light green, the badge color pink, buttons white, boots and leather gear black. The helmet as with the cuirassiers, but made of blackened sheet metal with a dragoon eagle as decoration. The edging rails, eagle and point were made of nickel silver, the scale chains of tombac . The regimental number was on the epaulets. This regiment was the first of the new formations that did not wear cuirassier but dragoon boots.

Commanders

Rank Surname vocation Recall
Major / Lieutenant Colonel Otto von Tettau October 1, 1913 November 25, 1916
major Axel von Wachtmeister November 26, 1916 January 21, 1917 (in charge of the tour)
major Julius Andreae January 22, 1919 July 30, 1917
Lieutenant colonel Otto von Tettau August 16, 1917 February 5, 1918
major Do February 6, 1918 December 17, 1918
Lieutenant colonel Otto von Tettau December 18, 1918 1919

literature

  • Hugo FW Schulz: The Prussian Cavalry Regiments 1913/1914 Weltbild Verlag 1992.
  • Stefan rest (ed.), Jürgen Kraus: The German army in the First World War. Ingolstadt 2004.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Günter Wegmann (Ed.), Günter Wegner: Formation history and staffing of the German armed forces 1815-1990. Part 1: Occupation of the German armies 1815-1939. Volume 3: The occupation of active regiments, battalions and departments from the foundation or formation until August 26, 1939. Cavalry, artillery, pioneers, motor and driving departments, armored forces, traffic forces and intelligence departments. Biblio Publishing House. Osnabrück 1993. ISBN 3-7648-2413-1 . P. 194.