Royal Bavarian 3rd Foot Artillery Regiment

The 3rd foot artillery regiment was an association of the foot artillery brigade of the Bavarian Army .

history

It was set up on December 1, 1912. The regiment's peace location was Ingolstadt .

First World War

At the beginning of the First World War , the regiment was divided: The 1st battalion of the 3rd foot artillery regiment (1st – 4th battery of heavy field howitzers , light ammunition column ) was assigned to the III. Royal Bavarian Army Corps assigned as corps troop. The 2nd Battalion was directly subordinate to the 6th Army . Both battalions were deployed on the Western Front under Crown Prince Rupprecht .

Whereabouts

After the end of the war , the remnants of the regiment were demobilized and finally disbanded in February 1919.

The tradition in the Reichswehr was taken over by the 9th battery of the 7th (Bavarian) Artillery Regiment in Nuremberg by decree of the Chief of Army Command, General of the Infantry Hans von Seeckt , on August 24, 1921 .

Known members of the regiment

• General of the Artillery Otto Grün : from 1912 to 1913
• Lieutenant General Wilhelm Raithel (1894–1960): from February 1918 to July 1918 as leader of the 3rd battery

literature

• Bavarian War Ministry (ed.): Military manual of the Kingdom of Bavaria 1911. S. XCVIII.
• Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen , Friedrichfranz Feeser : The Bavaria book of the world wars 1914-1918. Volume 1. Chr. Belser AG publishing house bookstore. Stuttgart 1930.