Order of Battle On July 1, 1916
The 3rd Guards Infantry Division was triangularized in May 1915. The order of battle on July 1, 1916 was as follows:
- 6th Guards Infantry Brigade
- Guard Fusilier Regiment
- Lehr Infantry Regiment
- 9th Colberg (Graf Gneisenau) (2nd Pomeranian) Grenadiers
- Guards Reserve Uhlan Regiment
- 5th Guard Field Artillery Regiment
- II Battalion/6th Reserve Foot Artillery
1st Company/28th (2nd Brandenburg) Pioneer-Battalion
- Pioneer-Company No. 274
- Guards Minenwerfer Company No. 3
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