5th Guards Infantry Division (German Empire) - Formation and Organization

Formation and Organization

The 5.Garde-Infanterie-Division was formed on January 1, 1917 and began organizing itself over the next two months. It received the headquarters of the 2nd Guards Infantry Brigade (2. Garde-Infanterie-Brigade) along with the 3rd Foot Guards (3.Garde-Regiment zu Fuß) from the 1.Garde-Infanterie-Division, the 3rd Guards Grenadiers (Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 3) from the 2nd Guards Infantry Division, and the 20th Infantry Regiment (Infanterie-Regiment Graf Tauentzien von Wittenberg (3. Brandenburgisches) Nr. 20) from the 212th Infantry Division. For artillery, a field artillery brigade headquarters was formed, but converted in February 1917 to a Guards Artillery Commander (Garde-Artillerie-Kommandeur Nr. 5). The 4th Guards Field Artillery (Garde-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr. 4) was transferred to the division from the 2nd Guards Infantry Division. An engineer battalion, Pionier-Bataillon Nr. 100, was formed by the Garde-Pionier-Bataillon. The 5th Guards Infantry Division's Order of Battle on June 5, 1917 was as follows:

• Stab/2.Garde-Inf.Brig.
  • 3.Garde-Regiment zu Fuß
  • Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr.3
  • Infanterie-Regiment Graf Tauentzien von Wittenberg (3.Brandenburgisches) Nr.20
• 1.Esk./Garde-Ulanen-Regiment Nr.2
• Garde-Artillerie-Kommandeur Nr.5
  • Garde-Feldartillerie-Regiment Nr.4 (2 cannon battalions, 1 light field howitzer battalion; each battalion of 3 batteries with four guns)
• Pionier-Bataillon Nr.100
  • 4.Komp./Garde-Pionier-Bataillon
  • 1.Res.Komp./Garde-Pionier-Bataillon
  • Garde-Minenwerfer-Kompanie Nr.9
• Garde-Fernsprech-Abteilung Nr.5