11th Landwehr Division (German Empire)

11th Landwehr Division
11. Landwehr-Division
ActiveFebruary 5, 1915 - February 1919
Disbanded1919
Country German Empire
Branch Imperial German Army
TypeInfantry
Engagements

The 11th Landwehr Division (11. Landwehr-Division) was a unit of the Imperial German Army in World War I. They participated in the Attack of the Dead Men.

Order of battle

Order of battle dated February 15, 1915

  • 33rd Landwehr Infantry Brigade
    • Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 75
    • Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 76
    • Landwehr MG Company No. 75
    • Field Machine Gun Platoon No. 25
    • Fortress Machine Gun Platoon / XX Army Corps
  • 70th Landwehr Infantry Brigade
    • Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 5
    • Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 18
    • Field Machine Gun Platoon No. 13
    • Field Machine Gun Platoon No. 14
    • 3rd Landwehr Squadron/Guard Corps
    • 1st Reserve Squadron/XX Army Corps
    • 1st Landwehr Squadron/ IX Army Corps
    • 1st and 2nd Landwehr Field Artillery Batteries/IX Army Corps
    • 1st and 2nd Landsturm Field Artillery Batteries/ XVII Army Corps
    • Puttkammer Battery/Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 4
    • 7th and 8th Batteries/Foot Artillery Regiment “von Linger” (East Prussian) No. 1

Order of battle dated May 8, 1918

  • 33rd Landwehr Infantry Brigade
    • Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 75
    • Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 76
  • 70th Landwehr Infantry Brigade
    • Landwehr Infantry Regiment No. 18
    • Infantry Regiment No. 424
    • Bicycle Company No. 780
    • 1st Squadron/Dragoon Regiment “von Wedel” (Pomeranian) No. 11
  • Artillery Commander No. 131
    • Reserve Field Artillery Regiment No. 98
  • Divisional Signals Commander No. 511

References

  • Hermann Cron et al., Ruhmeshalle unserer alten Armee (Berlin, 1935)
  • Hermann Cron, Geschichte des deutschen Heeres im Weltkriege 1914-1918 (Berlin, 1937)
  • Günter Wegner, Stellenbesetzung der deutschen Heere 1825-1939. (Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1993), Bd. 1
  • Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army which Participated in the War (1914-1918), compiled from records of Intelligence section of the General Staff, American Expeditionary Forces, at General Headquarters, Chaumont, France 1919 (1920)