Histories of two hundred and fifty-one divisions of the German army which participated in the war (1914-1918)

109th Division.

United States. War Department. General Staff

COMPOSITION.

	1915		1916		1917		1918^[29]
	Brigade.	Regiment.	Brigade.	Regiment.	Brigade.	Regiment.	Brigade.	Regiment.
Infantry.	174.	2 Gren.	174.	2 Gren.	174.	2 Gren.	174.	2 Gren.
		26 Res.		26 Res.		26 Res.		26 Res.
		376.		376.		376.		376.
			4 Btn. (57 Ldw. Rgt.).
Cavalry.			98 Cav. Rgt.		5 Sqn. 10 Drag. Rgt.		2 Sqn. 10 Drag. Rgt.
							5 Sqn. 10 Drag. Rgt.
Artillery.	227 F. A. Rgt.		227 F. A. Rgt.		(?) Art. Command:		?109 Art. Command:
					?227 F. A. Rgt. (9 Btries.).		?227 F. A. Rgt.
							?2 Abt. 290 F. A. Rgt.
Engineers and Liaisons.			1 Ldw. Co. Gd. Pions.		(109) Pion. Btn.:		218 Pion. Btn.:
			109 Pont. Engs.		?1 Ldw. Co. Gd. Pions.		?338 Pion. Co.
			109 Tel. Detch.		?2 Ldw. Co. 15 Pions.		?2 Ldw. Co. 15 C. Dist. Pions.
					?109 T. M. Co.		?276 Searchlight Section.
					?276 Searchlight Section.		?109 T. M. Co.
					?Tel. Detch.		?109 Tel. Detch.
Medical and Veterinary.					228 Ambulance Co.		373 Ambulance Co.
					98 Field Hospital.		98 Field Hospital.
					277 Field Hospital.		27 Field Hospital.
					Vet. Hospital.		109 Vet. Hospital.
Transports.					434 M. T. Col.		595 M. T. Col.

29.Composition at the time of dissolution, September, 1918.

HISTORY.

(2d Grenadiers: 2d Corps District—Pomerania. 26th Reserve Regiment: 4th Corps District—Prussian Saxony. 376th Regiment: 1st Corps District—Eastern Prussia.)

1915.

The 109th Division was formed in Courland in May, 1915. It obtained the 2d Grenadiers from the 3d Division, which has since then completely changed its organization. It obtained the 26th Reserve Infantry from the 6th Reserve Division (3d Reserve Corps), and the 2d Ersatz Infantry Regiment (Koenigsberg), which received the number 376.

Ponieviej.

1. It was a part of the Niemen Army from the time that army was organized until its departure for the Roumanian front (November, 1916). In July it was in the vicinity of Ponieviej.

Jakobstadt.

2. At the end of October it took a position in front of Jakobstadt.

1916.

Courland.

1. In 1916 the 109th Division still occupied the same sector in the vicinity of Jakobstadt to the southwest of Lievenhof (Buschhof). It stayed there until November, 1916.

Roumania.

2. Transferred to Roumania, it took part in the campaign, valley of Jiu (November), southeast of Rimnicu-Sarat (December). In the meanwhile it headed the troops which entered Bucharest on December 6 (2d Grenadiers).

1917.

Roumania-Namoloasa.

With the stabilization of the Roumanian front, the division took a position near the junction of the Rimnicu in front of Namoloasa (southeast of Focsani). It held this sector during the entire year 1917.

RECRUITING.

A composite division. The 2d Grenadiers was Pomeranian; the 26th Reserve Regiment was originally from Prussian Saxony, and the 376th got its recruits from depots in Eastern Prussia. It first appeared on the Western Front at the end of March, 1918.

1918.

Somme.

1. The division came into line on the night of April 27–28 and relieved the 19th Division west of Hangard. It continued to hold this sector until August 10. In the first two days of the British attack the division lost 1,544 prisoners. After its withdrawal the division was taken to the vicinity of Trelon and disbanded.

2. The 26th Reserve Regiment was drafted to the 36th Fusileer Regiment and the 66th Regiment to the 113th Division. The 2d Grenadier Regiment passed intact from the 109th Division to the 3d Reserve Division. The 376th Regiment was divided among the three regiments of the 1st Division.

VALUE—1918 ESTIMATE.

The division was rated as third class. After about four months in line on the Somme the losses in casualties and prisoners led to the dissolution of the division in September.

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