3rd Cavalry Division (German Empire)

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3rd Cavalry Division (3. Kavallerie-Division)
Flag of the Staff of a Division (1871–1918)
Active	2 August 1914-November 1916
Disbanded	November 1916
Country	German Empire
Branch	Army
Type	Cavalry
Size	Approximately 5,000 (on mobilisation)
Engagements	World War I

The 3rd Cavalry Division (3. Kavallerie-Division) was a unit of the Prussian Army, part of German Army in World War I. The division was formed on the mobilization of the German Army in August 1914. The division was disbanded in November 1916.

Combat chronicle

It was initially assigned to IV Cavalry Corps, which preceded the 4th and 5th Armies on the Western Front. In December 1914, it was involved in occupation duties in Belgium. On 6 April 1915, it was transferred to Russia and dissolved there on 1 September 1916. It was reformed in Hungary on 9 September 1916 and later moved to Transylvania. It was finally dissolved in November 1916.^[1]

A more detailed combat chronicle can be found at the German-language version of this article.

Order of Battle on mobilisation

On formation, in August 1914, the component units of the division were:^[2]

16th Cavalry Brigade (from VIII Corps District)
- 7th Jäger zu Pferde
- 8th Jäger zu Pferde
22nd Cavalry Brigade (from XI Corps District)
- 5th (Rhenish) Dragoons "Baron Manteuffel"
- 14th (2nd Kurhessian) Hussars "Landgrave Frederick II of Hesse-Homburg"
25th Cavalry Brigade (from XVIII Corps District)
- 23rd Guards Dragoons (1st Grand Ducal Hessian)
- 24th Life Dragoons (2nd Grand Ducal Hessian)
Horse Artillery Abteilung of the 11th (1st Kurhessian) Field Artillery Regiment
2nd Machine Gun Detachment
Pioneer Detachment
Signals Detachment
- Heavy Wireless Station 11
- Light Wireless Station 18
- Light Wireless Station 19
Cavalry Motorised Vehicle Column 3

See: Table of Organisation and Equipment

Changes in organization

16th Cavalry Brigade became independent on 1 September 1916
22nd Cavalry Brigade joined 2nd Cavalry Division on 13 August 1916
25th Cavalry Brigade joined 2nd Cavalry Division on 23 September 1916
1st Cavalry Brigade joined on 13 October 1916 from 1st Cavalry Division (renamed Siebenburgishe Cavalry Brigade on 1 June 1917.)

References

^ Ellis & Cox 1993, p. 126
^ Cron 2002, p. 301

Bibliography

Cron, Hermann (2002). Imperial German Army 1914-18: Organisation, Structure, Orders-of-Battle [first published: 1937]. Helion & Co. ISBN 1-874622-70-1.
Ellis, John; Cox, Michael (1993). The World War I Databook. Aurum Press Ltd. ISBN 1-85410-766-6.

Army level commands of the Imperial German Army in World War I

Numbered Armies

4th

Naval Corps	1st Naval Division 2nd Naval Division ⅔ 38th Landwehr Division ⅓ 3rd Division 85th Landwehr Division
Guards Reserve Corps	3rd Reserve Division ⅔ 3rd Division 13th Reserve Division 16th Bavarian Division 36th Reserve Division 11th Bavarian Infantry Division 4th Division ⅓ 38th Landwehr Division 16th Reserve Division 23rd Division 3rd Landwehr Division
Guards Corps	26th Division 19th Division Guard Ersatz Division 207th Division 1st Bavarian Reserve Division 21st Division 52nd Reserve Division 6th Cavalry Division
X Reserve Corps	49th Reserve Division 23rd Reserve Division 11th Reserve Division 56th Infantry Division 6th Bavarian Reserve Division 39th Division 40th Division
IV Cavalry Corps	3rd Cavalry Division 6th Cavalry Division
XXVII Reserve Corps	53rd Reserve Division 54th Reserve Division
VI Corps	11th Division 12th Division
VIII Corps	15th Division 16th Division
IX Corps	5th Reserve Division 6th Reserve Division

5th

V Cavalry Corps / 58th Corps (z.b.V.)	240th Division 15th Bavarian Division 52nd Infantry Division 31st Division
XXI Corps	13th Division 28th Division 107th Infantry Division 5th Bavarian Reserve Division 88th Infantry Division 115th Infantry Division
V Reserve Corps	123rd Infantry Division 1st Division (Austria-Hungary) part of 106th Division (Austria-Hungary) 228th Division 192nd Infantry Division 41st Division 27th Division 117th Infantry Division
IX Reserve Corps	1st Landwehr Division 15th Division
XVIII Corps (Austria-Hungary)	33rd Division 32nd Division 106th Division (Austria-Hungary) (less elements) 37th Division 236th Division 20th Division
IV Cavalry Corps	3rd Cavalry Division 6th Cavalry Division

Armee-Abteilung

Named Armies

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Combat chronicle

Order of Battle on mobilisation

Changes in organization

See also

References

Bibliography