The 3rd Cavalry Division (''3. Kavallerie-Division'') was a unit of the
Prussian Army
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The Prussian Army had its roots in the co ...
, part of
German
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Army
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in
World War I
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. 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.
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:
*16th Cavalry Brigade (from
VIII Corps 8th Corps, Eighth Corps, or VIII Corps may refer to:
* VIII Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French army during the Napoleonic Wars
*VIII Army Corps (German Confederation)
* VIII Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army ...
District)
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7th Jäger zu Pferde
**
8th Jäger zu Pferde
*22nd Cavalry Brigade (from
XI Corps 11 Corps, 11th Corps, Eleventh Corps, or XI Corps may refer to:
* 11th Army Corps (France)
* XI Corps (Grande Armée), a unit of the Imperial French Army during the Napoleonic Wars
* XI Corps (German Empire), a unit of the Imperial German Army
* XI ...
District)
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5th (Rhenish) Dragoons "Baron Manteuffel"
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*25th Cavalry Brigade (from
XVIII Corps District)
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23rd Guards Dragoons (1st Grand Ducal Hessian)
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24th Life Dragoons (2nd Grand Ducal Hessian)
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*Horse Artillery ''
Abteilung
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'' of the
11th (1st Kurhessian) Field Artillery
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Name
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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
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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.)
See also
*
German Army (German Empire)
The Imperial German Army (1871–1919), officially referred to as the German Army (german: Deutsches Heer), was the unified ground and air force of the German Empire. It was established in 1871 with the political unification of Germany under the l ...
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German cavalry in World War I
The history of the German Empire, German Cavalry in World War I is one of an arm in decline.
Pre-war
The peacetime Imperial German Army was organised as 25 Corps (Guards, I - XXI and I - III Bavarian) each of two Division (military), divisi ...
*
German Army order of battle (1914)
This is the German Army order of battle on the outbreak of World War I in August 1914.
Commanders and locations of the German Army
The overall commander of the Imperial German Army was Kaiser Wilhelm II. The Chief of the General Staff was Genera ...
References
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Cavalry divisions of Germany in World War I
Military units and formations established in 1914
Military units and formations disestablished in 1916