XXIV Reserve Corps (German Empire) explained
| Unit Name: | XXIV Reserve Corps
XXIV. Reserve-Korps |
| Dates: | October 1914 - post November 1918 |
| Type: | Corps |
| Size: | Approximately 32,000 (on formation) |
| Battles: | World War I |
| Identification Symbol: | XXIV RK |
| Identification Symbol Label: | Abbreviation |
The XXIV Reserve Corps (de|'''XXIV. Reserve-Korps / XXIV RK''') was a corps level command of the German Army in World War I.
Formation
XXIV Reserve Corps was formed in October 1914. It was part of the first wave of new Corps formed at the outset of World War I consisting of XXII - XXVII Reserve Corps of 43rd - 54th Reserve Divisions (plus 6th Bavarian Reserve Division). The personnel was predominantly made up of German: kriegsfreiwillige (wartime volunteers) who did not wait to be called up. It was still in existence at the end of the war in the 1st Army, German: Heeresgruppe Deutscher Kronprinz on the Western Front.
Structure on formation
On formation in October 1914, XXIV Reserve Corps consisted of two divisions. but was weaker than an Active Corps
- Reserve Infantry Regiments consisted of three battalions but only had a machine gun platoon (of 2 machine guns) rather than a machine gun company (of 6 machine guns)
- Reserve Jäger Battalions did not have a machine gun company on formation, though some were provided with a machine gun platoon[1]
- Reserve Cavalry Detachments were much smaller than the Reserve Cavalry Regiments formed on mobilisation[2]
- Reserve Field Artillery Regiments consisted of three German: [[Abteilung|abteilungen]] (2 gun and 1 howitzer) of three batteries each, but each battery had just 4 guns (rather than 6 of the Active and the Reserve Regiments formed on mobilisation)
In summary, XXIV Reserve Corps mobilised with 26 infantry battalions, 8 machine gun platoons (16 machine guns), 2 cavalry detachments, 18 field artillery batteries (72 guns) and 2 pioneer companies.
| Corps | Division | Brigade | Units |
|---|
| ROWSPAN=16 | XXIV Reserve Corps | ROWSPAN=8 | 47th Reserve Division | ROWSPAN=2 | 93rd Reserve Infantry Brigade | 217th Reserve Infantry Regiment |
| 218th Reserve Infantry Regiment |
| ROWSPAN=2 | 94th Reserve Infantry Brigade | 219th Reserve Infantry Regiment |
| 220th Reserve Infantry Regiment |
| ROWSPAN=4 | | 19th Reserve Jäger Battalion[3] |
| 47th Reserve Field Artillery Regiment |
| 47th Reserve Cavalry Detachment |
| 47th Reserve Pioneer Company |
| ROWSPAN=8 | 48th Reserve Division | ROWSPAN=2 | 95th Reserve Infantry Brigade | 221st Reserve Infantry Regiment |
| 222nd Reserve Infantry Regiment |
| ROWSPAN=2 | 96th Reserve Infantry Brigade | 223rd Reserve Infantry Regiment |
| 224th Reserve Infantry Regiment |
| ROWSPAN=4 | | 20th Reserve Jäger Battalion[4] |
| 48th Reserve Field Artillery Regiment |
| 48th Reserve Cavalry Detachment |
| 48th Reserve Pioneer Company |
|
Commanders
XXIV Reserve Corps had the following commanders during its existence:[5] [6]
| From | Rank | Name |
|---|
| 25 August 1914 | | Eberhard von Claer |
| 19 September 1914 | | Friedrich von Gerok[7] |
| 19 February 1918 | | Felix Langer | |
See also
Bibliography
- Book: Cron, Hermann
. 2002 . Imperial German Army 1914-18: Organisation, Structure, Orders-of-Battle [first published: 1937] . Helion & Co . 1-874622-70-1.
- Book: Ellis . John . Cox . Michael . 1993 . The World War I Databook . Aurum Press Ltd . 1-85410-766-6.
- Book: Busche, Hartwig
. 1998 . Formationsgeschichte der Deutschen Infanterie im Ersten Weltkrieg (1914 bis 1918) . Institut für Preußische Historiographie . de.
- Book: 1920 . 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 . The London Stamp Exchange Ltd (1989) . 0-948130-87-3 . .
- Book: 1918 . The German Forces in the Field; 7th Revision, 11th November 1918; Compiled by the General Staff, War Office . Imperial War Museum, London and The Battery Press, Inc (1995) . 1-870423-95-X . .
Notes and References
- Active Jäger Battalions had a machine gun company with the exceptions of the 1st and 2nd Bavarian Jäger Battalions
- Reserve Cavalry Regiments consisted of three squadrons
- Without a machine gun platoon
- Without a machine gun platoon
- Web site: German War History. 22 December 2012.
- Web site: Armee-Reserve-Korps . The Prussian Machine . 22 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120411130752/http://home.comcast.net/~jcviser/army/corps2.htm . April 11, 2012 .
- Promoted to General der Infanterie on the same date. Web site: Friedrich von Gerok . The Prussian Machine . 22 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140502005021/http://home.comcast.net/~jcviser/aka/gerok.htm . May 2, 2014 .
