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Divisional Commanders  1914-18


Bavarian Reserve, Landwehr, Ersatz & Cavalry Divisions

 

1 Reserve
Alfred Ritter von Goringer
Friedrich Freiherr von Pechmann (February 1917)

5 Reserve
Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein
August Ipfelkofer (September 1915)
Hermann Ritter von Burkhardt (September 1917)

6 Reserve
Maximilian Freiherr von Speidel (October 1914)
Johann Streck (November 1914)
Felix Graf von Bothmer (December 1914)
Gustav Scanzoni von Lichtenfels (December 1914)
Paul Ritter von Koberle (January 1917)
Georg Meyer (May 1918)

8 Reserve
Hermann Freiherr von Stein (January 1917)
Albert Seekirchner (January 1917)
Maximilian Jehlin (April 1917)

9 Reserve
Eugen Ritter von Clauss (September 1916-June 1918)

30 Reserve (formerly “German” 30 Reserve Division)
Hermann Beeg (January 1917)
Wilhelm Ritter von Reitzenstein (July 1918)

39 Reserve (formerly “German” 39 Reserve Division)
Friedrich Gruber (February 1916)
Karl Ritter von Riedel (December 1916)
Karl von Reck (September 1917)


1 Landwehr
Otto Wening
Robert Ritter von Fischer (September 1914)
Felix Ritter von Eder (December 1915)

2 Landwehr
Ludwig Ritter von Seither (January 1917)
Wilhelm Ritter von Poschinger (September 1918)

Ersatz Division

Eugen Ritter von Benzino
Eduard Ritter von Graf (December 1915)
Christoph Ritter von Kiefhaber (March 1916)
Hermann Ritter von Burkhardt (April 1917)
August Ipfelkofer (September 1917)
Karl Ritter von Schoch (October 1917)
Ludwig Hierthes (January-October 1918)

Cavalry Division
Otto von Stetten
Karl Ritter von Wenninger (November 1914)
Philipp von Hellingrath (March 1915)
Moritz Freiherr von und zu Egloffstein (December 1916)

special thanks to JH Verdun

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