I Royal Bavarian Reserve Corps

The I Royal Bavarian Reserve Corps / I Bavarian RK () was a corps level command of the Royal Bavarian Army, part of the Imperial German Army, in World War I.

Formation I Royal Bavarian Reserve Corps was formed on the outbreak of the war in August 1914 as part of the mobilisation of the Army. It was initially commanded by General der Infanterie Karl von Fasbender, brought out of retirement.The Prussian Machine Accessed: 3 March 2012 It was still in existence at the end of the war in the 17th Army, Heeresgruppe Kronprinz Rupprecht on the Western Front.

Structure on formation On formation in August 1914, I Royal Bavarian Reserve Corps consisted of two divisions, made up of reserve units. In general, Reserve Corps and Reserve Divisions were weaker than their active counterparts Reserve Infantry Regiments did not always have three battalions nor necessarily contain a machine gun company About a third of Reserve Infantry Regiments formed in August 1914 lacked a machine gun company Reserve Jäger Battalions did not have a machine gun company on formation Active Jäger Battalions had a machine gun company with the exceptions of the 1st and 2nd Bavarian Jäger Battalions Reserve Cavalry Regiments consisted of just three squadrons Most active cavalry regiments had four squadrons, some were raised to six squadrons Reserve Field Artillery Regiments usually consisted of two abteilungen of three batteries each Active Divisions had a Field Artillery Brigade of two regiments Corps Troops generally consisted of a Telephone Detachment and four sections of munition columns and trains Active Corps Troops included a battalion of heavy howitzers (Foot Artillery), an Aviation Detachment, a Telephone Detachment, a Corps Pontoon Train, a searchlight section, 2 munition column sections, one Foot Artillery munitions column section and two Train sections

In summary, I Royal Bavarian Reserve Corps mobilised with 25 infantry battalions, 5 machine gun companies (30 machine guns), 6 cavalry squadrons, 12 field artillery batteries (72 guns) and 3 pioneer companies. 5th Bavarian Reserve Division was formed mostly by units drawn from the III Bavarian Corps District.

Corps Division Brigade Units I Royal Bavarian Reserve Corps 1st Bavarian Reserve Division 1st Bavarian Reserve Infantry Brigade 1st Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment 2nd Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment 2nd Bavarian Reserve Infantry Brigade 3rd Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment 12th Bavarian Reserve Infantry RegimentWithout a machine gun company 1st Bavarian Reserve Cavalry Regiment 1st Bavarian Reserve Field Artillery Regiment 1st Reserve Company, 1st Bavarian Pioneer Battalion 1st Bavarian Reserve Divisional Pontoon Train 1st Bavarian Reserve Medical Company 5th Bavarian Reserve Division 9th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Brigade 6th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment 7th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment 11th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Brigade 10th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment 13th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment 1st Bavarian Reserve Jäger Battalion 5th Bavarian Reserve Cavalry Regiment 5th Bavarian Reserve Field Artillery Regiment 4th Company, 2nd Bavarian Pioneer Battalion 1st Reserve Company, 2nd Bavarian Pioneer Battalion 5th Bavarian Reserve Divisional Pontoon Train 5th Bavarian Reserve Medical Company Corps Troops 1st Bavarian Reserve Telephone Detachment Munition Trains and Columns corresponding to theIII Reserve Corps

Combat chronicle On mobilisation, I Royal Bavarian Reserve Corps was assigned to the predominantly Bavarian 6th Army forming part of the left wing of the forces for the Schlieffen Plan offensive in August 1914.

Commanders I Bavarian Reserve Corps had the following commanders during its existence: From Rank Name2 August 1914 General der Infanterie Karl von Fasbender8 November 1918 Generalleutnant Paul von Kneußl

I Royal Bavarian Reserve Corps

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