amblevem Posted 24 January , 2015 Share Posted 24 January , 2015 Hi, I'm searching Informations about the 74th Reserve Infantry Regiment. It seems that On 8 Sep 16 it split off to form part of 37 Res Inf Bde. I've a letter where is the date 1.11.1917. How is it possible that the letter is still adressed to RIR 74 this date? I've a relative that served in this R.I.R. : Delges Eligius (18/07/1897 - 22/01/1973). Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 24 January , 2015 Share Posted 24 January , 2015 I'm searching Informations about the 74th Reserve Infantry Regiment. It seems that On 8 Sep 16 it split off to form part of 37 Res Inf Bde. I've a letter where is the date 1.11.1917. How is it possible that the letter is still adressed to RIR 74 this date? I've a relative that served in this R.I.R. : Delges Eligius (18/07/1897 - 22/01/1973). Welcome to the GWF! A quick look suggests that there doesn't seem to be a lot on the German web for the Reserve-Infanterie Regiment Nr. 74 but what there is seems to indicate it was still in existence up to December 1918, so no problem there! As far as I can make out it began the GW with the 39. Reserve-Infanterie-Brigade, but was indeed with the 37. Reserve-Infanterie-Brigade by August 1918. The German sources I have quickly checked don't say when the change happened - these sources are: http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/37._Reserve-Infanterie-Brigade; http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment_Nr._74;and http://wiki-de.genealogy.net/RIR_74 Trajan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amblevem Posted 25 January , 2015 Author Share Posted 25 January , 2015 Yes your' re right Trajan, I found this : Unterstellung:02.08.1914 bis 08.09.1916 – 19. Reserve-Division - 39. Reserve-Brigade09.09.1916 bis Kriegsende – 213. Infanterie-Division - 37. Reserve-Brigade and apparently there is a history of the Regiment : "Regimentsgeschichte RIR 74" Has anyone an idea where it is possible to find this Regiment story? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fritz Posted 25 January , 2015 Share Posted 25 January , 2015 http://www.amazon.de/Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment-Geschichte-Westfront-Regiments-Weltkriege-1914-1918/dp/B0070HQYVK Regards Fritz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amblevem Posted 26 January , 2015 Author Share Posted 26 January , 2015 Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOK4 Posted 26 January , 2015 Share Posted 26 January , 2015 Hello, I have the regimental history, but it's over 500 pages... Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amblevem Posted 28 January , 2015 Author Share Posted 28 January , 2015 Good to know Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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