List of Imperial German cavalry regiments information
This is a List of Imperial German cavalry regiments[1] before and during World War I. In peacetime, the Imperial German Army included 110 regiments of cavalry. Some of these regiments had a history stretching back to the 17th century[2] but others were only formed as late as October 1913.[3]
On mobilisation, they were joined by 33 reserve cavalry regiments, 2 landwehr cavalry regiments and 1 ersatz cavalry regiment was also formed.[4] Also on mobilisation, there were 38 landwehr squadrons (assigned to the mixed landwehr brigades) and 19 ersatz detachments (assigned to the mixed ersatz brigades).
^Tessin 1974, pp. 28–34
^"The Prussian Machine, Bavarian Regiments". Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
^"The Prussian Machine, Cavalry Regiments". Archived from the original on 21 January 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
^Cron 2002, p. 128
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