Königliche Verordnung
[Royal Decree]
translated by Geert van Uythoven
“To the Minister
of War, Major-General von Boyen
Counterpart
I have decided,
that the regiments beside their numbers, also will receive the name of a
province, and therefore I send you the attached list, in which is stipulated
how the regiments will be known in the future in regard of the province.”
Potsdam, 5th
November 1816
(signed)
Friedrich Wilhelm
I Corps
Infantry 1st Brigade, 1st Inf Regt (1st East-Prussian) 3rd Inf Regt (2nd East-Prussian) 2nd Brigade, 4th Inf Regt (3rd East-Prussian) 5th Inf Regt (4th East-Prussian) 1st Jäger Battalion
(East-Prussian) |
Cavalry 2nd Cuirassier Regt
(East-Prussian) 1st Hussar Regt (1st Leib-Husaren-Regiment) 3rd Dragoon Regt
(Lithuanian) 4th Dragoon
Regt (East-Prussian) |
|
II Corps Infantry 1st Brigade, 2nd Inf Regt (1st Pomeranian) 9th Inf Regt (Colberg) 2nd Brigade, 14th Inf Regt (3rd Pomeranian) 21st Inf Regt (4th Pomeranian) |
Cavalry 1st Dragoon Regt (Königinn) 5th Hussar Regt (Pomeranian) 6th Dragoon Regt (Neumark) 4th Uhlanen-Regt
(Pomeranian) |
|
III Corps Infantry 1st Brigade, 8th Inf Regt (Leib-Infanterie) 12th Inf Regt (2nd Brandenburg) 2nd Brigade, 20th Inf Regt (3rd Brandenburg) 24th Inf Regt (4th Brandenburg) |
Cavalry 3rd Cuirassier Regt (Brandenburg) 3rd Hussar Regt (Brandenburg) 5th Dragoon Regt (Brandenburg) 3rd Uhlanen-Regt
(Brandenburg) |
|
IV Corps Infantry 1st Brigade, 6th Inf Regt (1st West-Prussian) 7th Inf Regt (2nd West-Prussian) 2nd Brigade, 18th Inf Regt (3rd West-Prussian) 19th Inf Regt (4th West-Prussian) |
Cavalry 2nd Hussar Regt (2nd Leib-Husaren-Regiment) 1st Uhlanen-Regt (1st
West-Prussian) 6th Uhlanen-Regt
(2nd West-Prussian) 7th Hussar Regt
(West-Prussian) |
|
V Corps Infantry 1st Brigade, 10th Inf Regt (1st Silesian) 11th Inf Regt (2nd Silesian) 2nd Brigade, 22nd Inf Regt (3rd Silesian) 23rd Inf Regt (4th Silesian) 1st Schützen-Bataillon
(Silesian) |
Cavalry 1st Cuirassier Regt (Silesian) 4th Hussar Regt (1st
Silesian) 2nd Uhlanen-Regt
(1st Silesian) 6th Hussar Regt
(2nd Silesian) |
|
VI Corps Infantry 1st Brigade, 26th Inf Regt (1st Magdeburg) 27th Inf Regt (2nd Magdeburg) 2nd Brigade, 31st Inf Regt (3rd Magdeburg) 32nd Inf Regt (4th Magdeburg) 2nd Jäger-Bataillon
(Magdeburg) |
Cavalry 4th Cuirassier Regt (Magdeburg) 10th Hussar Regt (1st Magdeburg) 8th Dragoon Regt
(Magdeburg) 12th Hussar
Regt (2nd Magdeburg) |
|
VII Corps Infantry 1st Brigade, 13th Inf Regt (1st Westphalian) 15th Inf Regt (2nd Westphalian) 2nd Brigade, 16th Inf Regt (3rd Westphalian) 17th Inf Regt (4th Westphalian) |
Cavalry 5th Uhlanen-Regt (Westphalian) 11th Hussar Regt (2nd
Westphalian) 2nd Dragoon Regt
(Westphalian) 8th Hussar Regt
(1st Westphalian) |
|
V Corps Infantry 1st Brigade, 25th Inf Regt (1st Rhinian) 28th Inf Regt (2nd Rhinian) 2nd Brigade, 29th Inf Regt (3rd Rhinian) 30th Inf Regt (4th Rhinian) 2nd Schützen-Bataillon
(Rhinian) |
Cavalry 7th Uhlanen-Regt (1st
Rhinian) 9th Hussar Regt (Rhinian) 7th Dragoon Regt
(Rhinian) 8th Uhlanen-Regt
(2nd Rhinian) |
|
Garde- and Grenadier-Korps 1st
Brigade 1st Guard Regt 2nd Guard Regt Garde-Jäger-Bataillon 2nd
Brigade Kaiser Alexander Grenadier-Regt Kaiser Franz Grenadier-Regt Garde-Schützen-Bataillon |
Regiment Garde du Corps Guard Hussar
Regt Guard Dragoon
Regt Guard Uhlanen-Regiment |
|
Reserve Brigade 1st
Brigade 33rd Infantry Regt 34th Infantry Regt |
|
Potsdam, 5th
November 1816
(signed)
Friedrich Wilhelm
Source: Friedrich
Wilhelm, “Königliche Verordnungen”, in
‘Militair-Wochenblatt’ No. 23 (Berlin 1816)
© Geert van Uythoven