1. Hannoversches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 74 (1st Hanoverian Infantry Regiment Nr. 74) was an active infantry regiment in the Prussian Army

Prussian Army

The Royal Prussian Army was the army of the Kingdom of Prussia. It was vital to the development of Brandenburg-Prussia as a European power.The Prussian Army had its roots in the meager mercenary forces of Brandenburg during the Thirty Years' War...

 (1866 to 1871) and German Imperial Army (1871 to 1918).

Legacy

Kameradschaft ehemaliger 74er, Hamburg

Hamburg

-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...

 und Umgebung was founded in 1912.

Following the war, the regiment was perpetuated in the Reichswehr

Reichswehr

The Reichswehr formed the military organisation of Germany from 1919 until 1935, when it was renamed the Wehrmacht ....

 by 6. Kompanie/16. Infanterie-Regiment (6. Division, based in Münster).

The regiment's veteran

Veteran

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s organization, the Kameradschaftliche Vereinigungen d. ehemal. 1. Hann. Inf.-Reg. Nr 74, published a regiment

Regiment

A regiment is a major tactical military unit, composed of variable numbers of batteries, squadrons or battalions, commanded by a colonel or lieutenant colonel...

al history

History

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in 1931.