Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 409 was a war-time formation in the German Imperial Army during the First World War. It was created on October 2, 1916 the redesignation of a pre-existing Ersatz unit called Abwehr-Regiment Hamburg, and the addition of two machine gun

Machine gun

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 companies. The regiment was attached to the 405. Infanterie-Brigade of the 203. Infanterie-Division.

Chronology

Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 409 served on both the Eastern and Western Fronts. In mid-October 1916 was transported to the Baltic region where it saw combat in the vicinity of Riga

Riga

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. Following the end of the war with Russia

Russia

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, the regiment was transported in late December 1917 to France

France

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, where it remainded for the rest of the war.

Additional information

Although records are incomplete, the unit lost over 600 men killed during the war; at least 56 officers and 1913 Other Ranks were wounded.

Sources

• Geiseler, Erwin. Das Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 409. Zeulenroda (Thüringen): Bernhard Spohrn, 1928.