Alexandra's regiments
JamesAPrattIII:
Here is a listing of the regiments Alexandra was honorary Colonel of:
21st Her Imperial Highness Alexandra Foedorovna's Siberian Rifle Regiment with the 6th Siberian Division V Siberian corps was with the 8th Army during the Brusilov offensive mention in the 6 & 18 June 1916 letters of the Tsar to the Tsarista
5th Her Supreme Majesty Alexandra Feodoronva's Aleksandriya Hussars with the 5th Cavalry division 4th army at the start of the war mentioned in the 24 Oct 1914 letter Tsar to the Tsarista
Her Imperial Highness the Sovereign Empress Axandra Feodorovna's Crimean horse Regiment was with the VII corps at the start of WW I later was with the XXXXI corps 9th army during the Brusilov offensive mentioned in the 18 june 1916 letter Tsar to the tsarista.
If I find more on these units I will post it. i hope this is of some interest.
JamesAPrattIII:
There was another regiment Alexandra was honorary colonel of but this was one honor I don't think was to happy about. The unit was a Prussian/german guards regiment:
2nd Guard Dragoon regiment Empress Alexandra of Russia it was part of the German Guards cavalry division which served on the russian front from June 1915 to 1918.
JamesAPrattIII:
errata:
Her Sovereign Majesty Empress Alexandra Feodorovna Life Guards Lancer regiment 2nd cavalry division
JamesAPrattIII:
Oops! the Life Guards lancers were in the 2nd GUARDS Cavalry division
In the book "The Foe within" has a Captain Pavel V Benson of the 5th Hussars as both a swindler and a german spy!
The Book "The End of the Imperial Russian army part 2" has the 5th Cavalry division of which the 5th hussar was a part. On 25 October (OS) 1917 it was at the 12th army headquarters at Valka with the 17th cavalry division and other units in a standoff with the pro-Bolo 2nd Latvian Brigade. Some of trops at Valka were sent to help Kerensky oppose the bolo's who had just seized power. On 5 November (OS) 1917 the Latvians took the town.
JamesAPrattIII:
More on the 5th Aleksonariya Hussars formed 1784
saw combat in the napoleonic wars:
1807 battle of Eylau
1813 battles of Katzbach where the unit did well enough to that it was awarded a special badge on its shakos and lepzig where it also did well.
1814 battle of Brienne
and other battles that I am going to have to dig up more information on.
Crimean war: the 6 jan 1854 (NS) battle of Citate, in modern day Rumania
WW I:
August 1914: 9th army
Nov 1914: 2nd army Novikov cavalry corps later the I CC battle of Lodz
Feb 1915 12 army reserve
Oct 1915: 1st army Kazakov Cavalry corps
Jun 1916 North western front reserve
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