Infanterieregiment Ernst August Herzog von Cumberland, Herzog zu Braunschweig und Lüneburg Nr.42 (formed in 1685)
Peacetime deployment of the regiment in February 1914: Commander - Oberst Carl Wöllner Regimental Headquarters, II and III Battalions (Theresienstadt), I Battalion (Kaaden), IV Battalion (Nevesinje) superior units: 29th Infantry Division (IX Army Corps)
Regimental status in July 1914: Nationality: 86% Sudeten Germans, 14% others Theresienstadt (now Terezin in the Czech Republic)
Regimental rank in August 1914: IR 42 (I, II and III Battalions) in the 57th Infantry Brigade of the 29th Infantry Division (IX Army Corps) - a regiment destined for the front in Halych against Russia IV Battalion IR 42 in the formation of the 3rd Mountain Brigade (a brigade directly subordinate to the 6th Army) - a battalion destined for the front in Bosnia and Herzegovina against Serbia
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