The 73rd Hanoverian Fusilier Regiment was an infantry regiment of the Imperial German Army. It was founded as a unit of the Prussian Army in 1866 following Prussia's annexation of the Kingdom of Hanover.

Its full German name was Füsilier-Regiment Generalfeldmarschall Prinz Albrecht von Preußen (Hannoversches).

Their regimental traditions included a brassard with Gibraltar in gold commemorating the role of Hanoverian troops in the Great Siege of Gibraltar.

Notable soldiers in the regiment included:

  • The poet Hermann Löns was killed while serving with the regiment in September 1914.
  • The author Ernst Jünger fought with the regiment from December 1914 until the end of the war, and his memoir Storm of Steel was based on his time there.
  • The artist Kurt Schwitters was conscripted into the regiment in 1917 but was exempted the same year.
  • For much of the First World War the regiment was commanded by Colonel Gustav von Oppen who would later command the Asia Corps.

See Also

Bibliography

  • Breyding, Emil; von Kortzfleisch, Gustav (1891). (in German). Berlin: R. Eisenschmidt.
  • Jünger, Ernst (1929). Storm of Steel. Translated by Creighton, Basil.