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1st Guards Uhlans
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Light cavalry regiment of Uhlans of the Royal Prussian Army
April 2025
thumb|A postcard of an Uhlan of the regiment from 1912
Established in 1819 as the Garde-Landwehr Kavallerie Regiment, they were a light cavalry regiment of Uhlans of the Royal Prussian Army. The regiment was later reorganised as heavy cavalry Uhlans and renamed into 1. Garde Ulanen Regiment (1826) and fought in the Austro-Prussian War and Franco-Prussian War. In World War I the regiment was part of the Guards Cavalry Division fighting on the Western and Eastern Front.
See also
List of Imperial German cavalry regiments
References
Schulz Hugo Die preussischen Kavallerie-Regimenter 1913/1914 nach dem Gesetz vom 3. Juli 1913 Weltbild Augsburg 1992 3893503439 132–133
Category:Guards cavalry regiments of the Prussian Army
Category:Military units and formations established in 1819