1st Infantry Regiment (Lithuania)

Former Lithuanian Army unit (1918–40) 1st Infantry Regiment of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas 1-asis pėstininkų Lietuvos Didžiojo Kunigaikščio Gedimino pulkas I pėstininkų DLK Gedimino pulko vėliava.jpg The regiment's flag with Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn on it. The regiment received the flag on 28 May 1926. November 1, 1918 – October 26, 1940 Lithuania Lithuanian Army (1918-1940)Lithuanian People's Army (1940) Infantry Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas August 25 Lithuanian–Soviet WarLithuanian–Bermontian WarSoviet Invasion of the Baltic states The 1st Infantry Regiment (lt 1-asis pėstininkų pulkas), later the 1st Infantry Regiment of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas (lt 1-asis pėstininkų Lietuvos Didžiojo Kunigaikščio Gedimino pulkas) was an infantry regiment that served in the Lithuanian Army during the interwar period. Formation Vincas Grigaliūnas-Glovackis lt was made the regiment's commander on 1 November 1918.Rudokas 2007Surgailis 2011 8 The regiment began forming in Vilnius, although in a covert manner, because the occupying German authorities hampered the formation of the Lithuanian Army.Rudokas 2007 So, the regiment officially began forming only on 23 November 1918.Surgailis 2011 11Vydrina 2008Ruzgas 1932 136 On December 7, the regiment included 31 officers and 59 soldiers.Rudokas 2007 In ten days, the number gradually increased to 33 officers, 3 military officials (lt karo valdininkai), military doctor L. Janulionis and 87 soldiers.Surgailis 2011 17 Lithuanian–Soviet War By 11 February 1919, the regiment had 36 officers, 13 military officials, one military doctor and 678 soldiers.Surgailis 2011 32 At the time, the regiment was divided into two battalions, with the 1st Battalion, led by the officer Ignas Musteikis Ignas Musteikis lt Ignas Musteikis, being composed of 2 infantry and one machine gun companies, while the remaining 2nd Battalion under officer Pranas Tamašauskas had just 3 infantry companies, that were not fully formed.Surgailis 2011 32 The 1st Infantry Regiment fought in the Battle of Alytus lt Alytaus kautynės from 12 to 15 February, but suffered its first defeat there and had to retreat.Surgailis 2011 47 The regiment's casualties were one officer, the regimental commander, Antanas Juozapavičius, and a few soldiers killed, while 20 soldiers were captured as prisoners of war, some of whom escaped captivity.Surgailis 2011 48 On April 25, the 1st Infantry Regiment included 57 officers, 21 military officials, and 1,640 soldiers.Surgailis 2011 58 At the end of August 1919, the regiment had 52 officers, 15 military officials, including three doctors and the military chaplain Catholic priest Pranas Garmus, and 1,733 soldiers, of whom 1,316 were trained.Surgailis 2011 96 From 30 October 1919, the regiment's patron was the Grand Duke of Lithuania Gediminas.Vydrina 2008Surgailis 2011 106Vyšniauskas 2020 Due to the regiment's merits in combat against Bolsheviks and because it began in Vilnius, founded by Gediminas according to legend, the regiment was accorded Gediminas' name.Surgailis 2011 106 1920 On 15 December 1920, the regiment was staffed by 46 officers, 10 military officials, one military chaplain and 2,333 soldiers.Surgailis 2011 133 However, the regiment was lacking 26 officers and 537 soldiers until completion of the establishment.Surgailis 2011 133 thumb|The regiment's soldiers in military training by the Šventoji river, near Ukmergė in 1932.left|thumb|Military parade of the regiment during commemoration of the battle of Žalgiris in Ukmergė, on 15th July 1930. Interwar From 1923 to 1939, the regiment was located in Ukmergė.Zareckas Julius 26 February 2021 Gintautas Surgailis. Pirmasis pėstininkų Didžiojo Lietuvos kunigaikščio Gedimino pulkas I - Ukmergės kultūros puslapiai http://www.ukmergeskulturospuslapiai.lt/index.php/istorija/straipsniai/1648-gintautas-surgailis-pirmasis-pestininku-didziojo-lietuvos-kunigaikscio-gedimino-pulkas-i-2 live 2021-09-16 www.ukmergeskulturospuslapiai.lt lt https://web.archive.org/web/20210916190943/http://www.ukmergeskulturospuslapiai.lt/index.php/istorija/straipsniai/1648-gintautas-surgailis-pirmasis-pestininku-didziojo-lietuvos-kunigaikscio-gedimino-pulkas-i-2 2021-09-16 First Soviet occupation After Lithuania was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940, on 2 July, the Lithuanian Army was renamed the Lithuanian People's Army.Surgailis 2011 230 The name of the unit's patron was removed on 24 July 1940.Vydrina 2008 Finally, the regiment was disbanded on 26 October 1940.Vydrina 2008 Commanders The regiment was commanded by:Surgailis 2011 238–262 y y Portrait Commander y n n 1 GrigaliūnasGlovackis.jpg Karininkas Vincas Grigaliūnas-Glovackis lt Grigaliūnas-Glovackis, Vincas 1885 1964 1 November 1918 23 November 1918 1918 11 01 1918 11 23 2 GalvydisBykauskas.jpg Karininkas Jonas Galvydis-Bykauskas Galvydis-Bykauskas, Jonas 1864 1943 23 November 1918 31 December 1918 1918 11 23 1918 12 31 3 Karininkas Valerijonas Ramanauskas Ramanauskas, Valerijonas 1856 1946 25 January 1919 6 March 1919 <1919 01 25 1919 03 06 4 Antanas Juozapavičius.jpg Karininkas Antanas Juozapavičius Juozapavičius, Antanas 1894 1919 4 February 1919 13 February 1919 y 1919 02 04 1919 02 13 5 LadygaK.jpg Karininkas Kazys Ladiga Ladiga, Kazys 1893 1941 6 March 1919 1 October 1919 <1919 03 06 1919 10 01 6 Majoras Vladas Skorupskis lt Skorupskis, Vladas 1895 1981 17 October 1919 28 May 1921 <1919 10 17 1921 05 28 7 Pulkininkas leitenantas Ignas Musteikis lt Musteikis, Ignas 1890 1960 29 May 1921 11 June 1921 <1921 05 29 1921 06 11 8 Pulkininkas leitenantas Vladas Skorupskis lt Skorupskis, Vladas 1895 1981 11 June 1921 1 October 1924 <1919 06 11 1921 10 01 9 Pulkininkas leitenantas Juozas Skorulis Skorulis, Juozas 1893 1972 7 October 1924 23 February 1925 y <1924 10 07 1925 02 23 10 Pulkininkas leitenantas Antanas Paškovičius Paškovičius, Antanas 1886 1942 23 February 1925 22 December 1925 y <1925 02 23 1925 12 22 11 Pulkininkas leitenantas Povilas Dundulis lt Dundulis, Povilas 1894 1942 2 January 1926 31 August 1926 y <1926 01 02 1926 08 31 12 Pulkininkas Vincas Šaudzis Šaudzis, Vincas 1894 1970 31 August 1926 3 February 1927 <1926 08 31 1927 02 03 13 Pulkininkas leitenantas Povilas Dundulis lt Dundulis, Povilas 1894 1942 17 December 1926 6 August 1927 y <1926 12 17 1927 08 06 14 Pulkininkas leitenantas,later Pulkininkas Povilas Dundulis lt Dundulis, Povilas 1894 1942 6 August 1927 14 February 1930 <1926 08 06 1930 02 14 15 Mikas Rėklaitis with uniform of the Division General of the Lithuanian Army and state awards.jpg Pulkininkas leitenantas,later Pulkininkas Mikas Rėklaitis Rėklaitis, Mikas 1895 1976 25 February 1930 24 October 1931 y <1930 02 25 1931 10 24 16 Mikas Rėklaitis with uniform of the Division General of the Lithuanian Army and state awards.jpg Pulkininkas Mikas Rėklaitis Rėklaitis, Mikas 1895 1976 24 October 1931 17 September 1935 <1931 10 24 1935 09 17 17 Generalinio štabo pulkininkas leitenantas,later Gen. štabo pulkininkas Leonas Gustaitis lt Gustaitis, Leonas 17 September 1935 10 January 1940 <1935 09 17 1940 01 10 18 Gen. štabo pulkininkas Vladas Karvelis lt Karvelis, Vladas 1901 1980 25 June 1938 12 December 1938 y <1938 06 25 1938 12 12 19 Gen. štabo pulkininkas Antanas Šurkus Šurkus, Antanas 1893 1953 10 January 1940 15 July 1940 y <1940 01 10 1940 07 15 20 Gen. štabo pulkininkas Aleksandras Andriušaitis Andriušaitis, Aleksandras 1900 1967 16 July 1940 26 October 1940 <1940 07 16 1940 10 26 References 20em Bibliography Books Lesčius Vytautas https://kmilc.lka.lt/data/Leidiniai/Moksliniai/2004-LT%20kariuomene%20nepriklausomybes%20kovose%201918-1920.pdf Lietuvos Kariuomenė Nepriklausomybės Kovose 1918–1920 2004 9955-423-23-4 Vilnius Generolo Jono Žemaičio Lietuvos karo akademija lt Surgailis Gintautas https://biblioteka.lka.lt/data/PDF-leidiniai/2011-2015/2011-Surgailis-pirmas-pestininku%20LDK%20Gedimino%20pulkas.pdf Pirmasis pėstininkų Didžiojo Lietuvos Kunigaikščio Gedimino pulkas Vytautas the Great War Museum 2011 978-609-412-011-4 Lietuvos kariuomenės istorija Vilnius Lithuanian Other Rudokas Jonas 19 April 2007 Pirmasis pėstininkų pulkas – Lietuvos kariuomenės pradžia http://www.veidas.lt/lt/leidinys.nrfull/46261ab7c60a2 dead Veidas lt 16 https://web.archive.org/web/20080502202213/http://www.veidas.lt/lt/leidinys.nrfull/46261ab7c60a2 2 May 2008 https://archive.org/details/visa-lietuva-1931-1932/page/136/mode/2up?q=pulkas Visa Lietuva Spaudos Fondas 1932 Ruzgas Vincas Kaunas Lithuanian Vyšniauskas Andrius 15 April 2020 Virtuali paroda "Lietuvos kariuomenės I p. DLK Gedimino pulkas Ukmergėje" https://ukmergesmuziejus.lt/virtuali-paroda-lietuvos-kariuomenes-i-p-dlk-gedimino-pulkas-ukmergeje/ ukmergesmuziejus.lt lt Vydrina Elena 2008 lcva fondo 513 pažyma http://www.archyvai.lt/lt/fondai/kariuomene/lcva_f513.html Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas lt kariuomene.lt 2021 LDK Gedimino Štabo Bataliono istorija https://kariuomene.lt/ldk-gedimino-stabo-batalionas/istorija-ir-simbolika/istorija/23289 live https://web.archive.org/web/20211020041623/https://kariuomene.lt/ldk-gedimino-stabo-batalionas/istorija-ir-simbolika/istorija/23289 20 October 2021 Lietuvos kariuomenė lt Category:Infantry regiments of Lithuania Category:Military units and formations established in 1918 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1940 Category:1918 establishments in Lithuania Category:1940 disestablishments in Lithuania