The division was disbanded in 1919 during the demobilization of the German Army after World War I.
The 111th Infantry Division entered the line on the Western Front in the region between the Meuse and Moselle rivers in April 1915.
It remained in positional warfare in the Flanders and Artois region into 1916, and fought in the Battle of the Somme.
In 1918, the division participated in the German spring offensive, fighting in the Second Battle of the Somme.
Cavalry was reduced, artillery and signals commands were formed, and combat engineer support was expanded to a full pioneer battalion.