It was formed on mobilisation of the German Army in August 1914 and served with the 3rd Guards Division through to the end of the war.

It continued fighting in the Carpathians and Galicia and then participated in the Gorlice-Tarnów Offensive.

The Regiment returned to the Western Front with its Division in April 1916 and entered the trenches in the Champagne region.

At the beginning of September 1916, the division was again sent to the Eastern Front, returning in November.

[7] By the end of the war, the Regiment was still with the 3rd Guards Division, XXV Reserve Corps, 3rd Army, Heeresgruppe[f] Deutscher Kronprinz on the Western Front.