XXIV Reserve Corps (German Empire)

Reserve-Korps / XXIV RK) was a corps level command of the German Army in World War I. XXIV Reserve Corps was formed in October 1914.

The personnel was predominantly made up of kriegsfreiwillige (wartime volunteers) who did not wait to be called up.

[2] It was still in existence at the end of the war[3] in the 1st Army, Heeresgruppe Deutscher Kronprinz on the Western Front.

[4] On formation in October 1914, XXIV Reserve Corps consisted of two divisions.

[5] but was weaker than an Active Corps In summary, XXIV Reserve Corps mobilised with 26 infantry battalions, 8 machine gun platoons (16 machine guns), 2 cavalry detachments, 18 field artillery batteries (72 guns) and 2 pioneer companies.