The 4th (Queen Augusta) Guards Grenadier Regiment (''Königin Augusta Garde-Grenadier-Regiment Nr. 4'') was an infantry regiment of the Royal Prussian Army. It was established in 1860 in

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and until 1893 it was the only one of the Prussian Guards outside the region around the German capital

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. The regiment was named after Queen Augusta in 1890 - to commemorate her death. The Guards moved to

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in 1893 and in 1897 to

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. The regiment's last commander was Walter Freiherr von Schleinitz (1872–1950) in the summer of 1918.

References

* Christine Monika Richter: ''Das Denkmal für die Gefallenen des Königin Augusta Garde-Grenadier-Regiments Nr. 4 auf dem Garnisonfriedhof in Berlin-Neukölln.'' In: ''Jahrbuch des Vereins für die Geschichte Berlins'', 2004. * Günter Wegner, ''Stellenbesetzung der deutschen Heere 1815-1939.'' (Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1993), Vol. 1. {{Authority control Guards regiments of the Prussian Army Grenadier regiments

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