Updated 31 October 2024
Requisitioned civilian accommodation
3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery 1945 (1)
D Battery – J Battery – M Battery
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards RAC 1945 (2)
8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars RAC 1945 (3)
11th Hussars (Prince Albert’s Own) RAC 1945 (4)
1st Battalion Royal Tank Regiment RAC 1945 (5)
5th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment RAC 1945 (6)
15th (Isle of Man) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945 (7)
1 Battery – 41 Battery – 42 Battery
1st Battalion Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own) 1945 (8)
1st/5th Battalion Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 1945 (9)
2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment 1945 (10)
9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry 1945 (11)
4th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery 1945 (12)
C Battery – F Battery – DD Battery
5th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery 1945 (13)
CC Battery – G Battery – K Battery
13th Medium Regiment RA 1945 (14)
89 Battery – 90 Battery
59th (4th Battalion West Lancashire) Medium Regiment RA 1945 (15)
59th (Newfoundland) Heavy Regiment RA 1945 (16)
20 Battery – 21 Battery – 22 Battery – 23 Battery
65th (Norfolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment 1945 (17)
257 Battery – 258 Battery – 259 Battery – 260 Battery
112th (7th Durham Light Infantry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945 (18)
364 Battery – 365 Battery – 366 Battery
3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) RAC 1945 (19)
44th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment RAC 1945 (20)
2nd Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps 1945 (21)
271 Forward Delivery Squadron RAC 1945 (22)
6th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers 1945 (23)
4th Battalion Welch Regiment 1945 (24)
2th Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment 1945 (25)
53rd Reconnaissance Regiment RAC 1945 (26)
1st Battalion Manchester Regiment (Machine Gun) 1945 (27)
81st (Welsh) Field Regiment RA 1945 (28)
323 Battery – 324 Battery – 459 Battery
83rd (Monmouth Volunteer Artillery) Field Regiment RA 1945 (29)
329 Battery – 330 Battery – 460 Battery
133rd (Welsh) Field Regiment RA 1945 (30)
331 Battery – 332 Battery – 497 Battery
71st (Royal Welch Fusiliers) Anti-Tank Regiment RA 1945 (31)
278 Battery – 279 Battery – 283 Battery – 336 Battery
25th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945 (32)
82 Battery – 138 Battery – 274 Battery
4th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers 1945 (33)
1st Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1945 (34)
1st Battalion Highland Light Infantry 1945 (35)
1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment 1945 (36)
2nd Battalion South Wales Borders 1945 (37)
1st/5th Battalion Welch Regiment 1945 (38)
30th Infantry Battalion RM 1945 (39)
86th (5th Battalion Devonshire) Anti-Tank Regiment RA 1945 (40)
128 Battery – 129 Battery – 130 Battery – 340 Battery
72nd Medium Regiment RA 1945 (41)
97 Battery – 98 Battery
6th Field Regiment RA 1945 (42)
69 Battery – 74 Battery – 77 Battery – 79 Battery
99th (London Welsh) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945-1946 (43)
302 Battery – 303 Battery – 318 Battery
2nd Armoured Delivery Regiment RAC 1945 (44)
254 Corps Delivery Squadron from 30 Corps – disbanded 6 Jun 46
257 Corps Delivery Squadron from 8 Corps – disbanded 23 Jan 46
258 Corps Delivery Squadron from 12 Corps – moved to Belgium 5 Nov 45
67th (Suffolk) Medium Regiment RA 1945 (45)
231 Battery – 232 Battery
42nd (Robin Hood’s Sherwood Foresters) Searchlight Regiment RA 1945-1946 (46)
366 Battery – 367 Battery – 368 Battery
116th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945 (47)
341 Battery – 363 Battery – 364 Battery
137th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945 (48)
476 Battery – 481 Battery – 487 Battery
7th Medium Regiment RA 1945 (49)
25/26 Medium Battery – 27/28 Medium Battery
1st Heavy Regiment RA 1945 (50)
3 Battery – 5 Battery – 16 Battery – 28 Battery
105th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945 (51)
326 Battery – 330 Battery – 333 Battery
53rd (London) Medium Regiment RA 1945 (52)
209 Battery – 210 Battery
108th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945 (53)
338 Battery – 382 Battery – 421 Battery
61st (Caernarvonshire and Denbighshire Yeomanry) Medium Regiment RA 1945 (54)
243 Battery – 244 Battery
109th (7th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945-1946 (55)
357 Battery – 358 Battery – 359 Battery
165th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945 (56)
198 Battery – 317 Battery
71st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945-1946 (57)
210 Battery – 211 Battery – 262 Battery
20th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945-1946 (58)
62 Battery – 63 Battery – 244 Battery
10 Garrison 1945-1946 (59)
Districts of Hamburg:
Altona – Bergedorf – Elmsbüttel – Harburg – Mitte – Nord – Wandsbek
(1) arrived 3 May 45 – Alsterpark Harvestehuder Weg Mitte – Elmsbüttel-Schnelsen 5 May 45 – moved to Agethorst north of Itzehoe 7 May 45
(2) arrived 3 May 45 – Harburger Chaussee Hamburg Mitte – moved to Borstel-Hohenraden north-east of Hamburg 4 May 45
(3) arrived 3 May 45 – Krugkoppelbrücke Mitte – moved to Hasloh north-west of Hamburg 5 May 45
(4) arrived 3 May 45 – area Botanical Gardens Mitte – moved to Rellingen north-west of Hamburg 4 May 45
(5) arrived 3 May 45 – Kaiser Wilhelm Hafen (Docks) – moved to Rellengen north-west of Hamburg 4 May 45
(6) arrived 3 May 45 – Streits Hotel Adolf Hitler Platz later Neuer Jungfernstieg Mitte – moved to Norderstedt north of Hamburg 5 May 45
(7) arrived 3 May 45 – Elmsbüttel-Eidelstedt – Alsterpark Harvestehuder Weg Mitte 4 May 45 – Elmsbüttel-Stellingen 5 May 45 – moved to area Rost south-west of Albersdorf 9 May 45
(8) arrived 3 May 45 – School Dempwolffstraße Hamburg-Harburg – moved to Pinneburg north-west of Hamburg 4 May 45
(9) arrived 3 May 45 – Streits Hotel Adolf Hitler Platz later Jungfernstieg Mitte – moved to Quickborn north of Hamburg 5 May 45
(10) arrived 3 May 45 – Nord – moved to Hasloh north of Hamburg 5 May 45
(11) arrived 3 May 45 – Kaiser Wilhelm Hafen (Docks) – moved to Tangstedt north-west of Hamburg 4 May 45
(12) arrived Wentorf east of Bergedorf 4 May 45 – moved to Wedel west of Hamburg 9 May 45
(13) arrived 4 May 45 – Harburg – moved to Halstenbek north-west of Hamburg 5 May 45
(14) arrived 4 May 45 – Altona-Othmarschen – moved to Bad Zwischenahn 24 Jun 45
(15) arrived 4 May 45 – Harburg 4 May 45 – moved to Pinneburg north-west of Hamburg 7 Jun 45
235 Battery – 236 Battery
(16) arrived 4 May 45 – Polizei Kaserne Veddel – Bergedorf 13 May 45 – moved to UK 5 Jul 45
(17) arrived 4 May 45 – Alsterpark Harvestehuder Weg Mitte – Amsinckpark Elmsbüttel-Lokstedt 5 May 45 – moved to Welmbüttel north-west of Albersdorf 9 May 45
(18) arrived 4 May 45 – Altona-Blankenese – Harburg 18 May 45 – moved to Truppenübungsplatz north of Sennelager 10 Jun 45
(19) arrived 4 May 45 – Winterhude Nord – moved to Pinneburg north-west of Hamburg 9 May 45
(20) arrived 4 May 45 – Bergedorf – moved to Uetersen north-west of Hamburg 9 May 45
(21) arrived 4 May 45 – Bergedorf – moved to Pinneburg north-west of Hamburg 10 May 45
(22) arrived 4 May 45 – Bergedorf – moved to Tornesch north-west of Pinneburg 12 May 45
(23) arrived 4 May 45 – Harburg – moved to Heide north-west of Itzehoe 11 May 45
(24) arrived 4 May 45 – Harburg – moved to Heide north-west of Itzehoe 11 May 45
(25) arrived 4 May 45 – Harburg – moved to Heide north-west of Itzehoe 11 May 45
(26) arrived 5 May 45 – Winterhude Nord – moved to Solingen-Ohligs east of Hilden 10 Jun 45
(27) arrived 5 May 45 – Eimsbüttel-Harvestehude – moved to Nordheistedt south-east of Heide 15 May 45
(28) arrived 5 May 45 – Barmbek-Nord – moved to Grevenbroich south-east of Mönchengladbach 9 Jun 45
(29) arrived 5 May 45 – Eimsbüttel-Rotherbaum – moved to Rheydt-Geneicken south of Mönchengladbach 10 Jun 45
(30) arrived 5 May 45 – Harburg – Alsterdorf Nord 18 May 45 – moved to Kempen north of Mönchengladbach 10 Jun 45
(31) arrived 5 May 45 – Uhlenhorst Nord – moved to Krefeld-Uerdingen north-east of Mönchengladbach 10 Jun 45
(32) arrived 5 May 45 – Billstedt Mitte – moved to Viersen north of Mönchengladbach 10 Jun 45
(33) arrived 5 May 45 – Uhlenhorst Nord – moved to Wuppertal-Barmen 10 Jun 45
(34) arrived 5 May 45 – Winterhune Nord – moved to Solingen south-west of Wuppertal 10 Jun 45
(35) arrived 5 May 45 – Honenfelde Nord – moved to Leverkusen north of Köln 10 Jun 45
(36) arrived 5 May 45 – Eimsbüttel-Rotherbaum – moved to Oberhausen 11 Jun 45
(37) arrived 5 May 45 – Eimsbüttel-Hoheluft – moved to Mülheim-Broich 11 Jun 45
(38) arrived 5 May 45 – Altona-Ottensen – moved to Duisburg 11 Jun 45
The above arrived from harbour areas in Landkreis Harburg or the south of Herzogtum Lauenburg
(39) arrived 6 May 45 – Kaiser Wilhelm Hafen (Docks) – moved to Brunsbüttel south-west of Itzehoe 14 May 45
(40) arrived from Bütlingen north of Lüneburg 12 May 45 – Eimsbüttel-Schnelsen – moved to Bensberg east of Köln 25 Jun 45
(41) arrived from Hamwarde south-east of Hamburg 15 May 45 – Altona-Ottensen 4 Jun 45 – moved to Vreschen-Bokel west of Bad Zwischenahn 12 Jun 45
(42) arrived from Karow south of Wismar 18 May 45 – Harburg – moved to Werl west of Soest 21 Jul 45
(43) arrived from Netherlands 25 May 45 – Winterhude Nord – Eimsbüttel-Rotherbaum – suspended animation 1 Apr 46
(44) arrived 25 May 45 – Wandsbek – disbanded 8 Oct 45
(45) arrived from Drennhausen south-east of Hamburg 28 May 45 – Bergedorf-Altengamme – Bergedorf-Allermöhe 7 Jun 45 – moved to Wickrath south of Möchengladbach 8 Jun 45
(46) arrived from Xanten south-west of Bocholt 31 May 45 – Eimsbüttel-Hoheluft – Eimsbüttel-Rotherbaum 12 Jun 45 – Lettow Vorbeck Kaserne early 46
(47) arrived from Belgium 2 Jun 45 – Eimsbüttel-Rotherbaum – Eimsbüttel-Harvestehude 12 Jun 45 – Eimsbüttel-Rotherbaum 25 Oct 45 – disbanded 31 Oct 45
(48) arrived from Belgium 4 Jun 45 – Eimsbüttel-Schnelsen – disbanded 1 Oct 45
(49) arrived from Hildesheim 7 Jun 45 – Bergedorf-Altengamme – moved to Herne north of Bochum 12 Jul 45
(50) arrived from Netherlands 12 Jun 45 – Altona-Ottensen – moved to Halver west of Lüdenscheid 22 Jul 45
(51) arrived from Belgium 12 Jun 45 – Hamburg-St Georg Mitte – disbanded 31 Oct 45
(52) arrived from Bad Zwischenahn 25 Jun 45 – Altona-Othmarschen – moved to Wattenscheid west of Bochum 12 Jun 45
(53) arrived from Elmshorn north-west of Hamburg 1 Jul 45 – Altona-Othmarschen – disbanded 1 Nov 45
(54) arrived from Westensee north of Neumünster 6 Jul 45 – Bergedorf – moved to Grumme north-east of Bochum 11 Jul 45
(55) arrived from Utersen north-west of Hamburg 9 Jul 45 – Bergedorf – suspended animation 1 Mar 46
(56) arrived from Grünhof-Tesperhude south-east of Geesthacht 20 Jul 45 – Blankenese – moved to Bergedorf for Neuengamme Camp 11 Sep 45
(57) arrived from Gudow south of Ratzeburg 20 Jul 45 – Harburg – disbanded 13 Feb 46
(58) arrived from Wedel west of Hamburg 25 Oct 45 – Harvestehude–Winterhude – Douaumont Kaserne mid 46 – disbanded 15 Jun 46
(59) arrived from Hannover 24 Oct 46 – Standard House Neuer Jungfernstieg Mitte – Hindenburg Straße 1/3, Altona-Hochkamp 1 Dec 45 – absorbed into Hamburg District 15 Apr 46
Squadrons/Batteries/Companies were at various locations
More to follow
Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to 1 Mar 49