Updated 27 August 2024
Original name – Luftwaffe Kaserne – Oerrel south-east of Munsterlager
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4th Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment 1945 (1)
1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment 1945-1946 (2)
224 Battery 94th (Dorset & Hampshire) Field Regiment 1946 (3)
School of Artillery British Army of the Rhine 1946 (4)
76th (Highland) Field Regiment RA 1946-1947 (5)
302 Battery – 303 Battery – 454 Battery
27 Battery – 34 Battery – 72 Battery from 1 Oct 46
42nd Field Regiment Royal Artillery 1947 (5)
68 Battery – 87 Battery – 179 Battery
29th Field Regiment RA 1947-1948 (6)
8 Battery – 79 (Kirkee) Battery – 145 (Maiwand) Battery
15th Medium Regiment RA 1948-1949 (7)
7 Battery – 38 Battery
(1) arrived from Salzhausen west of Lüneburg 2 Jun 45 – moved to Italy 21 Nov 45
(2) arrived from UK 21 Nov 45 – moved to Berlin 10 Mar 46
(3) arrived from Lehrte east of Hannover 9 Mar 46 – moved to Bohmte north-east of Osnabrück 26 Mar 46
(4) arrived from Herford 18 Mar 46 – Dennis Barracks 1 Oct 46
(5) arrived from Delbrück north-west of Paderborn 5 Apr 46 – advance party arrived 26 Mar 46 – redesignated 42nd Field Regiment Royal Artillery 1 Apr 47 – moved to Essen 11 Apr 47
(6) arrived from Nienburg 11 Apr 47 – moved to Kiel 10 Mar 48
(7) arrived from Rendsburg 10 Mar 48 – Dennis Barracks less one battery early 49
More to follow
Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to Mar 49