Updated 11 September 2024

Requisitioned civilian accommodation

HQ 56th Infantry Brigade 1945-1946 (1)
2nd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment 1945 (2)
125th (Cameronians) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945 (3)
417 Battery – 418 Battery – 419 Battery

Bleidorn Kaserne renamed Gloucester Barracks later Abercrombie Barracks – south of Waldstraße on Hiddingser Weg

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2nd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment 1945-1946 (2)
5th Battalion Highland Light Infantry 1946 (4)

(1) arrived from Netherlands via Georgsmarienhütte south of Onsabrück 4 Jun 45 – Jakobistraße Soest – disbanded 18 Oct 46
(2) arrived from Netherlands via Hagen am Teutoburger Wald south-west of Osnabrück 4 Jun 45 – Johann Kelberg Weg – Bleidorn Kaserne – moved to Berlin 15 Jun 46 – one company 12 Jun 46
(3) arrived from Kamen north-east of Dortmund 4 Jun 45 – Grandwegertor – returns 17 Jun 45
(4) arrived from Stadthagen east of Minden 15 Jun 46 – suspended animation 15 Oct 46

More to follow
Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to Mar 49