Updated 29 August 2024

Original Name – Flak Kaserne initially known as Brook Barracks

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3rd Medium Regiment RA 1945-1947 (1)
HQRE 2nd Infantry Division + 2 Field Squadron RE 1947 (2)
Advance Party 2nd Battalion (Caithness and Sutherland) Seaforth Highlanders 1947 (3)

(1) arrived from Wehnen north-west of Oldenburg 31 Oct 45 – moved to Rendsburg 5 Mar 47
(2) formed 1 Feb 47 – moved to Iserlohn Jul 47
(3) arrived from UK 25 Jul 47 – returned as deployment cancelled 25 Aug 47

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Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to 1 Mar 49

Part II

Very little is known about this Barracks. It is thought that it was in the Bochum area, possibly the Bochum-Harpen district. It was apparently only in use for a short period of time, possibly for a matter of 3 to 5 years. There were also in at least two Displaced Persons Camps in the Bochum area.

A contact through the Forum has stated that his father was an ex-POW who joined 314 Transport Group, CMLO (forerunner of the MSO) which was apparently based in Bochum, although how long they were there is not known.