Updated 20 November 2024
Stadtkreis Delmenhorst was the responsibility of the following higher formations:
2nd Canadian Corps
2nd Canadian Infantry Division 24 May 45
3rd Canadian Infantry Division (Canadian Army Occupation Force) 9 Jul 45
52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division 15 May 46
7th Armoured Division 15 Jul 46
Hannover District 15 Jan 48
7th Armoured Division 1 Mar 49
Requisitioned civilian accommodation – Headquarters
HQ 3rd (British) Infantry Division command 2nd Canadian Corps 1945 (1)
HQ Royal Artillery 3rd Infantry Division (2)
HQ 9th Infantry Brigade 1945 (3)
Requisitioned civilian accommodation or barracks at various locations within the city boundary
3rd Infantry Divisional units under command 1945 (4)
33rd Field Regiment RA
20th Anti-Tank Regiment RA
92nd (7th Battalion Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA
RHQ+C Sqn 3rd (8th Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) Reconnaissance Regiment RAC
2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
1st Battalion King’s Own Scottish Borders
2nd Battalion Royal Ulster Riles
B Squadron of 141st Regiment (The Buffs) RAC 1945 (5)
65th (Highland) Medium Regiment RA 1945-1946 (6)
10th Survey Regiment RA 1945 (7)
3rd Battalion Highland Light Infantry of Canada 1946 (8)
Düsternort Camp – Brendelweg
Home to:
1st Battalion Glasgow Highlanders 1945 (9)
7th/9th (Highlanders) Battalion Royal Scots 1946 (10)
(1) Stickgras south-east Delmenhorst – moved to Lüstringen east of Osnabrück 7 May 45
(2) Stickgras south-east Delmenhorst – moved to Osnabrück 5 May 45
(3) Am Vorwerk Delmenhorst – moved to Lüstringen east of Osnabrück 7 May 45
(4) all units started to move to 1st (British) Corps area 5 May 45
(5) arrived 13 May 45 – four factories – moved to Rotenburg 26 May 45
(6) arrived from Netherlands 26 May 45 – unknown – Deutsche Werk Linoleum Haus Stedinger Straße 13 Aug 45 – suspended animation 4 Feb 46
(7) arrived from Helmstedt 4 Aug 45 – for disbandment
(8) arrived from Zetel north-west of Varel 4 Feb 46 – Delmenhorst Transit Camp 24 Apr 46
(9) arrived from Bremen 14 May 45 – moved to Biere south of Magdeburg 25 May 45
(10) arrived from Detmold 21 Jan 46 – moved to Oldenburg 17 May 46
More to follow
Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to 1 Mar 49
Part II
I was looking at the Delmenhorst page and there seems to be some confusion over the barracks located there. St Barbara’s Bks were located at Adelheide, south of the town, but the former Casperi Kaserne was on the outskirts of the town (Deichhorst) and became Vancouver Bks.
Post WW2 Casperi Kaserne was used as a displaced persons camp. 30 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regt RA arrived in February 1951 into the re-named ‘Vancouver Bks’. On 23 February 1951, HQ 5 AGRA was temporarily located here. On 3 March 1951 77 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regt was also stationed here. Handed over to the Bundeswehr on 1 Feb 1958 and re-named Casperi Kaserne. Closed in 1992 and demolished in 2000.
Mike Matthews