Updated 12 October 2024
Detmold was the responsibility of the following higher formations:
3rd Infantry Division 29 May 45
52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division 9 Aug 45
4th Armoured Brigade 15 May 46
7th Armoured Division 15 Jul 46
Hannover District 15 Jan 48
7th Armoured Division 1 Mar 49
Requisitioned civilian accommodation
HQ 8th Infantry Brigade (1)
(1) arrived from Bersenbrück north of Osnabrück 29 May 45 – Brunnenstraße – moved to Belgium 9 Aug 45 – relieved by 155th Infantry Brigade in Lothian Barracks Detmold
More to follow
Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to 1 Mar 49