Updated 14 October 2024

Elmshorn located north-west of Hamburg in Landkreis Pinneberg, was the responsibility of the following higher formations:
12th Corps 7 May 45
8th Corps 2 Jun 45
8th Corps District 11 Jun 45
7th Armoured Division 17 Jun 45
15th (Scottish) Infantry Division 1 Jul 45
7th Armoured Division 24 Jan 46
Guards Division 1 Jul 46
Hamburg District 31 Dec 46

Requisitioned civilian accommodation

3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) RAC (1)
108th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (2)
338 Battery – 382 Battery – 421 Battery – various locations
5th Regiment RHA (3)
CC Battery – G (Mercer’s Troop) Battery – K Battery – various locations
21st Anti-Tank Regiment RA (4)
Q (Sanna’s Post) Battery – Y Battery – Z Battery – 2 (Minden) Battery – various locations
3rd Regiment RHA (5)
D Battery – J Battery – M Battery – various locations

(1) arrived from Pinneburg north-west of Hamburg 9 May 45 – unknown – moved to Lehmkuhlen north-west of Plön 18 Jun 45
(2) arrived from Hagenow south-east of Schwerin 1 Jul 45 – area Kaltenweide – moved to Hamburg-Othmarschen 9 Jul 45
(3) arrived from Münsterdorf south-east of Itzehoe 9 Jul 45 – unknown – moved to Berlin 13 Jul 45
(4) arrived from Pinneburg north-west of Hamburg 9 Jul 45 – area Moltkestraße – returned to Pinneburg 14 Jul 45
(5) arrived from Schenefeld north of Itzehoe 8 Nov 45 – area Westerstraße – moved to Oldenburg 7 Jul 46

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