Updated 16 December 2024
Stadtkreis Emden was the responsibility of the following higher formations:
3rd Canadian Infantry Division 6 May 45
2nd Canadian Infantry Division 15 May 45
3rd Canadian Infantry Division (Canadian Occupation Force) 9 Jul 45
52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division 15 May 46
7th Armoured Division 6 Jul 46
Hannover District 15 Jan 48
7th Armoured Division 1 Mar 49
Responsibility to Danish Brigade Group 15 Jan 48
Requisitioned civilian accommodation
and what is today Bunkermuseum Holzsägerstraße 6, Emden
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders 1945 (2)
149th (Sherwood Foresters) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 1945 (3)
80 Battery – 283 Battery – 502 Battery – various locations
1st Battalion Toronto Scottish Regiment (Machine Gun) 1945 (4)
617th (East Riding) Infantry Regiment RA 1945 (5)
Belgium Army Companies 1945-1946 (8)
Detachment of 21st Anti-Tank Regiment RA 1947-1948 (10)
Karl-von-Müller Kaserne – Aurich-Barenburg – built 1911 – recorded later as Displaced Persons camp with a proposal to rename Ottawa Barracks 13 Sep 46.
A Company 27th Infantry Battalion Royal Marines (1)
98 Battery 32nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945 (6)
HQ 301st Infantry Brigade RA 1945 (5)
616th (Tynemouth) Infantry Regiment RA 1945 (5)
619th (Lancashire and Cheshire) Infantry Regiment RA 1945 (5)
C Company 3rd Battalion Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Machine Gun) 1945 (7)
HQ 12th Belgium Fusilier Brigade (8)
7th Belgium Fusilier Battalion (8)
9th Belgium Fusilier Battalion (8)
B Company 4th/5th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers 1946 (9)
Detachment 1st Polish Armoured Divisional Troops 1 Apr 47 to 1 May 47(10)
Kurbrandenburg Kaserne – Friedrich-Ebert-Straße – built 1824.
Home to:
HQ 301st Infantry Brigade RA (5)
(1) arrived from Kayhausfeld east of Bad Zwischenahn 5 May 45 – moved to Wilhelmshaven 11 Jun 45
(2) arrived 6 May 45 – 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade – moved to Netherlands 16 May 45
(3) arrived 8 May 45 – RHQ moved to Aurich 10 May 45 – batteries remained longer
(4) arrived from Hagen-Bramstedt south-east of Bremerhaven 15 May 45 – moved to Aurich 24 May 45
(5) arrived from Netherlands 24 May 45 – HQ moved to Kurbrandenburg Barracks – relieved by 2nd/7th (Rifles) Canadian Infantry Brigade in Aurich 7 Nov 45 – disbanded 10 Nov 45
(6) arrived from Haar north-west of Meppen 22 May 45 – moved to Rütenbrock north-west of Meppen 3 Jul 45
(7) arrived from Netherlands 10 Jul 45 – moved to Wittmund north-east of Aurich 15 Aug 45
(8) arrived from Dissen south-east of Osnabrück 31 Oct 45 – 9th Battalion arrived 27 Oct 45 – moved to Belgium 5 Jan 46
(9) arrived from Delbrück north-west of Paderborn 19 Apr 46 – 156th (West Scottish) Infantry Brigade – disbanded 1 Aug 46
(10) arrived 2 Jul 46 – not recorded in barracks probably patrolled from Aurich
More to follow
Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to 1 Mar 49
Part II revised
The City of Emden is on the north banks of the River Ems, Holland being on the other side of the river, a seaport in the East Frisia region.
It was first entered 5 May 1945 by the Royal Marines (1) accompanied by Captain C.H. Petrie RN.