Updated 12 October 2024
Hemer was the was the responsibility of the following higher formations:
49th (West Riding) Infantry Division 5 Jun 45
2nd Belgian Infantry Division 21 Oct 46
Blücher Kaserne
After WW2 was known as Camp Roosevelt by the US Army and handed over to the British Army in June 1945.
Home to:
606th (5th Battalion Lincolnshire) Infantry Regiment RA 1945-1946 (1)
1st Battalion Leicestershire Regiment 1946 (2)
9th Durham Light Infantry 1946 (3)
(1) arrived from Altena south-west of Hemer 12 Oct 45 – disbanded 19 Feb 46
(2) arrived from Northumberland Barracks Menden 5 Feb 46 – moved to Schloss Neuhaus north-west of Paderborn 1 Apr 46
(3) arrived from Hamm north-east of Hemer 1 Apr 46 – suspended animation 15 Oct 46
Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to 1 Mar 49
The Belgium Army renamed to Casernes Ardennes and used by them until 1955 handing over to the German Bundeswehr, originally named after its location on Jüberg Hill receiving the name Blücher-Kaserne in 1964.
The barracks closed 23rd January 2007 today is the Sauerland Park Hemer
Barracks in Hemer-Deilinghofen that were built in the early 1950s on a former airstrip used by the British Army.