Lüdenscheid

Updated 16 August 2024

Stadtkreis Lüdenscheid was the responsibility of the following higher formations:
49th (West Riding) Infantry Division 2 Jun 45
1st Belgium Corps District 15 Oct 45

Requisitioned civilian accommodation

11th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers 1945-1946 (1)

Baukloh Barracks formerly Weissenburg Kaserne later Yser Caserne – there was a proposal to rename as Canterbury Barracks in September 1946

Home to:
11th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers 1946 (1)
124th (Highland) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1946 (2)
404 Battery – 411 Battery – 412 Battery
1st/7th Battalion Middlesex Regiment (Machine Gun) 1946 (3)
HQ 1st Belgium Corps District 1946-1948 (4)

(1) arrived from Melle south-east of Osnabrück 3 Jun 45 – Parkstraße – to Baukloh Kaserne 1 Feb 46 – moved to Truppenübungsplatz north of Sennelager 19 Apr 46
(2) arrived from Telgate east of Munster
18 Apr 46 – one battery arrived 6 Apr 46 – moved to Hagen-Hohenlimburg west of Iserlohn 2 Jun 46
(3) arrived from Erwitte south of Lippstadt 2 Jun 45 – suspended animation 15 Oct 46
(4) formed 15 Oct 45 – moved to Haelen Caserne Köln-Junkersdorf 1948

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