Updated 16 January 2025
Stadtkreis and Landkreis Lüneburg were the responsibility of the following higher formations:
Second Army
30th Corps 9 May 45
30th Corps District 11 Jun 45
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division 14 Jun 45
Guards Division 4 Jun 46
5th Infantry Division 6 Jul 46
Hamburg District 5 Dec 46
Requisitioned civilian accommodation – Headquarters
HQ Second Army 1945 (1)
HQ 79th Armoured Division (2)
HQ 33rd Armoured Brigade (3)
HQ 80th Anti-Aircraft Brigade (4)
HQ 100th Anti-Aircraft Brigade (5)
HQ 106th Anti-Aircraft Brigade (6)
HQ 10 Garrison 1945 (7)
HQ 214th Infantry Brigade 1945-1946 (8)
(1) Main HQ arrived 3 May 45 – Soltauer Chaussee/Straße Lüneburg – moved to Bünde west of Bad Oeynhausen 13 Jun 45 – Tactical HQ – Margarete Endermann Weg Häcklingen south-west of Lüneburg to 13 Jun 45 – Rear HQ – Oedemer Weg Lüneburg to 13 Jun 45
(2) Main HQ arrived from Tetendorf south of Soltau 14 May 45 – Melbecker Straße Deutsch Evern south of Lüneburg – Wendisch Evern south-east of Lüneburg 6 Jun 45 – Hauskoppel Deutsch Evern 2 Jul 45 – moved to UK 31 Aug 45 – Tactical HQ – Melbecker Straße Deutsch Evern – Häcklingen south-west of Lüneburg 26 Jun 45 – Rettmer south-west of Lüneburg 3 Jul 45 to 23 Aug 45 – Rear HQ – Tetendorf south of Soltau 14 May 45 – moved to Wendisch Evern 3 Jun 45
(3) Adendorf north of Lüneburg – Brietlingen-Moorburg north of Lüneburg 28 May 45 – Bardowick north of Lüneburg 14 Aug 45 – disbanded 19 Sep 45
(4) Lüneburg – moved to Basedow north-east of Lüneburg 2 May 45
(5) Uelzener Straße Lüneburg – moved to Hamburg-Harburg 10 May 45
(6) arrived from Neuenkirchen north-west of Soltau 1 May 45 – Lüneburg – moved to Geesthacht south-east of Hamburg 6 May 45
(7) from Wyvern Barracks 7 May 45 – Am Schifferwal Lüneburg – relieved by 214th Infantry Brigade moved to Hannover 29 Aug 45
(8) arrived from Westertimke north-east of Bremen 8 May 45 – Lüdersburg north-east of Lüneburg – Uelzen south of Lüneburg 30 May 45 – Schießgrabenstraße 2, Lüneberg 7 Sep 45 – relieved by 6th Guards Brigade in Hamburg 5 Jun 46 – disbanded 30 Jun 46
More to follow
Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to Mar 49