Updated 8 July 2024
Gütersloh was the responsibility of the following higher formations:
1st Corps
1st Corps District 21 May 45
RAF responsible for internal security from 12 Sep 45
Requisitioned civilian accommodation
BHQ 1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment with B and D Companies 1945 (1)
B later C Squadron of 3rd Reconnaissance Regiment RAC 1945 (2)
B Squadron of 52nd Reconnaissance Regiment 1945 (3)
D Company of 6th Battalion Highland Light Infantry 1945 (4)
(1) arrived from Enger north-west of Herford 9 Jun 45 – Distillery Neuenkirchener Straße Gütersloh – moved to Belgium 9 Aug 45
(2) arrived from Freckenhorst west of Gütersloh 20 Jun 45 – Annenstraße area – returned 4 Aug 45 – relieved by C Squadron 4-10 Aug 45
(3) arrived from Belgium 3 Aug 45 – Annenstraße area – moved to Sassenberg north-west of Gütersloh 16 Aug 45
(4) arrived from Belgium 9 Aug 45 – Distillery Neuenkirchener Straße – moved to Rheda-Wiedenbrück 12 Sep 45
More to follow
Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to 1 Mar 49