Updated 19 October 2024
Landkreis Verden was the responsibility of the following higher formations:
30 Corps
Guards Armoured Division 20 May 45
51st Highland Infantry Division 8 Jun 45
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division 24 May 46
5th Infantry Division 4 Jun 46
Hannover District 15 Jan 48
7th Armoured Division 1 Mar 49
Requisitioned civilian accommodation – Headquarters
30th Corps GOC’s Residence and Tactical HQ 1945-1946 (1)
HQ Guards Armoured Division 1945 (2)
HQRA Guards Armoured Division 1945 (3)
HQRE Guards Armoured Division 1945 (4)
HQRA 51st (Highland) Infantry Division 1945-1946 (5)
HQ 153rd (Highland) Infantry Brigade 1946 (6)
HQRA 5th Infantry Division 1946 (7)
(1) Villa Strube Eystrup south of Verden
(2) arrived from Duhnen north-west of Cuxhaven 20 May 45 – Rieda south-west of Verden – less armoured 12 Jun 45 – moved to Bad Godesberg south-west Bonn 17 Jun 45
(3) arrived from Duhnen north-west Cuxhaven 19 May 45 – Eitze south-east of Verden – redesignated RA Brigade Guards Division 12 Jun 45 – moved to Aachen 18 Jun 45
(4) arrived from Cuxhaven 23 May 45 – Stedebergen south of Verden – moved to Bad Honnef south-east of Bonn 12 Jun 45 – less armoured and squadrons become companies
(5) arrived from Harsefeld south-west of Stade 13 Jun 45 – Drübber south of Verden – redesignated 51st Divisional Artillery Brigade 27 Jul 45 – relieved by 153rd Infantry Brigade 20 Mar 46 – disbanded 15 Apr 46
(6) arrived from Zeven south-east of Bremervörde 24 Apr 46 – Drübber south of Verden – moved to Mülheim 4 Jun 46 relieved by HQRA 5th Infantry Division
(7) arrived from Hahnenklee south-west of Goslar 6 Jun 46 – Drübber south of Verden – moved to Nienburg 31 Jul 46
Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to Mar 49