Updated 13 June 2024

Original name – Kavallerie Kaserne

Brooke Barracks was located on Schmidt Knobelsdorf Straße, Spandau District.
The barracks took its name from Field Marshal Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, KG, GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO.

Home to:
344 (Independent) Searchlight Battery (Moonlight) RA (1)
HQ Royal Engineers 7th Armoured Division (2)
4 Field Squadron – 631 Field Squadron – 143 Field Park Squadron – 7 Bridging Troop
2nd Battalion Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (3)
1st Battalion Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (3)
1st Battalion (City of London Regiment) Royal Fusiliers (4)
1st Battalion King’s (Liverpool) Regiment (5)

(1) arrived from Braunschweig 3 Jul 45 – moved to Schepdael near Brussels 31 Jul 45
(2) arrived from Wedding District 27 Jul 45 – moved to Itzehoe 14 Sep 45
(3) arrived from Dortmund via Olympic Stadium 1 Jun 48 – merged with 1st Battalion Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 9 Sep 48 – moved to Iserlohn 1 Dec 49
(4) arrived from Iserlohn 1 Dec 49 – moved to UK Feb 51
(5) arrived from Iserlohn Feb 51 – moved to UK Jun 52

More to follow
Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to 1 Mar 49

Part II

replaced Jun 1952- 1st Bn Welsh Guards
replaced Mar 1953- 1st Bn Royal Irish Fusiliers
replaced May 1954- 1st Bn Royal Lincolnshire Regt
replaced May 1955- 1st Bn Cheshire Regt
replaced Jan 1957- 1st Bn South Lancashire Regt
replaced Jan 1958- 1st Bn Royal lnniskilling Fusiliers
replaced Feb 1959- 1st Bn Kings Own Scottish Borderers
replaced Apr 1961- 1st Bn Welch Regt
replaced Oct 1963- 1st Bn Somerset &Cornwall LI
replaced Oct 1965- 1st Bn Royal lnniskilling Fusiliers
replaced Oct 1967- 1st Bn Gloucestershire Regt
replaced Oct 1969- 2nd Bn Royal Regt of Fusiliers
replaced Jul 1971- 1st Bn DERR
replaced May 1973- 1st Bn KOSB
replaced May 1975- 1 st Bn Royal Regt of Wales
replaced May 1977- 2nd Bn Parachute Regt
replaced Jun 1979- 1st Bn Royal Irish Rangers
replaced Apr 1981- 2nd Bn Royal Regt of Fusiliers
replaced Jun 1983- 1st Bn POWY
replaced Apr 1985- 1st Bn Devon & Dorset Regt
replaced Feb 1987- 1st Bn KOSB
replaced Jan 1989- 1st Bn Light Infantry
replaced Jun 1991- 1st Bn Gordon Highlanders [withdrawn Aug 1993]

Brooke Barracks (above) 1984, taken from the site near the “Corner Bar” looking towards C/B Coy block. This was during the two years that 1 PWO was stationed there.

Courtesy of Mr Andrew Kaye.

The following pictures are courtesy of The Somerset & Cornwall Light Infantry

Brooke Barracks as seen from the road, 1964

Main Gate – June 2008

Courtesy of Mr Graham de wey Peters, 1st Bn Grenadier Guards

Courtesy of Mr Graham de wey Peters, 1st Bn Grenadier Guards

Courtesy of Mr Graham de wey Peters, 1st Bn Grenadier Guards