Updated 29 August 2024
Stadtkreis Bochum was the responsibility of the following higher formations:
49th (West Riding) Infantry Division 3 Jun 45
53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division 15 Jul 46
2nd Infantry Division 1 Feb 47
Requisitioned civilian accommodation
90th (1st City of London) Field Regiment RA 1945 (1)
120th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945 (2)
89th (11th Buffs) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945 (3)
HQ 3rd Army Group RA 1945 (4)
59th (4th Battalion West Lancashire) Medium Regiment 1945-1946 (5)
(1) arrived from Netherlands 5 Jun 45 – area Castroper Straße – moved to Lünen north-east of Dortmund 11 Jul 45
(2) arrived from Belgium 5 Jun 45 – Wiemelhausen – moved to Emsdetten north of Münster 20 Jun 45
(3) arrived from Dortmund 5 Jun 45 – Wasserstraße – moved to Warstein east of Neheim 11 Jul 45
(4) arrived from Hamburg 11 Jul 45 – Im Ostholz – moved to Hattinger Straße Linden 12 Jul 45 – disbanded 15 Aug 45
(5) arrived from Pinneburg north-west of Hamburg 10 Jun 45 – Altenbochum – suspended animation 1 Mar 46
More to follow
Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to 1 Mar 49