Updated 18 June 2024
Requisitioned civilian accommodation
HQ 5th Army Group RA 1945 (1)
418 Battery + 419 Battery of 52nd (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Heavy Regiment 1945 (2)
Harbour area and Barracks
Concentration area for HQ 7th Armoured Division 1945 (3)
Reporting Centre British Troops Berlin 1945 (4)
131st Lorried Infantry Brigade Group 1945 (5)
Canadian Composite Battalion from 1st Canadian Army 1945 (6)
25 Bomb Disposal Company RE 1945 (7)
(1) arrived from Selsingen south of Bremervörde – relieved US Army 2 Jun 45 – Zuckerbergweg – moved to Göhrde north-west of Dannenberg 7 Jul 45
(2) arrived from Langenweddingen south-west of Magdeburg 3+8 Jun 45 – Bergfeldstraße – moved to Breitlingen north of Lüneberg 23 Jul 45
(3) area Lehndorf West Braunschweig 19 Jun 45 to 4 Jul 45
(4) manned by HQ 5th Army Group RA – Leutnant Müller Kaserne, Salzdahlumer Straße
(5) arrived 19 Jun 45 – Siegfried Kaserne, Bienroder Weg – Braunschweig-Wenden 20 Jun 45 – moved to Berlin 4 Jul 45
(6) arrived 19 Jun 45 – Siegfried Kaserne, Bienroder Weg – moved to Berlin 4 Jul 45
(7) arrived from Belgium 21 Jun 45 – Rosalies Kaserne, Rautheim – moved to Berlin to 4 Jul 45
Wiltshire Barracks and Pontefract Barracks
Original names – Leutnant Müller Kaserne and Hilter Jugend Akademie
Home to:
1st Battalion (Hallamshire) York and Lancaster Regiment 1945-1946 (1)
2nd Battalion Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1946-1947 (2)
1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment 1945-1946 (3)
(1) arrived from north-east of Braunschweig 10 Jul 45 – moved to Lüchow north-east of Celle 5 Jun 46
(2) arrived from Hardegsen north-west of Göttingen 5 Jun 46 – Berlin 10 Dec 46 returns 24 Mar 47 – moved to UK 15 Nov 47
(3) arrived from Berlin 10 Dec 46 – moved to Hildesheim 24 Mar 47
More to follow
Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to 1 Mar 49