Bünde

Bunde Wappen

Updated 11 October 2024

Bünde was the responsibility of the following higher formations:
3rd Infantry Division 28 May 45
52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division 18 Aug 45
4th Armoured Brigade 15 May 46
7th Armoured Division 15 Jul 46
Hannover District 15 Jan 48
7th Armoured Division 1 Mar 49

Requisitioned civilian accommodation

631st (Kent) Infantry Regiment RA 1945-1946 (1)
Second Army Defence Company 1945 (2)
3rd GHQ Liaison Regiment (Phantom) RAC 1946-1947 (3)

(1) arrived from Netherlands 1 Jun 45 – Sedanstraße 17, – Moltkestraße 60-62, 29 Aug 45 – disbanded 6 Jun 46
(2) arrived from Süchteln
west of Krefeld 14 Jun 45 – Bodelschwinghstraße – moved to Bad Lippsringe 23 Jul 45
(3) formed 22 Jan 46 – Ennigloh north-west Bünde – redesignated 3rd Independent Liaison Regiment (Phantom) RAC 18 Jul 47 – moved to ?

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

Bünde