Updated 19 October 2024
Burgsteinfurt and Landkreis Steinfurt were the responsibility of the following higher formations:
1st Corps
1st Corps District 21 May 45
3rd Infantry Division 21 Jun 45
19th Line of Communication Sub Area 8 Jul 45
52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division 25 Sep 45
4th Armoured Brigade 15 May 46
7th Armoured Division 15 Jul 46
2nd Infantry Division 16 Jan 48
Requisitioned civilian accommodation – Headquarters
HQ 19th Line of Communication Sub Area 1945 (1)
HQ 34th Armoured Brigade 1945-1946 (2)
HQ 1st Belgium Infantry Brigade Group 1945 (3)
HQ 76th Anti-Aircraft Brigade 1945-1946 (4)
HQ 156th (West Scottish) Infantry Brigade 1946 (5)
(1) Schloss Burgsteinfurt – disbanded 26 Sep 45
(2) Burgstraße Burgsteinfurt – part relieved by 76th Anti-Aircraft Brigade 28 Feb 46 – part relieved by 156th Infantry Brigade 5 Mar 46 – disbanded 20 Mar 46
(3) arrived from Netherlands 15 May 45 – Drumstege Burgsteinfurt – moved to Oelde south-east of Warendorf 28 May 45
(4) arrived from Dortmund-Dorstfeld 20 Jun 45 – Am Bach Laer south of Burgsteinfurt – Schloss Burgsteinfurt 24 Sep 45 – Burgstraße Burgsteinfurt 1 Mar 46 – relieved by 156th (West Scottish) Infantry Brigade 28 Feb 46 – disbanded 15 Mar 46
(5) arrived from Recklinghausen 1 Mar 46 – Schloss Burgsteinfurt – relieved by 4th Armoured Brigade in Warendorf 15 Apr 46 – moved to Wilhelmshaven 19 Apr 46
Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to Mar 49