Dannenberg

Dannenberg_Elbe

Sited here was a Royal Signals listening post close to the inner German border.

Updated 23 June 2024

Requisitioned civilian accommodation

5th Battalion Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry 1945 (1)
HQ 5th Army Group RA 1945 (2)
417 Battery of 52nd (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Heavy Regiment RA 1945-1946 (3)
A Company of 1st Battalion (Hallamshire) York and Lancaster Regiment 1946 (4)

(1) arrived from Bleckede east of Lüneburg 9 Jun 45 – Bahnhofstraße 13, – moved to Lüneburg 17 Sep 45
(2) arrived from Göhrde north-west of Dannenberg 12 Sep 45 – Bahnhofstraße – disbanded 15 Apr 46
(3) arrived from Lüneburg 23 Jul 45 – moved to Tramm south-west of Dannenberg 16 Jan 46
(4) arrived from Marienthal north of Helmstedt 4 Jun 46 – moved to Lüneburg late 46

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