Updated 19 October 2024

Landkreis Grafschaft Diepholz was the responsibility of the following higher formations:
30 Corps
Guards Armoured Division 20 May 45
51st Highland Infantry Division 8 Jun 45
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division 24 May 46
5th Infantry Division 4 Jun 46
Hannover District 15 Jan 48
7th Armoured Division 1 Mar 49

Requisitioned civilian accommodation – Headquarters

HQ 305th Infantry Brigade 1945 (1)
HQ 5th Guards Armoured Brigade 1945 (2)
HQ 51st (Highland) Infantry Division 1945-1946 (7)

Requisitioned civilian accommodation

1st Battalion Motorised Grenadier Guards 1945 (3)
2nd Battalion Armoured Grenadier Guards 1945 (4)
2nd Battalion Armoured Irish Guards 1945 (5)
3rd Battalion Irish Guards 1945 (6)
61st Anti-Tank Regiment RA 1945-1946 (8)
193 Battery – 241 Battery – 242 Battery – 243 Battery
92nd (7th Battalion Loyals) Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945 (9)
317 Battery – 318 Battery – 319 Battery
C Squadron 1st Fife and Forfar Yeomanry RAC (10)
24th Field Regiment RA 1946 (11)
22 Battery – 50 Battery – 56 Battery – 70 Battery
26th Field Regiment RA 1946-1947 (12)
15 Battery – 38 Battery – 39 Battery

(1) arrived from Neinburg 20 May 45 – Volksschule Mellinghausen north-west of Neinburg – moved to Schloss Leye Atter north-west of Osnabrück 31 May 45
(2) arrived from Kalbe north-east of Rotenburg 22 May 45 – Gödestorf south-east of Syke – Holzkamper Damm south-west of Delmenhorst 23 May 45 – returns to Gödestorf 29 May 45 – Bruchhausen-Vilsen south-west of Verden – less Armoured 12 Jun 45 – moved to Bad Godesberg-Pillersdorf south-east of Bonn 17 Jun 45
(3) arrived from Stade north-west of Hamburg 21 May 45 – Martfeld – Bruchhausen-Vilsen 24 May 45 both south-east of Syke – returns to Martfeld 28 May 45 – less Motorised 12 Jun 45 – moved to Bonn 16 Jun 45
(4) arrived from Freiburg north-west of Stade 24 May 45 – Twistringen south-west of Syke – less Armoured 12 Jun 45 – moved to Siegburg north-east of Bonn 16 Jun 45
(5) arrived from Riede north-west of Verden 29 May 45 – less Armoured 12 Jun 45 – moved to Siegburg north-east of Bonn 16 Jun 45
(6) arrived from Neuhaus east of Cuxhaven 22 May 45 – Heiligenrode south-east of Delmenhorst – moved to Westertimke north-west of Rotenburg 28 May 45
(7) arrived from Haresfeld south of Stade 11 Jul 45 – Steinkamp Syke south of Bremen – moved to Amtssparkasse (Bank) am Goetheplatz Neinburg 19 Apr 46
(8) arrived from Abbenseth north of Bremervörde 5 Jul 45 – Schömastraße Diepholz – Rittergut (Manor House) Falkenhardt north of Diepholz 16 Jul 45 – returns to Diepholz 15 Jan 46 – disbanded 1 Apr 46
(9) arrived from Westertimke south of Bremervörde 14 Jul 45 – Diek Hollwedel south-west of Syke – Grosse Henstedt south-east of Syke 17 Jul 45 – Scheeßel north-east of Rotenburg 3 Sep 45
(10) arrived from Neuenkirchen north-west of Münster 25 Mar 46 – Diepholz – moved to Gehrden south-west of Hannover 21 May 46
(11) arrived from Italy 1 Jul 46 – Diepholz/Sulingen – moved to Verden 15 Sep 46
(12) arrived from Italy 19 Sep 46 – Diepholz – moved to Verden 20 Mar 47

Squadrons/Batteries/Companies were at various locations

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