The City of Emden is on the north banks of the River Ems, Holland being on the other side of the river, a seaport in the East Frisia region.
It was first entered, in May 1945 by the 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade accompanied by Captain C.H. Petrie RN.
Updated 1 July 2024
Emden was the responsibility of the following higher formations:
3rd Canadian Infantry Division 5 May 45
2nd Canadian Infantry Division 15 May 45
3rd Canadian Infantry Division (Canadian Occupation Force) 9 Jul 45
52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division 15 May 46
7th Armoured Division 6 Jul 46
Hannover District 15 Jan 48
7th Armoured Division 1 Mar 49
Requisitioned civilian accommodation
and what is today Bunkermuseum, Holzsägerstraße 6
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders 1945 (1)
149th (Sherwood Foresters) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 1945 (2)
80 Battery – 283 Battery – 502 Battery – various locations
1st Battalion Toronto Scottish Regiment (Machine Gun) 1945 (3)
617th (East Riding) Infantry Regiment RA 1945 (4)
Belgium Army Companies 1945-1946 (7)
Detachment of 21st Anti-Tank Regiment RA 1947-1948 (9)
Responsibility to Danish Brigade Group 15 Jan 48
Karl-von-Müller-Kaserne Auricher Straße – built 1911 – recorded later as Displaced Persons camp with a proposal to rename Ottawa Barracks 13 Sep 46.
98 Battery of 32nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 1945 RA (5)
HQ 301st Infantry Brigade RA 1945 (4)
616th (Tynemouth) Infantry Regiment RA 1945 (4)
619th (Lancashire and Cheshire) Infantry Regiment RA 1945 (4)
C Company of 3rd Battalion Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (Machine Gun) 1945 (6)
12th Belgium Fusilier Brigade (7)
7th Belgium Fusilier Battalion (7)
9th Belgium Fusilier Battalion (7)
B Company 4th/5th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers 1946 (8)
Detachment of 1st Polish Armoured Divisional Troops 1 Apr 47 to 1 May 47
Kurbrandenburg Kaserne Friedrich-Ebert-Straße – built 1824.
Home to:
HQ 301st Infantry Brigade RA (4)
(1) arrived 5 May 45 – 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade – moved to Netherlands 16 May 45
(2) arrived 8 May 45 – RHQ moved to Aurich 10 May 45 – batteries remained longer
(3) arrived from Hagen-Bramstedt south-east of Bremerhaven 15 May 45 – moved to Aurich 24 May 45
(4) arrived from Netherlands 24 May 45 – HQ moved to Kurbrandenburg Barracks – relieved by 2nd/7th (Rifles) Canadian Infantry Brigade in Aurich 7 Nov 45 – disbanded 10 Nov 45
(5) arrived from Haar north-west of Meppen 22 May 45 – moved to Rütenbrock north-west of Meppen 3 Jul 45
(6) arrived from Netherlands 10 Jul 45 – moved to Wittmund north-east of Aurich 15 Aug 45
(7) arrived from Dissen south-east of Osnabrück 31 Oct 45 – 9th Battalion arrived 27 Oct 45 – moved to Belgium 5 Jan 46
(8) arrived from Delbrück north-west of Paderborn 19 Apr 46 – 156th (West Scottish) Infantry Brigade – disbanded 1 Aug 46
(9) arrived 2 Jul 46 – not recorded in barracks probably patrolled from Aurich
More to follow
Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to 1 Mar 49