Updated 1 July 2024
Essen was the responsibility of the following higher formations:
53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division 9 Jun 45
2nd Infantry Division 1 Feb 47
Requisitioned civilian accommodation
HQ 158th (Royal Welch) Infantry Brigade 1945 (1)
1st Battalion Manchester Regiment (Machine Gun) 1945 (2)
7th Battalion Cheshire Regiment (Machine Gun) 1945 (3)
220 Anti-Tank Battery 55th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment RA 1946 (4)
(1) arrived from south of Osnabrück 11 Jun 45 – Stadtwald – moved to Mülheim 18 Jun 45
(2) arrived from Pinneberg north-west of Hamburg 11 Jun 45 – Bredeney – companies at various locations – moved to Seesen west of Goslar 7 Oct 45
(3) arrived from Seesen west of Goslar 7 Oct 45 – Bredeney – companies at various locations – moved to Kray Kaserne later Meeanee Barracks
(4) arrived from Dortmund 15 Jul 46 – unknown – returns by 1 Feb 47
More to follow
Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to 1 Mar 49