Updated 20 October 2024

Landkreis Eutin and Landkreis Oldenburg in Holstein later Landkreis Ostholstein were the responsibility of the following higher formations:
8th Corps 3 May 45
8th Corps District 11 Jun 45
Guards Division 6 Apr 46
Hamburg District 31 Dec 46

C Squadron 23rd Hussars RAC with H Company 8th Battalion Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own), 11th Armoured Division arrived in Neustadt on 3 May 45, they were relieved the same day by 5th Infantry Divisional Reconnaissance Regiment RAC, who moved to Travemünde north of Lübeck 4 May 45.

Troops were not stationed in the area after 4 Jun 46

Requisitioned civilian accommodation – Neustadt

HQ 1st Commando Brigade RM 1945 (1)
1st Mountain Regiment RA 1945 (2)
451 Battery – 452 Battery – 474 Battery
46th Commando Regiment RM 1945 (3)
3rd (Army) Commando Regiment 1945 (4)
6th (Army) Commando Regiment 1945 (5)
98th (Surrey & Sussex Yeomanry Queen Mary’s) Field Regiment RA 1945-1946 (6)
391 Battery – 392 Battery – 471 Battery
Detachment 55th (West Somerset Yeomanry) Field Regiment RA 1946 (7)
Detachment 153rd (Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regiment RA 1946 (7)

Wieksberg (Marine) Kaserne – Neustadt
Displaced Persons and Prisoner of War Camp

Requisitioned civilian accommodation – Eutin

45th Commando Regiment RM 1945 (8)
10th (International Allies) Commando Regiment 1945 (9)
93rd (8th Battalion Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945-1946 (10)
302 Battery – 321 Battery – 322 Battery
146th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945 (11)
176 Battery – 414 Battery – 465 Battery

Bodmin Barracks
Original Name – Rettberg (Infanterie) Kaserne – Eutin

Discharge Collecting Centre manned by Discharge Control Units – details TBC

Home to:
321 Battery + 302 Battery 93rd (8th Battalion Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945-1946 (10)
Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons) RAC 1946 (12)
Military Government Displaced Persons Camp from June 1946

(1) arrived from Rothenhausen south-west of Lübeck 3 May 45 – Neustadt – Hoheluftstraße Oldenburg north-east of Neustadt 8 May 45 – returns – Adolf Hitler Platz later Marktplatz Neustadt 20 May 45 – relieved by 80th Anti-Aircraft Brigade in Rothensande north-west of Eutin 6 Jun 45 – moved to UK 7 Jun 45
(2) arrived from Kronsforde south-west of Lübeck 3 May 45 – Oevelgönne south-west of Neustadt – Neustadt 8 May 45 – moved to UK 19 May 45
(3) arrived 3 May 45 – Burg on Fehmarn Island north-east of Neustadt – Bad Schwartau north of Lübeck 20 May 45 – Bad Schwartau north of Lübeck 20 May 45 – moved to UK 7 Jun 45
(4) arrived from Rothenhausen south-west of Lübeck 3 May 45 – Lensahn north-east of Neustadt – Neustadt 19 May 45 – moved to UK 7 Jun 45
(5) arrived from Oberüssau south-west of Lübeck 3 May 45 – Pelzerhaken south-east of Neustadt – Heilegenhafen north-east of Neustadt 11 May 45 – Süssel south-west of Neustadt 20 May 45 – moved to UK 7 Jun 45
(6) arrived from Netherlands 4 Jun 45 – Radar Station Pelzerhaken south-east of Neustadt – Adolf Hitler Platz later Marktplatz Neustadt 7 Jun 45 – moved to Bleckede east of Lüneburg 28 Feb 46 – 471 Bty – Timmendorfer Strand-Niendorf south-east of Neustadt 23 Oct 45
(7) arrived from Aachen 27 Feb 46 – Neustadt – moved to Flensburg 27 Apr 46
(8) arrived 3 May 45 – Schlossgarten Eutin – Malente north-west of Eutin 20 May 45 – moved to UK 7 Jun 46
(9) arrived 3 May 45 – Schlossgarten Eutin – Timmendorfer Strand-Niendorf south-east of Eutin 6 Jun 45 – disbanded less Belgium Troops 7 Jun 45 (now 8 Corps Troops) – no longer operational 4 Sep 45 – remaining Belgium troops to Belgium 10 Sep 45
(10) arrived 2 Jun 45 – Ahrensbök south-west of Eutin – Schlossgarten Eutin 7 Jun 45 – disbanded 10 Jan 46 – 321 Bty Bodmin Barracks 3 Jun 45 to 15 Sep 45 – Ahrensbök south-west of Eutin 23 Oct 45 – 302 Bty arrived from Ahrensbök south-west of Eutin 7 Jun 45 – Bodmin Barracks 15 Sep 45 to 5 Nov 45 – 322 Bty – Malente north-west of Eutin 15 Jun 45
(11) arrived from Bad Oeynhausen 5 Jun 45 – Timmendorfer Strand-Niendorf south-east of Neustadt – disbanded 2 Nov 45
(12) arrived from Denmark 5 Nov 45 – D Sqn Bad Schwartau south-east of Eutin 1 Nov 45 – moved to Gifhorn south-east of Celle 4 Jun 46

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