Updated 8 July 2024
Goslar was the responsibility of the following higher formations:
30th Corps 7 Jun 45
30th Corps District 11 Jun 45
5th Infantry Division 20 Jun 45
Hannover District 15 Jan 48
7th Armoured Division 1 Mar 49
Norwegian Army – 18 Dec 47 to 22 Sep 48
Requisitioned civilian accommodation
1st Household Cavalry Regiment RAC 1945 (1)
HQ 13th Infantry Brigade 1945-1946 (2)
1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment 1945-1946 (3)
2nd Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 1946 (4)
HQ 15th Infantry Brigade 1946 (5)
HQ 17th Infantry Brigade 1946 (6)
1st Battalion Manchester Regiment (Machine Gun) 1946-1947 (7)
(1) arrived from Riede north-west of Verden 29 May 45 – Werenbergstraße – redesignated Life Guards Armoured Car Regiment RAC 25 Sep 45 – moved to Wolfenbüttel 26 Sep 45
(2) arrived from Stendal north of Magdeburg 1 Jul 45 – Nonnenweg 14 – moved to Hildesheim 8 Mar 46
(3) arrived from Ober Schulenberg south of Goslar 1 Dec 45 – area Bergstraße – moved to Bad Gandersheim 5 Mar 46
(4) arrived from Bad Gandersheim west of Goslar 5 Mar 46 – area Bergstraße – moved to UK 1 Jul 46
(5) arrived from Wolfenbüttel 6 Mar 46 – Nonnenweg 14 – moved to Celle 4 Jun 46
(6) arrived from Göttingen 4 Jun 46 – Nonnenweg 14 – Seaforth Barracks 30 Sep 46
(7) arrived from Seesen west of Goslar 5 Jun 46 – area Bergstraße – Manchester Barracks Feb 47
Dom Kaserne renamed Hastings Barracks
Home to:
HQ 17th Infantry Brigade (8)
HQ 31st Independent Infantry Brigade (9)
(8) arrived from Nonnenweg 30 Sep 45
(9) arrived from Hannover 24 Sep 48
Bergdorf Kaserne renamed Seaforth Barracks
More to follow
Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to 1 Mar 49