Updated 8 July 2024
Göttingen 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
HQ 50th Anti-Aircraft Brigade 1945 (1)
HQ 17th Infantry Brigade 1945-1946 (3)
2nd Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment 1945-1947 (4)
Flugplatz (Airfield) Kaserne there was a proposal to rename as Covenanter Barracks
Home to:
HQ 50th Anti-Aircraft Brigade 1945 (1)
150th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 1945 (2)
504 Battery – 505 Battery – 506 Battery
HQ 17th Infantry Brigade 1945-1946 (3)
Displaced Persons Camp
Weende (Artillerie) Kaserne there was a proposal to rename as Mountbatten Barracks
Displaced Persons Camp
Administration Wing and Report Centre for College of the Rhine Army
(1) arrived from Minden area – Flugplatz (Airfield) Kaserne 3 Jun 45 – Herzberger Landstraße 25, 8 Jun 45 – relieved by 17th Infantry Brigade 4 Jul 45 – moved to Hipstedt west of Bremervörde 5 Jul 45
(2) arrived from Minden area – Flugplatz (Airfield) Kaserne 3 Jun 45 – Experimental Station Kasseler Landstraße 8 Jun 45 – moved to Diek Hollwedel south-west of Syke 6 Jul 45
(3) arrived from Magdeburg – Flugplatz (Airfield) Kaserne 1 Jul 45 – Herzberger Landstraße 25, relieved 50th Anti-Aircraft Brigade 4 Jul 45 – moved to Goslar 4 Jun 46
(4) arrived from 4 Jul 45 – Herzberger Landstraße area – moved to Berlin 4 Jun 47
More to follow
Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to 1 Mar 49