Updated 17 July 2024
Districts of Hamburg: Altona – Bergedorf – Elmsbüttel – Harburg – Mitte – Nord – Wandsbek
HQ 12th Corps arrived Harburg 4 May 45 – Hirschpark Altona-Nienstedten 7 May 45 – relieved by 8th Corps 2 Jun 45 – 8th Corps District 11 Jun 45 – moved to UK 12 Jun 45
HQ 7th Armoured Division 1945 (1a)
HQ 131st Lorried Infantry Brigade 1945 (2a)
5th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment RAC 1945 (3a)
2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment 1945 (4a)
1st/5th Battalion Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 1945 (5a)
(1a) arrived Hamburg Mitte 4 May 45 – Eimsbüttel-Eidelstedt 5 May 45 – moved to Schenfeld north of Itzehoe 7 May 45
(2a) entered Hamburg 3 May 45 – Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten today Fairmont Hotel Binnenalster Mitte – moved to Bönningstedt north of Hamburg 5 May 45
(3a) Mitte – moved to Garstedt north of Hamburg 5 May 45
(4a) Nord – moved to Hasloh north of Hamburg 5 May 45
(5a) Mitte – moved to Quickborn north of Hamburg 5 May 45
HQ 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division 1945 (1b)
53rd Reconnaissance Regiment RAC 1945 (2b)
1st Battalion Manchester Regiment (Machine Gun) 1945 (3b)
81st (Welsh) Field Regiment RA 1945 (4b)
323 Battery – 324 Battery – 459 Battery
83rd (Monmouth Volunteer Artillery) Field Regiment RA 1945 (5b)
329 Battery – 330 Battery – 460 Battery
133rd (Welsh) Field Regiment RA 1945 (6b)
331 Battery – 332 Battery – 497 Battery
71st (Royal Welch Fusiliers) Anti-Tank Regiment RA 1945 (7b)
278 Battery – 279 Battery – 283 Battery – 336 Battery
25th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945 (8b)
82 Battery – 138 Battery – 274 Battery
(1b) arrived Bergedorf 3 May 45 – Hotel Atlantic Pforte Binnenalster Mitte 4 May 45 – moved to Hilden north-east of Düsseldorf 9 Jun 45
(2b) Winterhude Nord – moved to Solingen-Ohligs east of Hilden 10 Jun 45
(3b) Eimsbüttel-Harvestehude – moved to Nordheistedt south-east of Heide 15 May 45
(4b) Barmbek-Nord – moved to Grevenbroich south-east of Mönchengladbach 9 Jun 45
(5b) Eimsbüttel-Rotherbaum – moved to Rheydt-Geneicken south of Mönchengladbach 10 Jun 45
(6b) Harburg – Alsterdorf Nord 18 May 45 – moved to Kempen north of Mönchengladbach 10 Jun 45
(7b) Uhlenhorst Nord – moved to Krefeld-Uerdingen north-east of Mönchengladbach 10 Jun 45
(8b) Billstedt Mitte – moved to Viersen north of Mönchengladbach 10 Jun 45
HQ 4th Armoured Brigade 1945 (1c)
4th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery 1945 (2c)
3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) RAC 1945 (3c)
44th Battalion Royal Tank Regiment RAC 1945 (4c)
2nd Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps 1945 (5c)
271 Forward Delivery Squadron RAC 1945 (6c)
(1c) arrived Bergedorf 4 May 45 – moved to Wedel west of Hamburg 9 May 45
(2c) Bergedorf – moved to Wedel west of Hamburg 9 May 45
(3c) Winterhude Nord – moved to Pinneburg north-west of Hamburg 9 May 45
(4c) Bergedorf – moved to Uetersen north-west of Hamburg 9 May 45
(5c) Bergedorf – moved to Pinneburg north-west of Hamburg 10 May 45
(6c) Bergedorf – moved to Tornesch north-west of Pinneburg 12 May 45
HQ 71st Infantry Brigade 1945 (1d)
4th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers 1945 (2d)
1st Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1945 (3d)
1st Battalion Highland Light Infantry 1945 (4d)
(1d) arrived Winterhude Nord 4 May 45 – relieved by 101st Anti-Aircraft Brigade 6 Jun 45 – moved to Lüttringhausen south-east of Wuppertal 10 Jun 45
(2d) Uhlenhorst Nord – moved to Wuppertal-Barmen 10 Jun 45
(3d) Winterhune Nord – moved to Solingen south-west of Wuppertal 10 Jun 45
(4d) Honenfelde Nord – moved to Leverkusen north of Köln 10 Jun 45
HQ 158th (Royal Welch) Infantry Brigade 1945 (1e)
1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment 1945 (2e)
2nd Battalion South Wales Borders 1945 (3e)
1st/5th Battalion Welch Regiment 1945 (4e)
(1e) arrived Eimsbüttel-Rotherbaum 4 May 45 – relieved by 101st Anti-Aircraft Brigade 6 Jun 45 – moved to Essen 11 Jun 45
(2e) Eimsbüttel-Rotherbaum – moved to Oberhausen 11 Jun 45
(3e) Eimsbüttel-Hoheluft – moved to Mülheim-Broich 11 Jun 45
(4e) Altona-Ottensen – moved to Duisburg 11 Jun 45
HQ 160th (South Wales) Infantry Brigade 1945 (1f)
6th Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers 1945 (2f)
4th Battalion Welch Regiment 1945 (3f)
2th Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment 1945 (4f)
(1f) arrived Harburg 4 May 45 – moved to Heide north-west of Itzehoe 11 May 45
(2f) Harburg – moved to Heide north-west of Itzehoe 11 May 45
(3f) Harburg – moved to Heide north-west of Itzehoe 11 May 45
(4f) Harburg – moved to Heide north-west of Itzehoe 11 May 45
HQ 8th Base Sub Area 1945-1946 (1g)
2nd Armoured Delivery Regiment RAC 1945 (2g)
254 Corps Delivery Squadron from 30 Corps – disbanded 6 Jun 46
257 Corps Delivery Squadron from 8 Corps – disbanded 23 Jan 46
258 Corps Delivery Squadron from 12 Corps – moved to Belgium 5 Nov 45
112th (7th Durham Light Infantry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945 (3g)
364 Battery – 365 Battery – 366 Battery
86th (5th Battalion Devonshire) Anti-Tank Regiment RA 1945 (4g)
128 Battery – 129 Battery – 130 Battery – 340 Battery
137th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945 (5g)
476 Battery – 481 Battery – 487 Battery
(1g) arrived Standard Oil Buildings later Standard House Neuer Jungfernsteig Mitte 6 May 45 – disbanded on formation of Hamburg District 15 Apr 46
(2g) arrived Wandsbek by 25 May 45 – disbanded 8 Oct 45
(3g) Blankenese – Harburg 18 May 45 – moved to Truppenübungsplatz north of Sennelager 10 Jun 45
(4g) arrived from Bütlingen north of Lüneburg 15 May 45 – Eimsbüttel-Schnelsen – moved to Bensberg east of Köln 25 Jun 45
(5g) arrived from Belgium 4 Jun 45 – Eimsbüttel-Schnelsen – disbanded 1 Oct 45
HQ 100th Anti-Aircraft Brigade 1945 – arrived from Lüneburg 10 May 45 – Harburg-Heimfeld – moved to Gifhorn east of Hannover 12 Nov 45
HQ 3rd Army Group Royal Artillery 1945 (1i)
13th Medium Regiment RA 1945 (2i)
89 Battery – 90 Battery
59th (4th Battalion West Lancashire) Medium Regiment RA 1945 (3i)
235 Battery – 236 Battery
59th (Newfoundland) Heavy Regiment RA 1945 (4i)
20 Battery – 21 Battery – 22 Battery – 23 Battery
72nd Medium Regiment RA 1945 (5i)
97 Battery – 98 Battery
6th Field Regiment RA 1945 (6i)
69 Battery – 74 Battery – 77 Battery – 79 Battery
67th (Suffolk) Medium Regiment RA 1945 (7i)
231 Battery – 232 Battery
7th Medium Regiment RA 1945 (8i)
25/26 Medium Battery – 27/28 Medium Battery
1st Heavy Regiment RA 1945 (9i)
3 Battery – 5 Battery – 16 Battery – 28 Battery
53rd (London) Medium Regiment RA 1945 (10i)
209 Battery – 210 Battery
61st (Caernarvonshire and Denbighshire Yeomanry) Medium Regiment RA 1945 (11i)
243 Battery – 244 Battery
(1i) arrived from Tönnhausen south-east of Hamburg 12 May 45 – Altona-Othmarschen – moved to Bochum 10 Jul 45
(2i) Altona-Othmarschen 4 May 45 – moved to Bad Zwischenahn 24 Jun 45
(3i) Harburg 4 May 45 – moved to Pinneburg north-west of Hamburg 7 Jun 45
(4i) Polizei Kaserne Veddel 4 May 45 – Bergedorf 13 May 45 – moved to UK 5 Jul 45
(5i) arrived from Hamwarde south-east of Hamburg 15 May 45 – Altona-Ottensen 4 Jun 45 – moved to Vreschen-Bokel west of Bad Zwischenahn 12 Jun 45
(6i) arrived from Karow south of Wismar 18 May 45 – Harburg – moved to Werl west of Soest 21 Jul 45
(7i) arrived from Drennhausen south-east of Hamburg 28 May 45 – Bergedorf-Altengamme – Bergedorf-Allermöhe 7 Jun 45 – moved to Wickrath south of Möchengladbach 8 Jun 45
(8i) arrived from Hildesheim 7 Jun 45 – Bergedorf-Altengamme – moved to Herne north of Bochum 12 Jul 45
(9i) arrived from Netherlands 12 Jun 45 – Altona-Ottensen – moved to Halver west of Lüdenscheid 22 Jul 45
(10i) arrived from Bad Zwischenahn 25 Jun 45 – Altona-Othmarschen – moved to Wattenscheid west of Bochum 12 Jun 45
(11i) arrived from Westensee north of Neumünster 6 Jul 45 – Bergedorf – moved to Grumme north-east of Bochum
101st Anti-Aircraft Brigade 1945-1946 (1j)
99th (London Welsh) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945-1946 (2j)
302 Battery – 303 Battery – 318 Battery
42nd (Robin Hood’s Sherwood Foresters) Searchlight Regiment RA 1945-1946 (3j)
366 Battery – 367 Battery – 368 Battery
116th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945 (4j)
341 Battery – 363 Battery – 364 Battery
105th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945 (5j)
326 Battery – 330 Battery – 333 Battery
(1j) arrived from Netherlands 31 May 45 – Standard Oil Buildings Hamburg – Polo Platz Jenischstraße Hamburg-Altona 4 Jun 45 – disbanded relieved by 106th Anti-Aircraft Brigade 1 Nov 45
(2j) arrived from Netherlands 25 May 45 – Winterhude Nord – Eimsbüttel-Rotherbaum – suspended animation 1 Apr 46
(3j) arrived from Xanten south-west of Bocholt 31 May 45 – Eimsbüttel-Hoheluft – Eimsbüttel-Rotherbaum 12 Jun 45 – Lettow Vorbeck Kaserne early 46
(4j) arrived from Belgium 2 Jun 45 – Eimsbüttel-Rotherbaum – Eimsbüttel-Harvestehude 12 Jun 45 – Eimsbüttel-Rotherbaum 25 Oct 45 – disbanded 31 Oct 45
(5j) arrived from Belgium 12 Jun 45 – Hamburg-St Georg Mitte – disbanded 31 Oct 45
HQ 106th Anti-Aircraft Brigade 1945-1946 (1k)
210 Battery – 211 Battery – 262 Battery
108th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945 (2k)
338 Battery – 382 Battery – 421 Battery
109th (7th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945-1946 (3k)
357 Battery – 358 Battery – 359 Battery
165th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (4k)
198 Battery – 317 Battery
71st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945-1946 (5k)
210 Battery – 211 Battery – 262 Battery
20th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945-1946 (6k)
62 Battery – 63 Battery – 244 Battery
(1k) arrived from Halstenbek north-west of Hamburg 13 Jul 45 – Flottbeker Chaussee today Elbchausse Altona-Othmarschen – relieved by 6th Guards Brigade 5 Apr 46 – disbanded 15 Apr 46
(2k) arrived from Elmshorn north-west of Hamburg 1 Jul 45 – Altona-Othmarschen – disbanded 1 Nov 45
(3k) arrived from Utersen north-west of Hamburg 9 Jul 45 – Bergedorf – suspended animation 1 Mar 46
(4k) arrived from Grünhof-Tesperhude south-east of Geesthacht 20 Jul 45 – Blankenese – moved to Bergedorf for Neuengamme Camp 11 Sep 45
(5k) arrived from Gudow south of Ratzeburg 20 Jul 45 – Harburg – disbanded 13 Feb 46
(6k) arrived from Wedel west of Hamburg 25 Oct 45 – Harvestehude–Winterhude – Douaumont Kaserne mid 46 – disbanded 15 Jun 46
HQ 6th Guards Brigade arrived from Euskirchen south of Köln 5 Apr 46 – Eimsbüttel-Rotherbaum – relieved by Hamburg Sub Area 31 Dec 46 – disbanded 10 Jan 47
Hamburg District formed from 8th Base Sub Area and 10th Garrison 15 Apr 46 – Standard House Neuer Jungfernstieg and Esplanade Hamburg – moved to Uxbridge Barracks 20 Sep 47
Hamburg Sub Area formed 31 Dec 46 – Blankenese – moved to Philips Barracks early 47
More to follow
Source: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to 1 Mar 49