Adam Barracks

Updated 17 July 2024

Original name – Boehn Kaserne – Hamburg-Rahstedt

Home to:
GHQ 2nd Echelon 1946-1949 (1)
15th/19th King’s Royal Hussars RAC 1951 (2)
1st King’s Dragoon Guards RAC 1952-1953 (3)

(1) arrived from Brussels 15 Apr 46 – redesignated Hamburg District 2nd Echelon – moved to Bad Oeynhausen returns as GHQ 9 Mar 49
(2) arrived from Knightsbridge Barracks Lübeck Apr 51 – moved to McLeod Barracks Neumünster Nov 51
(3) arrived from UK 13 Jan 52 – moved to McLeod Barracks Neumünster Apr 53

More to follow
Sources: 21st Army Group later British Army of the Rhine to 1 Mar 49
British Army Units 1945 on

Courtesy of GSM John McGourley

A copy of a Regimental Journal for the 1st Kings Dragoon Guards can be found Here