Neuengamme Camp

Updated 17 July 2024

Neuengamme Camp later 6 Civilian Internment Camp Hamburg-Bergedorf

71st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945 (1)
210 Battery – 211 Battery – 262 Battery
190th Field Regiment RA 1945 (2)
529 Battery – 530 Battery – 531 Battery arrived 21 May 45
7th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s) 1945 (3)
25th Belgium Fusilier Battalion 1945 (4)
165th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA 1945 (5)
198 Battery – 317 Battery
102nd (Northumberland Hussars) Anti-Tank Regiment 1945-1946 (6)
107 Battery – 288 Battery – 289 Battery
8th Battalion Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) 1946 (7)
1st Battalion King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 1946 (8)
4th Battalion Grenadier Guards 1946 (9)

Civilian guards then took over – closed 1 Sep 48

(1) arrived from Geesthacht south-east of Hamburg 11 May 45 – moved to south-west of Wittenburg 2 Jun 45
(2) arrived from
Hohihorst south-east of Ahrensburg 27 May 45 – moved to Aumühle south-east of Ahrensburg 1 Jul 45
(3) arrived from Bad Kleinen north-east of Schwerin 28 Jun 45 – moved to Pinneburg north-west of Hamburg 11 Jul 45
(4) arrived from Lüneburg 9 Jul 45 – moved to Belgium 11 Sep 45
(5) arrived from Blankenese 11 Sep 45 – moved to Bergedorf 7 Dec 45 – disbanded 21 Jan 46
(6) arrived from Mölln south-west of Ratzeburg 7 Dec 45 – moved to Bad Segeberg south-east of Neumünster 8 Feb 46
(7) arrived from Bad Bramstedt south-west of Neumünster 8 Feb 46 – moved to Bergedorf 7 Mar 46 – disbanded 12 Mar 46
(8) arrived from Wolfenbüttel 7 Mar 46 – moved to Minden 15 Jun 46
(9) arrived from Ratzeburg south of Lübeck 12 Jun 46 – United Kingdom
and disbanded 1 Nov 46

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